5C5C
Curated by Alberto Dambruoso, Jin Hwang, Jennifer Junkermeier, Clodagh Keogh, Shinnie Kim and Franziska Leuthäußer
July 2011 - July 2012
Berlin, Paris, Rome, Seoul, New York
5C5C is a group exhibition presenting the work of 14 artists working in five cities: Berlin, New York, Paris, Rome and Seoul. The participating artists were selected by six curators, at least one based in each of those cities. Combining five distinct curatorial concepts, the show explores individual artistic practice and production in a global context. By the sheer nature of the project, the works selected shed light on current concerns when presenting artwork to the global art community and demonstrate the ways in which the prevailing contemporary art scene is constructed through a conjunction between the global and the local.
The curators of 5C5C were thrown together by circumstance and the will and wit of two abettors of the art world. The project called upon the curators to select between two and four emerging to mid-career artists from their respective cities whose work exemplifies the "new" art being produced there. From here, dialogue between the curators ensued, involving intense interaction and occasionally requiring a leap of faith to steer the project to its final destination. Much communication, discourse and exchange took place at a distance, across the waves and often thanks to the World Wide Web. The exhibition veered away from one overarching theme in favor of diverse themes, providing an alternative format where open-ended meaning was developed by positioning different curatorial concepts side by side, allowing for a comparative study of contemporary international art.
The Berlin concept aligns the city’s rich art history with the works of contemporary Berlin artists, placing them along the same time line as their predecessors, but setting them apart as citizens of cross-border and cross-cultural globalization. The New York concept examines freedom of choice as a dilemma, showcasing artists that question the ambiguity created by America’s current economic and social conditions. Paris affirms the existence of individual art practice as being distinct and independent of prevailing movements or trends. The Rome concept presents artists whose work and research embody the attributes of Italian contemporary art—defined by a close relationship between tradition and innovation; the global and the local-global and created through the use of various mediums in a hybrid of styles and techniques. The Seoul concept presents artists as being grounded in a worldview in which the whole is composed of local individual elements, each with its own significance and autonomy.
The five different concepts reflect local concerns in a global sphere. This positioning and curatorial concern also extends to the placement of artworks within the exhibition as it moves from city to city. Each 5C5C exhibition is tailored to fit each venue in which it is displayed.
The title “5C5C” is as much a reference to the various curatorial concepts that emerged as it is to the five cities represented. The absence of a subtitle reflects the open-ended dialogue and the interchangeable and free interpretation that the project aimed at provoking. 5C5C is reflective of our time. It is not conclusive, acting instead as a point of departure—the beginning of a dialogue.
Curated by Alberto Dambruoso, Jin Hwang, Jennifer Junkermeier, Clodagh Keogh, Shinnie Kim and Franziska Leuthäußer
July 2011 - July 2012
Berlin, Paris, Rome, Seoul, New York
5C5C is a group exhibition presenting the work of 14 artists working in five cities: Berlin, New York, Paris, Rome and Seoul. The participating artists were selected by six curators, at least one based in each of those cities. Combining five distinct curatorial concepts, the show explores individual artistic practice and production in a global context. By the sheer nature of the project, the works selected shed light on current concerns when presenting artwork to the global art community and demonstrate the ways in which the prevailing contemporary art scene is constructed through a conjunction between the global and the local.
The curators of 5C5C were thrown together by circumstance and the will and wit of two abettors of the art world. The project called upon the curators to select between two and four emerging to mid-career artists from their respective cities whose work exemplifies the "new" art being produced there. From here, dialogue between the curators ensued, involving intense interaction and occasionally requiring a leap of faith to steer the project to its final destination. Much communication, discourse and exchange took place at a distance, across the waves and often thanks to the World Wide Web. The exhibition veered away from one overarching theme in favor of diverse themes, providing an alternative format where open-ended meaning was developed by positioning different curatorial concepts side by side, allowing for a comparative study of contemporary international art.
The Berlin concept aligns the city’s rich art history with the works of contemporary Berlin artists, placing them along the same time line as their predecessors, but setting them apart as citizens of cross-border and cross-cultural globalization. The New York concept examines freedom of choice as a dilemma, showcasing artists that question the ambiguity created by America’s current economic and social conditions. Paris affirms the existence of individual art practice as being distinct and independent of prevailing movements or trends. The Rome concept presents artists whose work and research embody the attributes of Italian contemporary art—defined by a close relationship between tradition and innovation; the global and the local-global and created through the use of various mediums in a hybrid of styles and techniques. The Seoul concept presents artists as being grounded in a worldview in which the whole is composed of local individual elements, each with its own significance and autonomy.
The five different concepts reflect local concerns in a global sphere. This positioning and curatorial concern also extends to the placement of artworks within the exhibition as it moves from city to city. Each 5C5C exhibition is tailored to fit each venue in which it is displayed.
The title “5C5C” is as much a reference to the various curatorial concepts that emerged as it is to the five cities represented. The absence of a subtitle reflects the open-ended dialogue and the interchangeable and free interpretation that the project aimed at provoking. 5C5C is reflective of our time. It is not conclusive, acting instead as a point of departure—the beginning of a dialogue.
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