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Goran Galić e Gian-Reto Gredig

Palazzo delle Notarie
30 April - 7 June 2009
curated by Antonello Frongia

   

STANDBY

Reggio Emilia, a place that has always been famous for its strength which lies in its courage, the wealth of its ideas, its great spirit of innovation, its open-minded way of reacting to historical events, learning and reinventing itself: how is it handling the challenges of our times? How is it dealing with the current global economic crisis? In Standby, images of the current economy, industry and local work situation are portrayed. Companies and people (management representatives, various experts, employees) portrayed in this exceptional moment which, at times also leads to an absence from work, and which in any case stimulates thought on the meaning of work itself. Portraits of work places searching for traces of the personal, of what links a person to the place they work in. Portraits of people in private. Portraits of free time. 

BIOGRAPHY

Goran Galić (Lucerne, 1977) graduated from the Zurich University of Art and Design, Department of Photography. Gian-Reto Gredig (Coira, 1976) graduated from the Zurich University in Social Anthropology. Their collaboration began in Zurich in 2002, where the two artists live and work. In just a few years they caught the attention of the critics thanks above all to their three-year research project on Bosnia, Ma bice bolje (2003-2006), shown at the Winterthur Photo-museum in the collective exhibition “Reale Fantasien” in 2006, dedicated to the new Swiss photo scene, and for their work on war photographers, Photographs in conflict, Kunsthaus Glarus, 2007 and Natascha Mehlhop Gallery Brussels 2008. In 2009 they also exhibited Vektor at the Coalmine in Winterthur. Among their collective exhibitions, the following are worthy of mention: Swiss Art Awards , Messehalle, Basel 2006; Under 30 IV – Young Swiss Art , Centre Pasquart Biel, 2006; Top of Central Switzerland , Kunstnuseum Lucerne, 2007; Shifting Identities , Kunsthaus Zürich, 2008; Art Bingo , Atelier Leimbach Zürich, 2008; La Heart – Arago Aragora , Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts Perpignan, 2008;  State of Zürich Grants , F+F Zürich, 2008; Printed Matter , Fotomuseum Winterthur 2009; Stipendium Vordemberge-Gildewart: 12 junge Kunstpositionen, Kunsthaus Aarau, 2009; Shifting Identities, Contemporary Art Center Vilnius, 2009. In 2008 they won the Swiss Art Award at the Bundesamt für Kultur.

INFORMATION

Info
Palazzo delle Notarie
via Palazzolo 1 - Reggio Emilia
tel. 0522 451152 - 456249

Hours
Opening 30 April at 18.00
From 1 to 3 May from 10.00 to 23.00
From 5 May to 7 June: from Tuesdays to Fridays from 18.00 to 23.00; Saturdays, Sundays and festivals from 10.00 to 23.00

MEETING WITH THE ARTISTS

Sunday 3 May at 10.00 - piazza Casotti
Standby
Antonello Frongia presents Goran Galić and Gian-Reto Gredig