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"Artist Jakob Lena Knebl (born in 1970 in Baden) has no interest in thinking in predefined categories, neither in her life nor in her art. Her new arrangement of the mumok collection of modernist and contemporary art is a free and creative selection combined with new own works. The artist has the courage to be eccentric. Knebl focuses on classical modernism and the 1970s, an epoch of utopias, visions for society, and sexual experiments. The first of the two exhibition levels is devoted to a large installation characteristic of Knebl's work, addressing constructs of identity, desire, and sensual experience. The artist herself also appears as an avatar in a digital, interactive installation in which artworks become protagonists. Visitors to this exhibition can follow the narrative and also shape it. The second level of the exhibition links scenarios of living like those known from trade fairs and furniture and design shows with works from the mumok collection--the fields of art, design, and fashion are continually shifting position. Moments of clarity alternate with uncertainty as to the function and arrangement of the objects presented. Designed by Jakob Lena Knebl. Curated by Barbara Rüdiger and Susanne Neuburger. Artists: Max Ackermann, Josef Albers, Getulio Alviani, John de Andrea, Nobuyoshi Araki, John Armleder, Hans (Jean) Arp, Carl Auböck, Ona B., Txomin Badiola, John Baldessari, Rudolf Bauer, Herbert Bayer, Rudolf Belling, Hans Bellmer, Raffael Benazzi, Anna-Sophie Berger, Camilla Birke, Albert Bitran, Fernando Botero, Louise Bourgeois, Chris Britz, Veronika Bromová, Kaucyila Brooke, Bruce Günter Brus, Tom Burr, Alexander Calder, Giuseppe Castellani, John Christoforou, William Nelson Copley, Toni Costa, Noël Dolla, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Robert Cumming, Plamen Dejanov, Verena Dengler, Walter Dexel, Evelyne Egerer, VALIE EXPORT, Julia Fuchs, Alberto Giacometti, Bruno Gironcoli, Domenico Gnoli, Julian Göthe, Nan Goldin, Antony Gormley, Johann Hauser, Rudolf Hausner, Haus-Rucker-Co., Swetlana Heger, Tamás Hencze, Matthias Herrmann, Kathi Hofer, Anna Jermolaewa, Thomas Jocher, Birgit Jürgenssen, Martha Jungwirth, J. T. Kalmar, Johanna Kandl, Anette Kelm, Herwig Kempinger, Clay Ketter, Wilfried Klanjsek-Bratke, Paul Klee, Jakob L, Jakob Lena Knebl, Vladimir Kopteff, Friedl Kubelka, František Kupka, Alicja Kwade, Maria Lassnig, Richard Lindner, Natalia LL, Adolf Loos, Ken Lum, René Magritte, Gottfried Mairwöger, Paul McCarthy, Piet Mondrian, Miquel Mont, Henry Moore, Markus Muntean, Allan McCollum, Ulrike Müller, Bruce Nauman, Kenneth Noland, Oswald Oberhuber, Albert Oehlen, Max Oppenheimer, Laurids Ortner, Manfred Ortner, Florentina Pakosta, Ed Paschke, Pablo Picasso, Klaus Pinter, Jackson Pollock, Franz Pomassl, Sigal Primor, Stephen Prina, Jean Prouvé, Adi Rosenblum, Justina Rüdiger, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Cagnaccio di San Pietro, August Sander, Miriam Schapiro, Ashley Hans Scheirl, Markus Schinwald, Oskar Schlemmer, Toni Schmale, Sabine Schwaighofer, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Kurt Schwitters, Philipp Schöpke, Antonio Scordia, Colin Self, Cindy Sherman, Sylvia Sleigh, Keith Sonnier, Ettore Spalletti, Anne Speier, Jean Spencer, Michaela Spiegel, Haim Steinbach, Petr Štembera, Thomas Stimm, Jessica Stockholder, Ingeborg Strobl, Studio for Pr, porsitional Cinema, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Heinz Tesar, Lajos Tihanyi, Wolfgang Tillmans, Mark Tobey, Victor Vasarely, Ben Vautier, Lawrence Weiner, August Walla, Todd Watts, James Welling, Franz West, Wiener Werkstätte, Markus Wilfling, Christopher Williams, Werner Würtinger, Günter Zamp Kelp, David Zeller, Gregor Zivic, Heimo Zobernig, Franz von Zülow"--Publisher's website.

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