Goshka Macuga

‘Exhibition M: A Re-enactment’ is a live performance by Goshka Macuga -a dialogue around the history and future of the museum. The three characters play the part of French novelist and theorist André Malraux, the art historian and former director of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Alfred H. Barr Jr. and Macuga herself, collapsing temporal and institutional boundaries whilst framing the museum as a site of continual reinterpretation.
Macuga depicts herself wearing a masculine suit, referencing a 1954 photograph of André Malraux in his home, surrounded by the pages of Le Musée Imaginaire (1947). Numerous elements from Malraux’s original photograph are reconfigured within the immersive sculptural environment. The installation originates from Goshka Macuga’s Exhibition M (2019), a monumental tapestry woven on a jacquard loom.
Originally commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the work was conceived in dialogue with the museum’s history, collection and institutional narratives.
Supported by @katemacgarry with @galerieruedigerschoettle and @galleriavistamare. Sculptural environment(produced with @celinedoultremont and @utasienkiewicz ) , Life performance based on a script by Goshka Macuga ,developed with direction of Fabio Cherstich @fabio_cherstich Three characters :Goshka Macuga, Andre Malraux and Alfred H. Barr Jr performed by Anna Degen @b_a_n_anna Joelle Hofman @joelle_alexndr Stella Covi @stellacovi Stefanie Schaarschmidt @steffihilda Ana Nahuel Blattner @ana.nahuel Ilaria Rabagliati @ilariagiuliar PHOTO: @gonogo.space
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