group show / group project:
Das Cathrin Pichler Archiv von RPU-Artaud-001 bis DAV-Plakate-029
8.11.2024–2.2.2025
The exhibition Das Cathrin Pichler Archiv von RPU-Artaud-001 bis DAV-Plakate-029 is examining the written estate of curator and academic Cathrin Pichler (1946–2012).
The works in the show stem largely from an eponymous publication project that invited artists to interpret, rearrange, situate, and make visible (anew) the near 4,000 archival documents of the Cathrin Pichler Archive with reference to their own artistic- research practice. The way in which the contributors link research and exhibition projects, expand on them from their own perspectives, or delve into the structural mechanisms of the archive parallels Cathrin Pichler’s ongoing endeavour of connecting different disciplines to make them mutually enriching.
The exhibition and publication contributions are closely related — referencing Cathrin Pichler’s progressive approach to the possibilities of each format and their deliberate interweaving, Das Cathrin Pichler Archiv von RPU-Artaud-001 bis DAV-Plakate-029 makes many cross-references to the formal aspects of publication, exhibiting and archiving, particularly the contribution by this year’s Cathrin Pichler Prize recipient Samuel Bich.
The publication Das Cathrin Pichler Archiv von RPU-Artaud-001 bis DAV-Plakate-029 is the first volume of the series Fine Companions by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, published by Mark Pezinger Books and designed by Astrid Seme.
Artists
Nika Autor, Patrizia Bach, Samuel Bich, Pille-Riin Jaik, İpek Hamzaoğlu, Miriam Stoney and artists of the series TransAct
Curators
Leon Hösl, Magdalena Stöger in cooperation with Martina Genetti
