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Austrian Cultural Forum
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 Mathilde ter Heijne, Menschen Opfern, Soundinstallation 2002 Copyright: Mathilde ter Heijne |
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UNDER PAIN OF DEATH Through May 10 | 2008 Gallery hours: Monday - Saturday | 10 am - 6 pm Austrian Cultural Forum New York 11 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10022 212 319 5300 http://www.acfny.org |
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UNDER PAIN OF DEATH Exhibition dates: January 22 - May 10 | 2008 Gallery hours: Monday - Saturday | 10 am - 6 pm Raimund Abraham Matthew Barney Bigert & Bergström Mary Ellen Carroll Barbara Caspar & Andrew Standen-Raz Chien-Jen Chen Steven Cohen Lucinda Devlin Manfred Erjautz Harun Farocki Barnaby Furnas Ken Gonzales-Day Michael Haneke Mathilde ter Heijne Glenn Ligon Thomas Locher Adam McEwen Errol Morris Nick Oberthaler Werner Reiterer Constanze Ruhm Andres Serrano Andy Warhol Artur Zmijewski Curated by Gerald Matt and Abraham Orden Curatorial Consultant | Ilse Lafer Commissioned and Produced by Andreas Stadler Exhibition Coordination | Elisabeth Haider Exhibition Assistance| Natascha Boojar | Marianne Dobner | Henry Grimm | Sigrid Polster | Marie - Theres Posawetz | Maria Simma In 2006, 1,591 people were executed around the world. They were hanged, shot, beheaded, poisoned, or tortured to death. In China, the country where most executions were carried out, the bodies of delinquents were often used as organ banks. What some view as justified punishment for the protection of human beings and society, others consider an affront, a sin against humanity and creation or a violation of human rights. The question of the legitimacy and non-legitimacy of the death penalty – its history and practice from the electric chair to lynchings and vigilantism – has been dividing humanity from the very outset. It fascinates and disgusts people, including artists. The exhibition surveys the questions and answers explored by contemporary artists in connection with the death penalty as an existentialist phenomenon involving human feelings ranging between fear, hate, anger, revenge, shame, forgiveness, and mercy. Admission to all ACF exhibitions, concerts, and other events is free. Gallery Hours: Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm. The Austrian Cultural Forum is located at 11 East 52nd Street in Manhattan. For additional information call 212 319 5300 or visit http://www.acfny.org |
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