Muntean and Rosenblum explained
Muntean/Rosenblum is a collaborative artist duo composed of Markus Muntean (born 1962 in Graz, Austria) and Adi Rosenblum (born 1962 in Haifa, Israel). They have been collaborating since 1992.[1]
Background
Adi Rosenblum and Markus Muntean met each other as students at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria. In 1992 they sublimated their subjective singularity into a double act, into a third person: Mutean/Rosenblum. In 1995 they founded Bricks & Kicks (1995 to 1998), one of the first Artist-Run galleries in Vienna.[2] They were professors for Contextual Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1999 to 2005 and received the nationally prestigious City of Vienna Prize for Visual Arts in 2001.[3] [4] [5]
Work
In the compositions of their drawings, the artist couple Markus Muntean and Adi Rosenblum use methods of sampling and resampling of subjects from art history and present-day popular culture. The starting point is an intensive confrontation with the pathos formulas of art history and the questioning of how emotions that find expression as a result are articulated and interpreted in different eras. Motifs that we know from Passion cycles are applied to the psychological dispositions of contemporary existence, sometimes as the expression of an apathy that appeals to the empathy of the beholder. Historically overwhelming pictorial subjects are transferred into the present day, while at the same time triggering a discussion of the media conditions in which pictures are produced today. As a result of the use of language and lettering, a further plane penetrates into the drawings of Muntean and Rosenblum and gives insights into the complexity of the challenges which a subtle medium such as drawing has to face up to today. In the process, Muntean and Rosenblum also take an interest in the aspect of the nomadic narrative. The text collages form, in their relationship with the scenic compositions, aphorisms which pointedly contradict phrases of popular culture, and, through their paradoxical link with figural representations, awaken a dual consciousness.
Solo exhibitions
2020 | | Espacio Marte, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico |
2019 | | CFalive, Milano, Italy[6] |
| | Ebensperger Rhomberg Gallery, Salzburg, Austria[7] |
2018 | | MAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Coruña, Spain[8] |
| | MOCAK, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, Poland[9] |
2017 | | Parkview Museum,Beijing, China[10] |
2014 | | Institut für moderne Kunst Nürnberg | Institut für zeitgenössische Kunst, Nürnberg, Germany[11] |
2013 | | Philara Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst, Düsseldorf, Germany[12] |
2012 | | CAC Málaga, Spain [13] |
2008 | | Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg/Vienna, Austria[14] |
| | Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany[15] |
2006 | | MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain[16] |
| | Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany[17] |
| | Centre d'Art Santa Mònica CASM, Barcelona, Spain |
| | Movie presentation at Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria |
| | Hall of Art, Budapest, Hungary |
2005 | | Maureen Paley, London, Great Britain |
| | Viennale 2005, Gartenbau Kino, Vienna, Austria |
2004 | | Tate Britain, Art Now, London, Great Britain |
| | Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia |
2002 | | Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria |
| | De Appel, Amsterdam, Holland[18] |
2000 | | SECESSION, Vienna, Austria[19] |
| | Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland | |
Collections
- MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York[20]
- Zabludowicz Collection, London, New York[21]
- Susan and Michael Hort, New York[22]
- Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection, Miami[23]
- Rubell Family Collection, Miami[24]
- Dicke Collection, Ohio[25]
- The Progressive Art Collection, Ohio[26]
- Burger Collection, Hong Kong[27]
- Belvedere 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria[28]
- Albertina, Vienna, Austria[29]
- EVN Collection, Austria[30]
- Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (MAK), Vienna, Austria[31]
- MUMOK, Museum of Modern Art Foundation Ludwig Vienna, Vienna[32]
- Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria[33]
- Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria[34]
- Neue Galeri, Graz, Austria[35]
- Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien|Sammlung BA-CA, Vienna[36]
- Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Germany[37]
- Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany[38]
- DekaBank Collection, Frankfurt, Germany[39]
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel[40]
- Advaney Collection, The Hague, Netherlands
- MOCAK, Museum of Contemporary Art Krakau, Poland[41]
- Ellipse Foundation, Alcoitčo, Portugal[42]
- MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemoráneo de Castilla y Léon, Léon, Spain[43]
- ARCO Foundation, Madrid, Spain[44]
- Coleccion Inelcom Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, Spain[45]
- VAC - Colección Valencia Arte Contemporánea, Valencia, Spain[46]
- Swiss Re Collection, Zurich, Switzerland[47]
Bibliography (selected)
- Klaus Albrecht Schröder, Elsy Lahner, Albertina Wien (Hgs.): Drawing Now, Hirmer Verlag, Wien/München 2015,
- Karl-Josef Pazzini (Hg.): Bildung vor Bildern: Kunst - Pädagogik - Psychoanalyse (Theorie Bilden), transcript 2015,
- Fernando Huici, Gestión Cultural y Comunicación, S.L (Hgs.): Muntean/Rosenblum, The Management of Insignificance, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Málaga 2013,
- Essl Museum (Hg.), Muntean/Rosenblum: Between What Was and What Might Be, Essl Museum 2008,
- Arndt & Partner Berlin/Zurich (Hg.): Muntean/Rosenblum, Kerber Verlag, 2008,
- Ulf Meyer (Hg.): Double Act. Künstlerpaare, Prestel Verlag, München/Berlin/London/New York 2007,
- JRP Editions (Hg.): Markus Muntean /Adi Rosenblum – Make Death Listen, JRP Ringier Kunstverlag 2006,
- De Appel, Adam Szymczyk (Hgs.): Muntean/Rosenblum – To Die For, De Appel Centre for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam 2002,
- Uta Grosenick, Burkhard Riemschneider (Hgs.): Art now, Taschen Verlag 2002, p. 316–319,
- Thomas Trummer (Hg.): Das Neue, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Wien 2002
- Lóránd Hegyi (Hg.): Aspekte/Positionen: 50 Jahre Kunst in Mitteleuropa 1949–99, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien 1999,
- Secession (Hg.): Muntean/Rosenblum, Secession, Wien 2001,
- Peter Weiermair, Andreas Hapkemeyer (Hgs.): Figuration, Ursula-Blickle-Stiftung 1999, p. 66–69, 96, 107,
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Muntean Rosenblum - Artist's Profile - The Saatchi Gallery . www.saatchigallery.com . 11 June 2019.
