Philip von Zweck: The Fortieth Anniversary of the First Anniversary of May ’68 (in September)
@ threewalls
119 N Peoria St, 2D, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 10th
Many familiar with the work of Philip von Zweck will know him for providing context(s). Through projects like VONZWECK, Something Else and Temporary Allegiance, von Zweck placed himself in the role of producer, coordinating, for various platforms, the work of others as part of a practice that challenged both assumptions about sole authorship and institutionalized relationships with audience. With the idea that art is at its core, experience, von Zweck’s practice had thus became one of creating alternative and shared sites for production and engagement, sites that intentionally disengage from the market economy and the institution of the commercial art gallery.
Reflecting on these projects as ones engaged in critique but perhaps from a passive-aggressive or specious position, von Zweck has since chosen to return to the tradition of solely authored, studio-made artworks as a re-engagement of risk and vulnerability at the service of the political. For his SOLO exhibition, he has chosen to exhibit a series of new paintings – produced in a somewhat secret assignation with his own ‘studio.’ While the author of these paintings might still work from a position of suspicion of the ‘art-world,’ The Fortieth Anniversary of the First Anniversary of May ’68 (in September) aims to test that suspicion against the honesty and insecurity of both working alone and making oneself public.
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