JIRI KOVANDA & RICHARD NIKL

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Vernissage, 29.02.2015, 19 h - Introduction by Vicky Dejaco

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by Vicky Dejaco

The series of exhibitions developed for Galleria Doris Ghetta is part of a bigger corpus of exhibitions, focusing on interpersonal relations between the curator, the artist and the viewer intensifying the level of closeness these involved parties can share. To me this is of major importance in a time when the individual loses all connection to the real physical other and in extension to a concrete community. In his introduction to The Fall of Public Man (1977) Richard Sennett describes how after the emperor Augustus there was a trend to retreat to the private sphere and see the public responsibilities (res publica) as inconvenient duties. ‘The other’ became increasingly estranged and uncanny in as much as the exchange with strangers within the community outside of family and friends decreased thus dissolving the feeling of reciprocal commitment in the society. The indirect consequence was the fall of the Roman Empire. “To take initiative, to bear responsibility, the feeling of being useful or even irreplaceable, are vital needs of the human soul.” more

 

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29.02.2015 – 20.04.2015

GALLERIA DORIS GHETTA