- Web site: Vierhändig: Das Künstlerduo Muntean und Rosenblum. 5 September 2008 .
- Web site: Muntean/Rosenblum. basis wien.
- Web site: Adi Rosenblum. basis wien.
- Web site: Markus Muntean. basis wien.
- Web site: Is Muntean/Rosenblum the Instagram's forerunner?. 8 February 2019 . conceptual fine arts.
- Web site: Appropriate All Emotions. Ebensperger Rhomberg.
- Web site: 'This is not an exit' de la pareja artística Muntean/Rosenblum. El Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Gas Natural Fenosa.
- Web site: Walking Wounded. Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków.
- Web site: Bridging Asia-Europe II. The Parkview Museum.
- Web site: The Truth Is Deep Inside. www.moderne-kunst.org. 2017-07-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20170729215449/http://www.moderne-kunst.org/ausstellungen/alle-ausstellungen/ausstellung/article/the-truth-is-deep-inside.html. 2017-07-29. dead.
- Web site: Muntean & Rosenblum in der Sammlung Philara Düsseldorf. Kunstmarkt.com/Johannes Sander.
- Web site: THE CAC MÁLAGA PRESENTS A NEW EXHIBITION ON MUNTEAN/ROSENBLUM. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga.
- Web site: MUNTEAN / ROSENBLUM.
- Web site: MUNTEAN/ROSENBLUM Solo at Arndt&Partner. Arndt.
- Web site: Make Death Listen . Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León.
- Web site: MUNTEAN/ROSENBLUM Solo at Arndt&Partner. Arndt.
- Web site: De Appel.
- Web site: Buchhandlung Secession.
- Web site: Muntean/Rosenblum MoMA. 2020-07-27. The Museum of Modern Art. en.
- Web site: Zabludowicz Collection . zabludowicz collection .
- Web site: Susan and Michael Hort Art Collection . fineartmultiple .
- Web site: The Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection . cifo .
- Web site: RFC . rubell museum .
- Web site: Dicke Collections . James F Dicke .
- Web site: The Progressive Art Collection . The Progressive Art Collection .
- Web site: Burger Collection. burger collection .
- Web site: Belvedere 21er Haus . Sammlung Belvedere .
- Web site: Albertina Collection . Albertina Collection .
- Web site: EVN Collection . EVN Collection .
- Web site: MAK Collection . MAK.
- Web site: MUMOK Collection . MUMOK .
- Web site: Collection Essl . Collection Essl .
- Web site: collection Museum der Moderne . Museum der Moderne .
- Web site: Collection of the Neue Galerie Graz . Museum Joanneum .
- Web site: BA Artforum Vienna . Kunstforum Wien .
- Web site: Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst . gfzk .
- Web site: Museum Kunstpalast . Museum Kunstpalast .
- Web site: DekaBank Collection . Deka Group .
- Web site: Tel Aviv Museum of Art Collection . Tel Aviv Museum of Art .
- Web site: Markus Muntean, Adi Rosenblum - MOCAK. en.mocak.pl.
- Web site: Ellipse Foundation . Ellipse Foundation .
- Web site: Museo de Arte Contemoráneo Collection . musac .
- Web site: ARCO Foundation Collection . ARCO Foundation .
- Web site: Coleccion Inelcom Arte Contemporaneo . Coleccion Inelcom .
- Web site: VAC - Colección Valencia Arte Contemporánea . VAC - Colección Valencia Arte Contemporánea .
- Web site: Swiss Re Collection . Swiss Re Collection .