Foreigners Everywhere

24 May - 7 October 2012

What made EDUARD and JANA POMERANZ (EPSTIFTUNG) become collectors? What spirit of adventure led them to compile a collection of international contemporary art in such a short time? The exhibition FREMDE ÜBERALL/FOREIGNERS EVERYWHERE attempts to provide answers to this question with works of exceptional quality. The title is taken from a work by the Claire Fontaine artists’ collective and reminds us that art is above all a statement about differentness, a reflection of otherness and of society’s appreciation of openness towards the world. In this early twenty-first century and in a city that has always had a place for art, the Jewish Museum Vienna is showing a special exhibition in its newly renovated rooms, in which the history of the present is juxtaposed with a past that has disappeared in a dark fog. For that reason alone, this major Jewish collector is of prime importance for Vienna’s art scene.

Werke von:
MARINA ABRAMOVIC & ULAY, JOHN M. ARMLEDER, FRANCIS ALŸS, ADEL ABDESSEMED, MIROSLAW BALKA, YAEL BARTANA, PAUL CHAN, CLAIRE FONTAINE, MIRCEA CANTOR, KEREN CYTTER, JIMMIE DURHAM, VALIE EXPORT, MICHAEL ELMGREEN & INGAR DRAGSET, HANS-PETER FELDMANN, CEAL FLOYER, RYAN GANDER, DOUGLAS GORDON, ION GRIGORESCU, SHILPA GUPTA, JENNY HOLZER, THOMAS HIRSCHHORN, IMI KNOEBEL, MARTIN KIPPENBERGER, JULIUS KOLLER, SIGALIT LANDAU, ELAD LASRY, LEIGH LEIDARE, JONATHAN MONK, DAVID MALJKOVIC, BORIS MIKHAILOV, MATT MULLICAN, CIPRIAN MURESAN, MADEIN, BRUCE NAUMAN, HERMANN NITSCH, DEIMANTAS NARKEVICIUS, ROMAN ONDAK, ADRIAN PACI, PHILIPPE PARRENO, WALID RAAD, MICHAEL RIEDEL, ROBIN RHODE, JOE SCANLAN, MARKUS SCHINWALD, DANH VO, LAWRENCE WEINER, FRANZ WEST