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Kontrovers, provokativ und zugleich ergreifend humorvoll. Andrea Fraser (geboren 1965 in Billings, Montana) zählt zu den einflussreichsten und wegweisenden Künstlerinnen ihrer Generation und fesselt seit über dreißig Jahren ihr Publikum. Der Einsatz von Medien ist dabei vielseitig: Druckgrafik, Fotografie, Installation und Performance gehören ebenso dazu wie Text- und Videoarbeiten. Darin formuliert und aktualisiert sie immer die eine Frage: Was wir alle von der Kunst wollen - mit welchen Motivationen Fraser sie gestaltet, wir sie betrachten oder der Kunstmarkt sie vertreibt.
Der reich bebilderte Katalog erlaubt zum ersten Mal, der Künstlerin von ihren Anfängen zu folgen. Er versammelt ebenso die frühen Four Posters (1984) wie ihre berühmt gewordenen Performances Museum Highlights (1989), Inaugural Speech (1997) und Official Welcome (2001/2003) und verbindet diese mit ihren neuesten Videoarbeiten.
About the author
Sabine Breitwieser Since October 2010 she is Chief Curator for Media and Performance Art at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. She is Secretary and Treasurer of CIMAM the International Committee of ICOM (International Council of Museums) for Museums and Collections of Modern Art. From 1988 until 2007 she was the (Founding) Director and Curator of the Generali Foundation in Vienna for which she has built the institution, the program and an important collection published in the volumes Exhibitions 1989-2007 (2008) and in Occupying Space (2003). She has curated numerous projects and edited as many publications on artists.
Summary
Controversial, provocative, and at the same time poignantly humorous. Andrea Fraser *1965 in Billings, Montana) is one of the most influential and pioneering artists of her generation and has been captivating her audience for more than thirty years. She employs a wide range of media, including prints, photographs, installations, and performances as well as texts and videos, time and again reformulating the same question: what we all want from art—the motivation behind Fraser’s artistic production, how we view it, and how the art market distributes it.
The richly illustrated catalogue allows tracing the artist for the first time from the beginning of her career. It assembles the early Four Posters (1984) as well as her famous performances, such as Museum Highlights (1989), Inaugural Speech (1997), and Official Welcome (2001/03), linking them with her most recent videos.
Exhibition: Museum der Moderne Salzburg, 21.3.–5.7.2015
