unttld contemporary

curated by_Krist Gruijthuijsen

The Me in Me

Taking a painterly object by the Icelandic artist Hreinn Fridfinnsson (*1943) as a starting point, the exhibition explores the vulnerable understanding of the self through (de)mystifying ideas of representation. The artwork is based on Fridfinnsson’s “secrets project” of over 40 years. In the early 1970s, he placed an advert in a  magazine asking people to send him their secrets. By posing as a collector of secrets, the artist would, he thought, allay suspicions that he had any ulterior motive in using or revealing privileged information that might come his way. The secret, Fridfinnsson may be telling us, is that there isn't one. His art, on the other hand, is an invitation to imagine that there might be. The exhibited works by Jason Dodge, Barbara Visser, Tamy Ben-Tor, Hanne Lippard, Ben Kinmont reflect on Fridfinnsson’s venture.

With works by:

Tamy Ben-Tor
Jason Dodge
Hreinn Fridfinnsson
Ben Kinmont
Hanne Lippard
Barbara Visser

unttld contemporary

Schleifmühlgasse 5
1040 Wien
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Opening Hours

Tue—Fri, 11 am—7 pm; Sat, 11 am—4 pm

Picture credits

Tamy Ben-Tor
Time and Space, 2011
Video still
Courtesy of the artist and Feuer/Mesler, New York