monochrom presents // Hornbach writes art history: We're quite proud being able to present a wonderful installation by Or-Om, an Austrian art group, at monochrom space/MQW Vienna.
The conceptual character of Or-Om's art of supra-appropriation is clear. It is with affection and devotion that the group finds creative way to deal with Marcel Duchamp's famous piece of appropriation art -- the urinal he bought, signed and put into an art context -- which was rejected at the Society of Independent Artists in New York in February 1917. With "Die gehornbachte Kunst" Or-Om explores certain trains of thought and makes a step on: in cooperation with the German DIY store chain "Hornbach" Or-Om declares that all "Hornbach" outlets are art galleries. German language background info can be found here. Exhibition at monochrom space: May 17 - August 15, 2005.
monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, context hacking and political activism. Our mission is conducted everywhere, but first and foremost in culture-archeological digs into the seats (and pockets) of ideology and entertainment. monochrom has existed in this (and almost every other) form since 1993. [more]
