UNTERWANDERUNG

7.april-10.april 2017

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S6XTM_TI / Ignis Al Fata / Scehozaz Wakker / Elbe Lawrence / Dadiana Licciardi / Silenus Wirgo

/ Dr Mille / Frederic Henry / ChaXcusca / Mykolai Karmonski

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Galleri RAM is proud to present the exhibition Unterwanderung,

Curated by Valerie Mazzanti.

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Spanning from the 18th century to the present, Unterwanderung features ten radically distinctive artists, with a selection of ten evocative works. Common for these artists is that their work has either been rejected by their contemporaries or deliberately withheld from scrutiny.

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The exhibition explores the world of radical otherness, with a common point of departure - a belief in the liquidity of gender, ethnicity and identity, and a prevailing need to engage in art on behalf of the strange and unusual. From the enigmatic character of the theosophy-affiliated Dr Frederic Henry, to the notorious Australian hacker turned activist S6XTM_TI, Unterwanderung aims to uncover the curious undercurrents of artistic production throughout the last two centuries. In the hypermediated field of cultural exchange, an artistic tendency has seemed to reemerge - the idea of withdrawing from the spectator's gaze.

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The renowned curator Valerie Mazzanti has throughout her career investigated the field of autodidactic artists, art brut and art naïve. Mazzanti believes that her research will open up for a new space of contemplation, where easily defined categories are forced to be reexamined. The works were never meant to be neither displayed nor defined within an art historical context - before now.

Showcasing work by these artists in a single exhibition aims to, ultimately, question how we each perceive art, history and identity.

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The project is supported by ENI and the Compagnia di San’Antonio Foundation