Intro
Personal Brandscape
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich
26 August–22 October 2000
Content
A group show on how brands shape our identity and become part of our natural habitat but also how artist use branding in their work. Takashi Murakami has created a mascot that has become an identifier of his artistic persona. In her logo mandalas, Gunilla Klingberg combines branding with religious imagery resulting in a mesmerizing visual trip departing from the profanity of a supermarket logo. The large-scale installation of Lang/Baumann builds upon the aesthetics of the 1970s evoking a sense of dynamism and speed, design of racecars and Op-art–a visual thread that goes through their artistic oeuvre. Young immigrants finding refuge in Denmark are at the base of the portraitures of Jens Haaning. As a caption the list of brands that they wear figures, unveiling the identity stated by cloths and their story.
Artists:
Jens Haaning, Gunilla Klingberg, Lang/Baumann, Takashi Murakami,