Július Koller
Multiple Realities. Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s–1980s
- Vancouver Artgallery, Vancouver, Canada
- 13.12.2024–21.04.2025
Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s–1980s is an extensive survey of experimental art made in six Central Eastern European nations between the 1960s and 1980s. Including both rarely seen and newly reconstructed works, the exhibition weaves together a complex story of artists questioning how, when and where art could exist, and exploring the varied meanings it might hold for society. Despite their geographical proximity, the artists featured in the exhibition encountered different conditions for daily life and artmaking, as they confronted varying degrees of control and pressure exerted by state authorities. Charting a generation invested in experimentation, Multiple Realities sheds light on ways that artists refused, circumvented, eluded and subverted official systems. Often infused with wit and irony, the works on view demonstrate both conceptual and formal innovation, often underpinned with an unfettered spirit of adventurousness.
Július Koller, U.F.O. – Nautická Kultúrna Situácia 1.,2.,3. (U.F.O.), 2002
Colour photographs, 3 parts, each 15.1 × 9.6 cm