Andrea Fraser, “Official Welcome“, 27 October 2009, 7 p.m., performance, NUMBER THREE: HERE AND NOW, JULIA STOSCHEK COLLECTION, Duesseldorf

Andrea Fraser's performances, video pieces and installations make her one of the most important representatives of institutional criticque. In her work she selects various aspects of the art industry and analyses them from a social, institutional and economic perspective.

Fraser became well-known in the mid-1980s for her gallery talks, in which she analysed the presentation formats, hierarchies and exclusion mechanisms that prevail in art institutions.

Her site-specific performances took the form of humorous, but also serious or pseudo-scientific tours through museums, with Fraser assuming the alter ego of a stereotypical museum docent. The script was based on excerpts from documentations found in the museum archive or psychoanalytical and sociological sources.

The co-dependence of prominent artists and their patrons, the scope of media coverage on art events and the exhibition visitors conditioned behaviour are just some of the themes she addresses in her performances and video installations.

Programme

27.10.2009    Andrea Fraser
27.11.2009    Marina Abramović, Eunhye Hwang, Ragnar Kjartansson, Nico Vascellari
28.11.2009    WW in concert
12.12.2009    Andrea Zittel
18.12.2009    Dara Friedman
09.01.2010    Xavier Le Roy
22.01.2010    Bert Didillon, Stefan Ettlinger, Andreas Korte, Cornelius Quabeck, Sven Vieweg
06.02.2010    Christian Jankowski
27.02.2010    Jérôme Bel, Eva Meyer-Keller
13.03.2010    Sharon Hayes
26.03.2010    Keren Cytter, Michalis Nicolaides, Annette Sonnewend & Michael Strasser (Cie. Agar Agar)
09.04.2010    Jimmy Robert, Saskia de Keyser, Emma Hedditch, Ian White
24.04.2010    Jen DeNike
14.05.2010    Manuel Graf
28.05.2010    Joan Jonas
05.06.2010    Tino Sehgal
12.06.2010    Tino Sehgal
18.06.2010    Tris Vonna-Michell
19.06.2010    Tino Sehgal
26.06.2010    Tino Sehgal
03.07.2010    Allora & Calzadilla
10.07.2010    Allora & Calzadilla
16.07.2010    Simon Fujiwara
17.07.2010    Allora & Calzadilla
24.07.2010    Allora & Calzadilla
29.07.2010    John Bock