Locarno — 14 April 2008

Art cannot be untaught

La Rada - Spazio per l'Arte contemporane

ex scuole comunali / Piazzetta Remo Rossi
6600 Locarno
Exhibition
19 April 2008 - 31 May 2008

Walter Gropius in the Bauhaus Manifesto (1919) wrote "art cannot be taught"; artistic education is thus based on a paradox. Art cannot be untaught is an exhibition dealing with the idea of pedagogy, transmission of knowledge and that of school; it will be hosted in a building that used to be a state primary school and whose architecture still bears trace of that past. The eight Swiss and international artists invited, all born between 1970 and 1980, will be working on the subject matter and presenting new works especially conceived for this exhibition, considering a social, political and educational outreach. Read more...

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