Be realistic, demand the impossible! Graz
28 January 2012 – 31 March 2012
< rotor > Association for Contemporary Art
Graz, Austria
Artists: Lana Čmajčanin and Adela Jušić, Jusuf Hadžifejzović, Andreas Heller, Amir Idrizović, Adla Isanović, ILA, Šejla Kamerić, Helmut Kaplan (tonto), Richard Kriesche, Kurt & Plasto, Mirko Marić, Damir Nikšić / Michael Blum, Edin Numankadić, Damir Šagolj, Nebojša Šerić Shoba, eva helene stern***, Edda Strobl (tonto), Markus Wilfling, zweintopf
Two European cities of comparable size yet very different cultural and historical backgrounds are the starting point for this exhibition. What is on display are works created by artists from Sarajevo and Graz which refer to the respective cities and address questions pertaining to identity and (urban) life. With regard to the subject matter, the artistic contributions explore private and collective memories, hidden hi/stories, transformations and discontinuities in the present and in the past as well as positive fictions of living together.
Curated by Lejla Hodžić, Karin Lernbeiß, Margarethe Makovec, Eva Meran
© Nebojša Šeric Shoba, „Be realistic, demand the impossible“, 2011