Oberes Belvedere

Lazar Lyutakov

Exhibition view in black and white: cube-like white shelves and chests in which and on which different objects are placed
© Lazar Lyutakov, The incantation of empty events #2, 2021, SIMIAN, Kopenhagen, Ausstellungsansicht, Foto: GRAYSC
Exhibition view in black and white: cube-like white shelves and chests in which and on which different objects are placed

30 June - 3 September 2023

Lazar Lyutakov often appropriates everyday objects from our modern mass culture and simple industrial products in an effort to chart the various trajectories of their manufacture and distribution. His works scrutinize the prerequisites and mechanisms of commerce, including the associated politics of value production, and the interfaces between commodity and art. His practice is characterized by his insistent and wide-ranging study of the history of design and the technical aspects of presentation.

The installation Way of the Sand, for example, which Lyutakov created for the Bulgarian pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2019, is based on cheap beer mugs that are handmade in Vietnam out of recycled discarded and broken glass and using a simple glassblowing technique. He presents the unique pieces on a modular structure made out of acrylic glass that is likewise fractured, its materiality reflecting the manufacturing process of the beer glasses and contemporary marketing strategies. Toying with the manifold ambiguities between standardized mass merchandise and upmarket object of desire, between disposable article and sculptural object, Lyutakov interrogates the imbalances of a globalized market as well as the commodity character of works of art.

Venue

Secession

Friedrichstraße 12
1010 Wien

Tickets & Info

Current Dates

  • Fri. 30 Jun 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 01 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 02 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 04 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 05 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 06 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 07 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 08 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 09 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 11 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
All dates

All Dates

June

  • Fri. 30 Jun 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

July

  • Sat. 01 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 02 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 04 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 05 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 06 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 07 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 08 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 09 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 11 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 12 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 13 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 14 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 15 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 16 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 18 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 19 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 20 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 21 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 22 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 23 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 25 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 26 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 27 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 28 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 29 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 30 Jul 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

August

  • Tue. 01 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 02 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 03 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 04 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 05 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 06 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 08 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 09 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 10 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 11 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 12 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 13 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 15 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 16 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 17 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 18 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 19 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 20 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 22 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 23 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 24 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Fri. 25 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 26 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 27 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Tue. 29 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Wed. 30 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Thu. 31 Aug 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

September

  • Fri. 01 Sep 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sat. 02 Sep 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Sun. 03 Sep 2023, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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