An exhibition curated by Maja and Reuben Fowkes brings together the work of twelve international artists who either participated or are inspired by the revolutionary atmosphere of May '68 as a reflection of contemporary approaches to the climate of social struggle and change evoked by that date over the forty years that have passed since.
Stefanos Tsivopoulos, 'Untitled (The Remake)', 2007.
'Revolution I love you' offers examples of the ways in which the desire for social change, as a practical realization of the dream of liberation on the individual and collective level, is given visual form in the works of artists from different geographical and cultural environments. Participants include Mladen Stilinovic from Croatia, Tamas St.Auby from Hungary, Zofia Kulik from Poland, Stefanos Tsivopoulos from Greece, Oliver Ressler from Austria, Fia-Stina Sandlund from Sweden, Miklós Erhardt from Hungary, Heath Bunting from the UK, Marko Lulic from Austria, Tamás Kaszás from Hungary, Jean-Baptiste Ganne from France and Nancy Davenport from the USA.
According to the curators of the exhibition, 'Revolution, I Love You was one of the slogans of May '68 which reminds us of the vitality of the period, the profound desire for change and the faith in the prospect of freedom.' They continue: 'The exhibition explores the events of 1968 as a flaring up of freedom and global resistance, focusing on the interaction between street politics, radical philosophy and an explosion of creativity. It examines the ways in which the uprising took shape in Europe, against the background of the opposing economic and political systems in East and West. 1968 is also synonymous with a shift in philosophical attitudes. It was a time when theorists were deeply involved with the protest movements, either on a practical level or through their approach to the intellectual questions to which the uprising demanded answers. The Praxis group of philosophers from Zagreb, for example, brought together pioneering neo-Marxist intellectuals, from Marcuse to Fromm, to discuss the new meaning of revolution. The interaction between philosophy, protest and art was a distinctive feature of the events of 1968, just as the blending of theory, action and art is a powerful force today.'
'REVOLUTION I LOVE YOU'
To 31 Aug 2008.
Thessaloniki Centre of Contemporary Art
Warehouse Β1
Port of Thessaloniki
PO Box 107 59
54110 Thessaloniki
Greece |
