English
2022
Published by Spector Books (Leipzig, Germany)
Printed by DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg GmbH
29 x 21.5, 320 pages, color, offset, spiral binding, softcover
Designed by Hannes Drißner
The Indian-based collective Raqs Media has selected works from the historical art collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna which they then set against current positions, such that Bosch, Dürer, Schiele are combined, for example, with contemporary works by Lakshmana Rao Kotturu, Farideh Lashai,and Lavanya Mani. The canonized order of a Eurocentric art collection is thus moved from its fixed state, offering a different, decolonial angle on the works presented.
This illustrated book is published on the occasion of the reopening of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna at Schillerplatz and the exhibition Hungry of Time. An Invitation to epistemic disobedience with Raqs Media Collective, in the Art Collections of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from October 9, 2021 to February 27, 2022.