Objectif Exhibitions presents:

Michael Stevenson “A Question of How Things Behave”

January 30 to March 20, 2010 Opening Saturday January 30, 6 to 8pm

New Zealand artist Michael Stevenson brings together a range of different media often comprising seemingly documentary installations that take an anthropological look at historical events (frequently related to the world of art). In his works, Stevenson presents a web of information whose ambiguous status as fact or fiction is rendered even more precarious as it appears to be the product of a mind shrouded in conspiracy theories and innuendo. The objects presented exude an aura of monumentality, re-enforcing their status as historically significant if undervalued. For his first solo exhibition in Belgium, Stevenson presents a new video produced by Objectif Exhibitions, Etablissment d’en Face and the Auckland Triennial looking at the theme of uncertainty by way of the story of Manfred Gnädinger aka Man (1940-2002), along with a presentation of Man's library from the Museo del Alemán, Camelle, Spain.

Michael Stevenson’s shows in 2008 include “Lender of Last Resort”, Vilma Gold, Frieze Art Fair (London), “The Sweet Burnt Smell of History”, Panama Art Biennial 8 (Panama City), “Not Quite How I Remember It”, The Power Plant (Toronto), “Master Humphrey’s Clock”, a project by de Appel curatorial programme (Utrecht), “Lender of Last Resort”, Kröller-Müller Museum (Otterlo), and in 2007: “Persepolis 2530”, Arnolfini (Bristol), “Wiedereröffnung des Museum Abteiberg”, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg (Mönchengladbach), “The Irresistible Force”, Tate Modern (London), “c/o the Central Bank of Guatemala”, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (San Francisco). In 2003, Stevenson represented New Zealand at the 50th Venice Biennale with his installation “This is the Trekka”. Since 2000, Stevenson lives and works in Berlin. Attached image: Detail of a dictionary cover collage by Manfred Gnädinger aka Man (1940-2002). The book is from a library found in Gnädinger’s small dwelling situated on the beach in the Galician fishing village of Camelle. (Courtesy of the artist and Museo del Alemán, Camelle, Camariñas, Spain.) This exhibition is made in collaboration with Etablissment d’en Face, Brussels.

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