On Friday, 17 January Dénes Farkas. Evident in Advance will open at the Kumu Art Museum. The exhibition was created for the Estonian Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale and it is accompanied by a catalogue.
The exhibition by the post-conceptualist artist Dénes Farkas is like an imaginarium created using contemporary language. According to Daniele Monticelli, Evident in Advance is a reminder that there are places that exist outside of language, where things can be experienced and shown but not said or explained. The exhibition is an echo of repetitions of fragments of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s architectural project in photos, in books and as spatial objects. The words, sentences and passages in the exhibition are taken from the book by Bruce Duffy, The World As I Found It, a fictional biography of Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell and G. E. Moore. Where these massive and dissenting repetitions lead depends on the viewers themselves. Sometimes everything is evident in advance.
The idea for the exhibition was developed by Dénes Farkas and the curator Adam Budak, in collaboration with the Studio Miessen architects. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue that was designed by the Zak Group and published by Sternberg Press. The exhibition was created for the Estonian Pavilion in the Palazzo Malipiero at the 55th Venice Biennale, where Maria Arusoo and the Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia were responsible for its production.
For the exhibition at Kumu, Studio Miessen developed a new spatial solution and the Lugemik imprint published a free publication, available to all exhibition visitors.
Dénes Farkas. Evident in Advance is accompanied by a public programme comprised of conversation circles, tours and lectures.
The exhibition is organised by the Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia in collaboration with the Kumu Art Museum.
For more information on the exhibition, see www.evident-in-advance.com
