The works of
contemporary video art
presented at the next exhibition of Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle Budapest commemorate
real or virtual urban spaces
. The selection of artworks from
world renowned artists
explores the relationship of the
city and the built environment
.
The
Julia Stoschek Collection
is an
international private collection
of
contemporary artwork
, with its primary focus on
time-based media
. The collection, which was made public in 2007, mainly contains
video works, installations and photos
by internationally acknowledged artists.





Each year, new works are selected from the collection and put on view in the exhibition space at its location, in Düsseldorf, as well as at outside venues. Last time around, the selection was shown at Art Cologne within the framework of a separate project. After the Műcsarnok exhibition, the material will be presented at the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM), in Karlsruhe.





Műcsarnok is the first to exhibit the
iconic pieces of the Julia Stoschek Collection
in Central Eastern Europe. The
fresh, large-scale installations and projected images
of the exhibition reflect on the present and bring into view individual details of
contemporary urban existence
. The works expose the unfolding of nature under human influence through video footage shot in such locations as Cyprus, Germany, Mexico and the United States, as well as in virtual spaces.





The exhibition features work from
different generations of artists
, from pieces produced in recent years by young, Swedish artist Klara Lidén and Berlin-based Cyprien Gaillard to works created by Gordon Matta-Clark and Robert Smithson in the 1970s.





The exhibition spaces of the Műcsarnok feature artwork by Francis Alÿs, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Lonnie van Brummelen, Cao Fei, Tobias Zielony, Andro Wekua, Helen Marten, Cyprien Gaillard, Klara Lidén, Gordon Matta-Clark and Robert Smithson. All in all, 26 works by 11 artists are displayed.
The combined length of video footage is over eight hours.