Artist talk with Michael Riedel
Presented by David Zwirner
in conjunction with New York Gallery Week
Seating is limited. Please RSVP to
Lauren O’Donnell at David Zwirner, 212-727-2070 or lodonnell [at] davidzwirner.com.
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In a presentation titled, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,” Michael Riedel talks about his publications (1997–2009) on the occasion of his new release Meckert (Koenig Books). Using numerous pictures and sound recordings, the latter in the form of transcribed texts, Meckert continues the artist’s series of publications (Scheißen und Brunzen, 2000; Oskar, 2003; Johnson – Robert, 2004; Tirala, 2006; Gedruckte und nicht gedruckte Poster, 2008; amongst others), which are published as independent works parallel to his exhibitions. Catherine, Tuesday, Fiontan, and Mieke are four new texts that were recorded during his exhibitions in Cork, New York, London, and Basel, respectively. The dialogues come from phone calls, in which the current situation at each exhibition is described.
Book signing and reception to follow, across the street at David Zwirner (525 West 19th St)
About the artist
Michael Riedel (b. 1972) has had two solo exhibitions at David Zwirner (2005 and 2008). The artist was the focus of exhibitions at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, Germany (2008) and Kunstraum Innsbruck in Austria (2007). In 2009 he was part of a group show, Stutter, at Tate Modern in London. His work has been exhibited at prominent venues throughout Europe, including the Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France (2007), the Moscow Biennale at the Lenin Museum (2005), and the Vienna Secession in Austria (2003). Michael Riedel first gained notoriety for his replicas of existing artworks, recreations of events, and facsimiles of architectural components of other exhibitions. He first drew international attention with his interventions at Oskar-von-Miller Strasse 16 in Frankfurt. Between 2000 and 2004 Riedel, in collaboration with Dennis Loesch, organized events in which the two of them duplicated, among other things, artworks and exhibitions by artists such as Simon Starling, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Jason Rhoades, which were on view in nearby institutions such as the Portikus exhibition hall.
“[German]-based artist Michael Riedel has been confusing audiences for years now, drawing them into a world of echoes, afterimages, and replicas in which nothing is straightforward.” – Artforum
Photo: Michael Riedel recording his text “One and Three Chairs (Bern)” at Kunsthalle Bern, 2005 (together with Roberto Ohrt, Niklas Schechinger, Hank Schmidt in der Beek, and Marcus Hurttig)
