AR CH ITEC TU RE 1

Art
conteMporAry
gerMaN
softcover
20 X 27 cM
approX. 256 pages with
NUMeroUs B/w iMages
approX. eUr (D) 25,00
sfr 45,00
isBN 978-3-86859-067-8
May 2010
das eroberte MuseuM
zu carte blanche
BarBara steiner on Behalf of galerie für
zeitgenössische Kunst leipzig (ed.)
WWW.gFzK.De
“For a fee, a leipzig gallery offers its exhibition
space to private initiatives—i.e., collectors, busi-
nesses, or commercial galleries. they may do
with it whatever they will.” roughly, this is the
scheme—no doubt abbreviated intentionally by
journalists—behind Carte blanche (Cb), a two-
year research project by the galerie für Zeit-
genössische kunst (2008–10). the participating
private collectors and businesses not only took
on the costs of the exhibition, but also a share in the overall project
budget for operating costs, attendants, publicity work, communication,
etc. the artistic ideas and the objectives of the sponsors were
presented for public discussion.
this book analyses the contributions made by private initiatives and
places them in a wider context of art theory dating back to the 19th
century. reflections on the changing relations of art and commerce,
on museum history, or shifts in the balance of public and private form
the framework into which Cb, an often provocative project, is embedded.
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spaCes for reCreation
iSabella HollaUF
galerie Für ZeitgenöSSiSCHe kUnSt leipZig (ed.)
WWW.gFzK.De
Utopian models of society have not been rated so high-
ly since the late 1970s/early 1980s. However, social pi-
lot projects have disappeared with them, projects that
aimed to make culture and recreation more widely available. expan-
sively laid out parks and swimming pools were the expression of a
desire for participation in public life and prosperity for everyone. today,
only a few of these locations and facilities are still intact; most
of them have fallen into decay.
isabella Hollauf starts her work with the disappearance of past social
utopias. Her interest is directed not only towards post-communist
countries, but also towards those with strong socialist tendencies
for many decades, such as austria or Sweden. in a photographic
search for evidence, she retraces the manifest changes in values, revealing
former utopian pretensions and the often dismal reality of
today. the book shows projects dating from 2001 to 2007.
eNglish/gerMaN
Art
conteMporAry
softcover
15,75 X 21 cM
approX. 180 pages with
NUM. col. aND B/w iMages
approX. eUr (D) 22,00
sfr 40,00
isBN 978-3-86859-068-5
jUNe 2010