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november 25, 2015 - Kiasma

Demonstrating Minds. 
Disagreements in contemporary art

One world, many minds. Over the past few years, mass expressions of opinion around the world have become a routine spectacle relayed to us in real time in news footage and social media. Public protests, riots, activists and terrorists have become the stock ico- nography of our age. The greedy pace at which information travels sees images devoured at lightning pace, each one swiped away and instantly replaced by a new one.
The Demonstrating Minds exhibition looks at a highly topical theme: art as social commentary. Throughout history, artists have shown varying degrees of interest in commenting on world affairs and changing social values. If the political climate of the 1960s was imbued with an earnest hope for a better tomorrow, any such remaining innocence has been stamped out by the arrival of the 2010s, an era in which extremist groups have strengthened their foothold and polarization has grown in various parts of the world. Any faith we might have in humankind’s ability to live harmoniously along- side others who think and believe differently has been thrust onto shaky ground.
Most of the works featured in Demonstrating Minds do not simply address a specific conflict or recent world event; rather they make a statement of a more universal yet also particular nature, often framed through metaphor or a deeply personal perspec- tive.
Artists in the exhibition are Kader Attia, Sylvie Blocher, Tanja Boukal, Vadim Fish- kin, Rainer Ganahl, Lise Harlev, Clara Ianni, Amal Kenawy, Cristina Lucas, Goshka Macuga, Cinthia Marcelle & Tiago Mata Machado, Jonathan Meese, Tom Molloy, Tanja Muravskaja, R.E.P. Revolutionary Experimental Space, Mika Rottenberg, Jari Silomäki, Mladen Stilinović and Suohpanterror.
The title and key connecting thread of the Demonstrating Minds exhibition is the French philosopher Jacques Rancière’s theory on politics as dissensus, the foundation upon which democracy is based. Art, too, is at its most potent when permitted to fulfil its fundamental mandate: to think for itself, speak its own language – and disagree.
Curators of the exhibition are Marja Sakari, Kati Kivinen, Patrik Nyberg and Jari-Pekka Vanhala.
Demonstrating Minds catalogue has essays written by curator, art historian Marja Sakari and media theorist Boris Groys. The publication introduces also all the artists.
Exhibition is supported by Austrian Embassy, Helsinki, Culture Ireland, Dublin, Emba- jada de España, Helsinki, Institut français de Finlande, and the Danish Art Foundation.
Demonstrating Minds
Disagreements in Contemporary Art Kiasma, 9 October 2015 – 20 March 2016
Further information for media
Curator Jari-Pekka Vanhala, +358 (0)40 500 1409, jari-pekka.vanhala@kiasma.fi
Kiasma Communications
Piia Laita, +358 (0)40 590 8805, piia.laita@kiasma.fi Päivi Oja, +358 (0)40 575 1486, paivi.oja@kiasma.fi
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma is part of the Finnish National Gallery together with Ateneum Art Museum and Sinebrychoff Art Museum.


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