Les NEW HEADS poursuivent leur présence au salon artgenève du 30 janvier au 02 février 2020 en y présentant une exposition collective de diplômé·e·s du Master en Arts visuels sélectionné·e·s par un curateur invité, Fredi Fischli pour cette édition, qui codirige avec Niels Olsen le gta Exhibitions de la ETH de Zurich. Fredi Fischli intervient par ailleurs depuis un an comme théoricien dans le Bachelor Arts visuels de la HEAD – Genève.

HEAD – Genève presents works by the recent master’s graduates Melanie Akeret, Valentina De Micheli (aka. Broken Promises Crew) and Ye Xe organized by Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen, who were selected as curators for this year’s NEW HEADS.

In her new work Melanie Akeret rearranges found images of children wearing face paint into monochromatic paintings that dissolve pictorial hierarchies and point towards the economical and social backdrop of painting. In the middle of the space there is a sound installation, a window and burnt textiles depicting a smoking dragon by the Broken Promises Crew. One of the posters by Ye Xe situated on the wall outside announces the geometrical figure of a surface with only one side and boundary as “The Old Möbius Strip”. Comparable to a Möbius strip, this presentation brings together what might seem apart. The three artists combine their work with the production by other authors. They are working with sound and found imagery, use pseudonyms and question established notions of authorship.

Thrusday 30.01.20 – Sunday 02.02.20
Salon artgeneve – Stand D3
Palexpo
​Route François-Peyrot 30
1218 Le Grand-Saconnex/Genève