Abbas Akhavan /

Abbas Akhavan /

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Author / Creator:	Akhavan, Abbas, artist.
Imprint:	Berlin : Distanz, [2017] ©2017.
Description:	126 pages : color illustrations, 24 cm.
Language:	German English
Subject:	Akhavan, Abbas -- Exhibitions. Akhavan, Abbas -- Interviews. Museum Villa Stuck -- Exhibitions. Installations (Art) -- Exhibitions. Installations (Art) Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11371578

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Other authors / contributors:	Buhrs, Michael. Hein, Verena. Museum Villa Stuck.
ISBN:	9783954762064 3954762064
Notes:	Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Villa Stuck, München, June 29-October 1, 2017. Includes contributions by Vassilis Oikonomopoulos, Amy Zion, Burcu Dogramaci and Michael Buhrs and Verena Hein. Includes bibliographical references. Parallel text in German and English.
Summary:	Abbas Akhavan (b. Tehran, Iran, 1977; lives and works in Toronto) can be counted among a generation of emerging Canadian artists reflecting on social issues through ephemeral, site-specific works. Akhavan?s works ? sculptures, installations, drawings, videos, and performances ? deal with destruction and exclusion, but also with acts of preservation and restoration. His conceptual objects show a creative process that is not yet complete. In his works, Akhavan refers to nature and the four elements ? fire, water, earth, and air. Plants or animals become elementary design components. In the exhibition at Villa Stuck, visitors first encounter a barrier in the form of a thuja hedge, bringing the outdoors inside. Here, the artist has left conspicuous traces of preceding exhibitions: the walls are unrenovated, the air-conditioning is switched off, and previously covered windows have been uncovered. Thus, Akhavan questions the responsibilities of a museum and whether or not common strategies of preservation are actually contemporary. 00Exhibition: Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany (29.06.-01.10.2017).

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Call Number:	N7289.A43A4 2017
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