Archive
2021
KubaParis
Chambre d'Ami⸱xes (Room of friends)
Location
Schmalzhofgasse 24, 1060 WienDate
20.09 –20.10.2021Curator
Monika GeorgievaPhotography
Aaron Amar BhamraSubheadline
Chambre d'Ami⸱xes is a re-enactment of the seminal show from 1986, Chambres d'Amis. Fifty-one local and international artists were invited to re-enact the works of the fifty-one artists who participated in the original exhibition in Ghent, Belgium. Instead of presenting the contributions in fifty-eight private houses, as in the original exhibition, all fifty-one works are installed in one single private flat - a 35 m2 studio in the 6th district of Vienna. A room full of friends! Each artist participating in the re-enactment has been given an artist name from the original 1986 list, based on their work. All artists had the freedom to choose whether and how to re-enact the artwork from the 1986 exhibition, or to use the assigned artist name as a starting point for a new approach. Representing the original 1986 exhibition, Lawrence Weiner shows the work he exhibited in Ghent thirty-five years ago. Title: Chambre d'Ami⸱xes Exhibition Opening: September 21, 12:00 - 19:00 Finissage: October 21, 16:00 – 19:00 Duration of the Show: September 21 - October 21 Opening Hours: By Appointment Location: Schmalzhofgasse 24, 1060 Vienna Complete list of all participating artists and the names they re-enact: Rosa Anschütz as Milan Grygar Fabian Anton as Niele Toroni Pierre-Olivier Arnaud as Günther Förg Peter Auer as Joseph Kosuth Luka Jana Berchtold as Hidetoshi Nagasawa Aaron Amar Bhamra as Jef Geys Anna Breit as Marisa Merz Luca Büchler as Danny Matthys Jason Dodge as Maria Nordman Živa Drvarič as Heike Pallanca Melanie Ebenhoch as Roger Raveel Raphael Haider as Remo Salvadori Theresa Hattinger as Martin Walde Nikola Hergovich as François Hers Lukas Maria Kaufmann as Charles Vandenhove Laleh Kazemi Veisari as Giulio Paolini Norma Kiskan as Luciano Fabro Sebastian Koeck as Juan Muñoz Brigitte Kowanz as Carla Accardi Magdalena Kreinecker as Bertrand Lavier Gašper Kunšič as Helmut Middendorf Sophia Latysheva as Royden Rabinowitch Edgar Lessig as Daniel Buren Angelika Loderer as Reiner Ruthenbeck Constantin Luser as Gilberto Zorio Lazar Lyutakov as Jean-Luc Vilmouth Lone Haugaard Madsen as Philip Van Isacker Wolfgang Matuschek as Wolfgang Robbe Christoph Meier as Bruce Nauman Ute Müller as Sol LeWitt Jakob Neulinger as Michael Buthe Luīze Nežberte as Norbert Radermacher Nick Oberthaler as Nicola de Maria Anna Paul as Claude Rutault Anna Pöll as Oswald Oberhuber Marlene Posch as Ettore Spalletti Marie Reichel as Paul Thek Sara Röth as Robin Winters Felix Schellhorn as Panamarenko Camilla Schielin as Jacques Charlier Martin Schlögl as Raphaël Buedts Sebastian Scholz as Jan Vercruysse Jakob Sellaoui as Gerhard Merz Sevda Semer as Rob Scholte Thomas Supper as Niek Kemps Lukas Thaler as Mario Merz Eirini Tiniakou as Kazuo Katase Johanna Charlotte Trede as Dan Graham Juan Francisco Vera as Christian Boltanski Lawrence Weiner as Lawrence Weiner Fridolin Welte as Jannis KounellisText
Chambre d'Ami⸱xes is a re-enactment of the seminal show from 1986, Chambres d'Amis. Fifty-one local and international artists were invited to re-enact the works of the fifty-one artists who participated in the original exhibition in Ghent, Belgium. Instead of presenting the contributions in fifty-eight private
houses, as in the original exhibition, all fifty-one works are installed in one single private flat - a 35 m2 studio in the 6th district of Vienna. A room full of friends!
Each artist participating in the re-enactment has been given an artist name from the original 1986 list, based on their work. All artists had the freedom to choose whether and how to re-enact the artwork from the 1986 exhibition, or to use the assigned artist name as a starting point for a new approach.
Representing the original 1986 exhibition, Lawrence Weiner shows the work he exhibited in Ghent thirty-five years ago.
Monika Georgieva