The Animal Within

Creatures in (and outside) the mumok Collection (Vienna)

Manuela Ammer, Ulrike Müller, Fahim Amir , Jack Halberstam

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Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig,Germany
13 April 2023

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Visual art and its fascination with animals (in the form of pets, zoo animals, farm animals, stuffed animals, along with projections of wildness) prepare the ground to reflect on the nature of sex, hunger, and affection, as well as on family and gender relations, socialization and domestication, and, not least, on the enduring impact of colonial history. Put another way: The Animal Within uses the popular appeal of animals to negotiate structures of violence and domination. Who eats whom? Who skins whom? Who leads whom on a leash? Who gives whom a name? But also: Why are children's playpens populated by so many cute stuffed animals? What purpose do aquariums, birdcages, and exotic trinkets serve in the bourgeois living room? And what makes animal skins such a popular fetish in expressions of sexuality and fashion? The exhibition is thus less about animals than about bodies, moving or still, reclining or standing, crouching or crawling. The animal as a motif serves as a starting point for arriving at a materialist understanding of art and life, and not in a figurative sense-it is astonishing how prominently bones, skins, hides, and feathers feature in the visual arts of the last hundred years.

Artists: Lothar Baumgarten, Joseph Beuys, Linda Bilda, Helen Chadwick, Friedl Dicker-Brandeis/Franz Singer, VALIE EXPORT, Öyvind Fahlström, Heinz Frank, Gloria Friedmann, Nancy Graves, Karel Havlicek, Jann Haworth, Candida Höfer, Ull Hohn, Anna Jermolaewa, Isolde Maria Joham, Gülsün Karamustafa, Alfred Klinkan, Dominique Knowles, Tetsumi Kudo, Maria Lassnig, Otto Muehl, Herrmann Nitsch, Oswald Oberhuber, Madame d'Ora (Dora Kallmus), Gina Pane, Pino Pascali, Germaine Richier, Susan Rothenberg, Erica Rutherford, Chéri Samba, Cagnaccio di San Pietro, Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Daniel Spoerri, Ursula et al.

Text by: Fahim Amir, Jack Halberstam, Eva Hayward
Edited by: Manuela Ammer, Ulrike Müller
Imprint: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig,Germany
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 210mm,
Weight: 1.400kg
ISBN: 9783753303239
ISBN 10: 3753303232
Pages: 350
Publication Date: 13 April 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Jack Halberstam is Professor of Gender Studies and English at Columbia University.

Reviews for The Animal Within: Creatures in (and outside) the mumok Collection (Vienna)

"Proposing alternatives to the normative taxonomies that shape institutional collections, the hugely popular show questioned fundamental Enlightenment concepts of modernity, throwing light on the museum's roots in colonial histories.--Lynne Cooke ""Artforum"""