19 May 2010

Current Exhibitions at Nassauischer Kunstverein e.V. Wiesbaden

I KNOW THREE COLORS ON EARTH
DragoÅŸ Burlacu / Szabolcs KissPál / István László / Ciprian MureÅŸan / Csaba Nemes / Joanne Richardson / Zsolt Tibor / Mona VÄ?tÄ?manu & Florin Tudor
April 25 to June 13, 2010
Curated by �gnes Sebestyén, Robert-Bosch-Stipendiary. Promoted by the Robert Bosch Foundation

The title quoting the first words of the former Romanian national anthem, refers to the three colors of the national flag. Three colored flags, inspired by the French tricolor, were at the beginning consciously chosen as a symbol of the national state in many newly established Central and Eastern European countries. Nowadays, the tricolor is probably one of the most burdened political symbols in Eastern and Central Europe as it has too often become the means of creating and transmitting of aggressive national and institutional identities. As a result of its repeated misuse, it is now linked to extreme nationalism and exclusion. The ease of the way in which flags are applied for fashion and pop culture products as known in some countries would be unthinkable in this region. It can never be neutral; it is always overloaded with radical undertones. The Romanian and Hungarian artists presented in the NKV exhibition offer a representative explanation and analysis of this development in its social context. Above all, the remaining connection of Romania and Hungary with their repressive past is emphasized.


DAD DRACULA IS DEAD
Rebecca Ann Tess
April 25 to June 13, 2010
Curated by Sara Stehr and Christian Lauer

The NKV presents Rebecca Ann Tess' video-installation DAD DRACULA IS DEAD.
Scenes from six films of the 1920's–30's are re-enacted in the video DAD DRACULA IS DEAD. Re-enactment and alienation are combined and the figures not only act but also outline what they embody and in the process comment on their gestures.
Rebecca Ann Tess (*1980) lives and works in Frankfurt/Main.