[Oberlist] Ciprian Muresan @ de Appel arts centre presents Genius without Talent

[Igor Mocanu]

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Sylvia Sleigh, "Arakawa and Madeline Gins," 1962.
Oil on canvas.* *

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 *Genius without Talent* <http://deappel.nl/exhibitions/e/735/>
*Group exhibition*
16 July–2 October 2011

*Opening:*
Friday 15 July, 6–9 p.m.

 *de Appel Boys' School*
Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat 59
Amsterdam
www.deappel.nl

 Participating artists include: *Cobra, Andrea Božić & Julia Willms,
Constant Dullaart, Jakup Ferri, Robert Filliou, Beatrice Gibson, Laura
Garbstiene, Ane Hjort Guttu, Annabel Howland, Alan Kane, Tomasz Kowalski,
Suzy Lake, Pantelis Makkas, Ciprian Muresan, Sylvia Sleigh, John Smith,
Praneet Soi, Helene Sommer, Leon Spilliaert, Piotr Uklanski, Adriaan de
Villiers, Nina Yuen.*

Curator: Ann Demeester

*Why should I value conceptual art? As a viewer, can I simply decide for
myself what I consider to be art and what I reject as nonsense or
pseudo-intellectual hogwash? What do I have to know before I can make these
sorts of value judgements? To what extent are the appreciation and
production of art a form of specialist knowledge? Can I see the difference
between amateur art and professional art? Can anyone do anything?*

We live in a world in which the boundaries between expertise and amateurism
become increasingly vague and transparent. On the one hand web 2.0
foregrounds user-generated content and anyone seems to be able to make a
contribution to the production of art and knowledge using channels such as
Youtube and Wikipedia. On the other hand, according to the journalist Koen
Haegens, we paradoxically live in a "casting society" in which it is
important to demonstrate that you can achieve a particular level of
excellence—just think of the popularity of programmes such as "So you think
you can dance," "America's Next Top Model," but also "The Apprentice".

Generally speaking, citizens have become more articulate and worldly wise
than forty years ago. They want to participate and make their own choices,
rather than having a blind trust in the opinions and ideas of authoritative
people or institutions. The expert and the specialist, like the (public)
intellectual, have become minority positions. This has implications for
various areas of expertise, and certainly also for the way in which West
European society and the media view art and artists today, as becomes
painfully obvious in the Netherlands today.

Artists such as Joseph Beuys and Robert Filliou caused a stir in the 1970s
with their "erweiterde Kunstbegriff." Beuys maintained that "everyone was an
artist", and in the context of his project "La Republique Geniale"
(Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1971) Filliou made a number of conflicting
statements about the genius that everyone has. In 2011 we see the
relationship between concepts such as genius and talent, art and creativity,
knowledge and expertise in a different way. On the basis of a broad range of
contemporary and historical art practices, this exhibition explores in an
associative way what the concepts of "hobbyist" and "expert," "layman and
specialist," "genius and talent" mean today from the perspective of
contemporary art.

*The title of this exhibition was inspired by the work of the French artist
Robert Filliou, who referred to himself as a "Genius without Talent."*

*Events in the context of the exhibition:*
- On occasion of the exhibition a blog is created where you can post your
remarks and responses related to the show see
www.iedereenkanalles.blogspot.com
- A series of workshops and lectures will be organized in the context of the
exhibition in September. For further information follow the link to
www.deappel.nl from 15 July.
Reservations: reservation la deappel.nl

*de Appel arts centre*
*Exhibition Venue:*
de Appel Boys' School
Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat 59, Amsterdam
Opening Hours: Tue-Sun from 11–6pm

*Correspondence address:*
de Appel Office
Post Box 10764
1001 ET Amsterdam
the Netherlands
t +3120 6255651
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www.deappel.nl
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*For press inquiries and further information* please contact
Samga Nguyen via marketing la deappel.nl or +31 (0)20-6255651


*Image above:
Courtesy of the Estate of Sylvia Sleigh & Freymond-Guth Fine Arts Ltd.


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