2001 Kuenstlerhaus Bremen
Szuper Gallery (Susanne Clausen, Pawlo Kerestey)
in the series Co-operation, artistic production methods which create an environment
When Szuper Gallery was founded, the gallery was dealing in East European Modernist painting. As the business was not going very well, the new programme set out to revive the gallery’s fortunes. The artists developed an exhibition programme, which followed the procedures of a commercial gallery. The idea was to reveal a fully functioning commercial gallery to the outside world but to fill the formal elements with new or different ideas. The gallery showed work by different artists often in collaborations with the gallerists.
Brief
Until now, Szuper Gallery has existed as a metaphor. Now the artists wish to build a ‘real’ gallery. They have conceived an architectural construction that will enable them to exercise various functions. The gallery intends to travel to different institutions in order to develop a new concept of ‘gallery in residence’. The gallery will function as an intervention within the host institution. The gallery’s method and level of interaction will change with each specific context. The gallery may physically be present inside or outside the main host institution. The gallery is intended to act as a ‘parasite’ on the host institution, profiting from the institution’s infrastructure and support system.
The Szuper Gallery Pavilion will be attached to the bigger institution and will perform similar functions, such as a private view, exhibition, reception and client contacts. The Szuper Gallery mimics the commercial gallery and institution.
This shouldn’t be a simple gallery. A complex structure will determine the way Szuper Gallery will interpret the functioning of the professional world.
We are looking for a flexible solution. The gallery should be easy to construct and dismantle. It should be transportable. It should have an element of luxury, tinged with the atmosphere of an exclusive business. It should be variable in size to allow for the different spaces it will inhabit.
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