Whether wars produce weapons, or weapons produce wars, is one of the growth questions of national arms industries. And art too does not remain passive on this subject. In their works and through their activism, artists take a stand. However, the art world also profits from war and contri­butes its fair share to the accumulation of capital of corporations that produce weapons and deliver them to war zones.

The exhibition Krieg Kuratieren (Curating War) brings international artists together whose works move along the interface between art and war. The exhibition deals with various aspects of war, the resulting conflicts, and the opportunities for action in the field of art. Some artistic positions question the economic base of the art world. Others try to find out how art shapes memory and creates a space for coping with war experiences, in order to shed light on the cultural hegemony in geopolitical spaces.

Second Edition

Group exhibition
Kunstraum Innsbruck
2020

Curated by Ezgi Erol

Artists Alice Creischer & Andreas Siekmann, Ana Hoffner ex-Prvulovic*, Fatoş Irwen, Hiwa K, Georg Oberlechner, Ihsan Oturmak, Songül Sönmez, Hito Steyerl, Rojda Tuğrul.

In Cooperation with Ivana Marjanovic and Kunstraum Innsbruck 

TEXT ON CURATING WAR
Simone Bader, Lässt sich Krieg kuratieren?,
2020

PRESS ON CURATING WAR,
SECOND EDITION

Ivona Jelčić, “Krieg kuratieren”: Kunst auf dem Schlachtfeld der Moral
DerStandard, 17.02.2020

Barbara Unterthurner, Unheimliche Allianzen: „Krieg kuratieren“ in Innsbruck
Tiroler Tageszeitung, 14.02.2020

Interview from Patrizia Jilg,
Mit Kunst Geld waschen,
ORF-TVthek (online 14–21th of February 2020)