Episode 1: rules of attraction

ARTISTS:
Angelika Arendt, Pauline Bastard, Julian Charrière, Vadim Fishkin, Michael Kargl, Sophia Pompéry, Tomás Werner

24 May – 20 June 2013
insitu, Berlin

»Episode 1: rules of attraction« is an attempt to approach the subject of beauty as a criterion of contemporary art. Realising that pure aesthetic is no longer a sufficient means to validate works, the curators chose to face a word that is currently almost taboo in art discourse: ›beauty‹.

The exhibition shows a selection of videos, sculptures, photographs and installations by seven international artists, each of them reflecting different positions of beauty, from a provocative seduction through to a behind-the-scenes revelation of illusion, always questioning the objectivity of the judgment on aesthetics as well as reflecting on definitions and constructions of beauty.

CURATORS:
Marie Graftieaux, Nora Mayr, Gilles Neiens (as insitu)

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