Zoe Strauss, Sage Jumping, 2009
Highbrow, Lowbrow, Nobrow – MOUSSE! Datum: 7 april – 23 juni 2012
Opening: vrijdag 6 april 2012, 19:00 – 23:00 Kunstenaars: Admir Jahic (CH, 1975), East Eric (FR, 1974), Isaac Cordal (ES, 1974), Mark Jen- kins (USA, 1974), Nomad (DE, 1971), Stefan Gross (DE, 1965), Tobias Allanson (SE, 1974), Zoe Strauss (USA, 1970)
Gastcurator: Harlan Levey (USA, 1974)
Locatie: Showroom MAMA, Witte de Withstraat 29-31, 3012 BL, Rotterdam
Highbrow, Lowbrow, Nobrow – MOUSSE! is een tentoonstelling over hedendaagse Mousse Art, samengesteld door MAMA in samenwerking met Harlan Levey, hoofdredacteur van Modart Europe.
Moussism verhoudt zich in gelijke mate tot proces en beweging. Het verkent creativiteit en sociaal welzijn door onderwerpen als smaak, erfgoed en de relatie tussen kunst en activisme aan de kaak te stellen.
Highbrow, Lowbrow, Nobrow – MOUSSE! Date: 7 April – 23 June 2012
Opening: Friday 6 April 2012, 19:00 – 23:00 Artists: Admir Jahic (CH, 1975), East Eric (FR, 1974), Isaac Cordal (ES, 1974), Mark Jenkins (USA, 1974), Nomad (DE, 1971), Stefan Gross (DE, 1965), Tobias Allanson (SE, 1974), Zoe Strauss (USA, 1970)
Guest curator: Harlan Levey (USA, 1974) Location: Showroom MAMA, Witte de With- straat 29-31, 3012 BL, Rotterdam
Highbrow, Lowbrow, Nobrow – MOUSSE! is an exhibition of contemporary Mousse Art pro- duced by MAMA in collaboration with Harlan Levey, Editor in Chief of Modart Europe.
Moussism refers to process as much as move- ment. It discusses taste, legacy and the line between art and activism to explore creativity and social wellbeing.
Het tijdschrift Modart werd in 1999 gelanceerd om de houding en acties van opkomende kunstenaars en hun verhouding tot de taal van rebellie te docu- menteren en presenteren. Rond de eeuwwisseling was burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid in alle uithoeken van de culturele sector sterk in opkomst. Er was vaak sprake van vandalistische toepassingen van creativiteit en innovativiteit in technologie (hi en lo fi). Dit was ook zichtbaar in bijvoorbeeld de groei van open source platforms, p2p websites zoals Napster, de totstandkoming van protestgroepering- en in de zogenaamde ‘battle for Seattle’ of de ‘grassroots’ manier waarop een jonge generatie street artists de esthetiek van de publieke ruimte uitdaagde en de sociale architectuur opnieuw toeëi- gende.
Modart was niet geïnteresseerd in ‘professionele’ kunst maar eerder in kunst die werd ‘geleefd’. Mod- art maakte zich als tijdschrift consequent sterk voor de toename van artistiek amateurisme en participa- tie. MAMA en Modart zijn bijna vanzelfsprekende partners. Niet alleen zijn ze gelijktijdig uitgegroeid tot volwassen organisaties, er was ook een continue overlap van deelnemende kunstenaars, die later
de pijlers van een internationale ‘street art scene’ zouden vormen. Het zal niemand verbazen dat de eerste berichten over Mousse Art in reactie waren op de MAMA tentoonstelling The Adventures of the Great Abnerio. Time Out Amsterdam citeerde Abner Preis destijds met de vermelding dat Mousse Art
er misschien shit uitziet, maar dat het wel heerlijk smaakt. Zoals elke shit is ook Mousse een bewe- ging die zich uitspreekt over het gehele proces, inclusief gezondheid.
Als onderdeel van de tentoonstelling Highbrow, Lowbrow, Nobrow – MOUSSE!, presenteert MAMA twee gesprekken met Zoe Strauss en gastcurator Harlan Levey op 7 en 9 april. Op 7 april bij MU in Eindhoven en op 9 april in Concordia 21rozendaal in Enschede. Bezoek de MAMA website voor de details.
Modart was launched in 1999 to document the attitudes and showcase the actions, of emerg- ing artists and their relationship to a language of rebellion. As the last century came to a close, in every cultural sector, civil disobedience was on the rise. Often vandalistic applications of creativity and innovation were evident in the use of technology (hi and lo fi) that saw simultane- ous rises in open source platforms, file sharing programs like napster, mobilization of protest groups in the battle for Seattle or the grassroots way in which a new generation of street artists challenged the aesthetics of public space and re-appropriating social architecture.
Modart was not interested in ‘art’ in any profes- sional sense, but rather in art as something that was lived. As a magazine Modart consistently communicated a plea for increased artistic amateurism and participation. Maturing during the same years and with a consistent overlap of artists who would become staples in an interna- tional ‘street art scene’, Modart and Showroom MAMA are very natural partners. It was not sur- prising, that the first critical mention of Mousse Art came in response to the Showroom Mama exhibition, The Adventures of the Great Abnerio, when Time Out Amsterdam quoted Abner Preis to declare that Mousse Art might look like shit, but tastes sweet. Like any sort of shit, Moussism is a movement that speaks of an entire process and eventually of health.
As part of MAMA’s exhibition Highbrow, Low- brow, Nobrow – MOUSSE!, MAMA presents two talks with Zoe Strauss and guest curator Harlan Levey on 7 and 9 April. On 7 April we will be at MU in Eindhoven and on 9 April you can find us at Concordia 21rozendaal, Enschede. Be sure to check the MAMA website for details.
office:
Kromme Elleboog 35 3012VM Rotterdam – NL
post:
PO Box 23070
3001KB Rotterdam – NL
T +31 10 2332022 info@showroommama.nl www.showroommama.nl
MAMA is supported by: City of Rotterdam, Ministery of OC&W
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