As part of a groundbreaking new collaboration with Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, Haus der Kunst, Munich’s global centre for contemporary art, will present a major exhibition by the internationally acclaimed French artist, Philippe Parreno, a multi-media, multi-sensory installation on a giant scale that will take over the entire gallery spaces from the end of November 2024.
Philippe Parreno has revolutionised the experience of museums. The exhibition will encompass Parreno’s key works and early works from the 1990s in multiple media ranging from video and sound to sculpture and drawing, created in collaboration with graphic designers, photographers, musicians, linguists, sound specialists, and actors, among others.
Throughout the exhibition, voices will play a fundamental role in bringing the building of Haus der Kunst to life. The Mittelhalle and Ostgalerie will become a resonating organism of light and sounds, featuring installations, films, new works and collaborations with peer artists.
An entire gallery will be conceived especially for children.
Philippe Parreno, said:
Art unframes and ruptures the meaning of what we usually see or hear, allowing it to speak in an outside voice.
The exhibition has been co-programmed with Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, to create two coordinated, yet different exhibitions sharing co-commissioned works and has been curated by Andrea Lissoni, Artistic Director of Haus der Kunst, with Hanns Lennart Wiesner and Lydia Antoniou.
Andrea Lissoni, Artistic Director, Haus der Kunst, said:
We aim to give shape to an institution where everyone coming can understand themselves as a living community. We look forward to welcoming you at Haus der Kunst for this journey.
To accompany the exhibition, Haus der Kunst and Leeum Museum of Art have jointly published a new book “Voices,” the first collection of transcriptions of various voices in artworks by Philippe Parreno, written by the artist between 1990 and 2021.
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About the artist
Philippe Parreno (b. 1964, Oran, Algeria) is a French artist and filmmaker who lives and works in Paris. He graduated from Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Grenoble in 1988 and in 1989 from Institut des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiques at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris. In 2016 Parreno presented the Hyundai Commission in the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London. He was the first artist to take over the entire 22,000 square metre gallery space at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris with his exhibition ”Anywhere, Anywhere Out of the World” which opened in October 2013.
Major exhibitions of Parreno’s work include: Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul (2024); Pilar Corrias, London (2023); Espace Louis Vuitton, Munich (2023); La Bourse de Commerce, Paris (2022); Fondation Beyeler, Basel (2021); Museo del Prado, Madrid (2021) Espace Louis Vuitton Venezia, Venice (2019); Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin (2018); Art Institute Chicago (2018); Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2017); ACMI (2016); Hangar Bicocca, Milan (2015), Park Avenue Armory, New York (2015); Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai (2017); Fundaciao de Serralves, Porto (2017); Thenabo York (2015), TV Channel, CAC Malaga (2014), The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow (2013); Barbican Art Gallery, London (2013); Fondation Beyeler (2012); Philadelphia Museum of Art (2012); The Serpentine Gallery, London (2010); Witte de With (2010); Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2009); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2009); Kunsthalle Zurich (2009); CCA Kitakyoshu, Japan (2006); Kunsthalle Zürich (2006); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2003); Musée D’Art Moderne de le Ville de Paris (2002), and Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2001).
