Martha Rosler and Hito Steyerl at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart
Soloshow «War Games», May 5 until December 2, 2018
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Exhibition View Hito Steyerl "Hell Yeah We Fuck Die" at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart 2018 / Photo: Marc Asekhame / Courtesy: Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Martha Rosler "Photo Op" at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart 2018 / Courtesy: the Artist, Mitchell Innes and Nash, New York and Galerie Nagel Draxler Berlin/ Köln
Exhibition View Martha Rosler "Born To Be Sold: Martha Rosler Reads the Strange Case of Baby $/M" at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart 2018 / Photo: Marc Asekhame / Courtesy: Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin and Gallery Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
Exhibition View Hito Steyerl "ExtraSpaceCraft" at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart 2018 / Photo: Marc Asekhame / Courtesy: Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Exhibition View Hito Steyerl "Hell Yeah We Fuck Die" at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart 2018 / Photo: Marc Asekhame / Courtesy: Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Exhibition View Martha Rosler and Hito Steyerl "War Games" at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart 2018 / Photo: Julian Salinas
Exhibition View Hito Steyerl "The Tower" at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart 2018 / Photo: Marc Asekhame / Courtesy: Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Exhibition View Martha Rosler "Reading Hannah Arendt (Politically, for an American in the 21st Century); 2006" at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart 2018 / Photo: Marc Asekhame / Courtesy: Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin and Gallery Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
The exhibition "War Games" at Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart features early and recent works by Martha Rosler and Hito Steyerl. The presentation on two floors of the museum includes expansive multimedia installations that confront the visitor with spectacular dramatizations of high-tech imagery. Both artists' oeuvres address the intersections between politics and mass media, reflecting on how audiovisual media shape our perception of social reality.
Martha Rosler, known for her photomontages, video art, performances, and installations, rose to fame with her series of collages contrasting American interiors with images from the Vietnam War. Her work explores feminist convictions, urban structures, and everyday scenes to examine power structures and social standards.
Hito Steyerl, a German artist and professor, analyzes contemporary society, global capital flows, and the power of images in shaping our perception. Her videos often incorporate digital technologies and found footage from mass media, reflecting on the expanded reality created by digital technologies.
The exhibition delves into themes of social, political, economic, and military domination, exploring areas such as colonialism, migration, war, and gender. It also addresses the militarization of everyday life and the role of cultural institutions in political-economic constellations.
Exhibition View Hito Steyerl "Duty Free Art" at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart 2018 / Photo: Marc Asekhame / Courtesy: Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Exhibition View Martha Rosler and Hito Steyerl "War Games" at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart 2018 / Photo: Julian Salinas
Exhibition View Martha Rosler and Hito Steyerl "War Games" at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart 2018 / Photo: Julian Salinas
Exhibition View Martha Rosler and Hito Steyerl "War Games" at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart 2018 / Photo: Julian Salinas
Exhibition View Martha Rosler and Hito Steyerl "War Games" at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart 2018 / Photo: Julian Salinas
