Danilo Correale, The Future in Their Hands (The visible hands) 2011/12, 6 c-prints (framed). Courtesy the artist and Grey Noise
House of Cards
31 October – 2 December 2012
at Grey Noise, Dubai
Artists: Danilo Correale, Julian Göthe, Niklas Goldbach and Judith Hopf.
Curated by Viktor Neumann.
The idiomatic phrase “house of cards†can be traced back to its first use by poet John Milton in 1641, already reflecting on the structural defects within systems built on a shaky foundation and held together only in an insubstantial and fragile manner. Little has changed in today’s meaning of the metaphor, though within the neoliberal era the complex global interdependence of systems and their balances of power have taken on a new dimension of inherent instability. For what applies to the card game applies even more to the structural and socio-political levels within systems: The taller the house of cards, the bigger the fall.
The exhibition HOUSE OF CARDS aims to explore heterogeneous artistic examinations and gestures towards this given fragility. The selected works by Danilo Correale, Julian Göthe, Niklas Goldbach and Judith Hopf decidedly reflect on current political, economic, cultural or gender-related conditions using various mediums such as sculpture, print, video or photography. [read the full text here]
House of Cards is presented in cooperation with Goethe Institute Gulf Region.
Grey Noise
Unit 24 Alserkal Avenue,
Street 8, Al Quoz 1,
Exit 43 SZR,
Dubai UAE.
greynoise.org
Opening Hours:
Sat – Thu: 11h00 – 19h00
Julian Göthe, Untitled – Syrie Maugham, 2012. Installation view. Rope, screws. Courtesy the artist and Grey Noise