Exhibition 'Weight of Abundance' at Zeller van Almsick explores commodity circulation through contemporary art
The exhibition 'Weight of Abundance', curated by Àngels Miralda for the 'Curated by' festival, took place at Zeller van Almsick in Vienna from September 13 to November 21, 2019. Miralda examined the concept of 'circulation', referencing Marx's 'circulation of commodities' from Capital (1867). Eli Cortiñas contributed collages from 'From an Ethnological Museum Revisited' (2018) alongside the video 'Walls Have Feelings' (2019). Débora Delmar presented pieces from her 'l.u.x.u.r.y. Time' (2019) and 'Commercial Space' series (2019). Nicolás Lamas exhibited 23 sculptures crafted from altered consumer goods. This exhibition received coverage in the December 2019 edition of ArtReview.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Weight of Abundance' ran from September 13 to November 21, 2019
- Curated by Àngels Miralda at Zeller van Almsick gallery in Vienna
- Part of the 'Curated by' festival with theme 'circulation'
- Inspired by Karl Marx's 'circulation of commodities' from Capital (1867)
- Featured artists Eli Cortiñas, Débora Delmar, and Nicolás Lamas
- Eli Cortiñas showed collages and video with readings from multiple theorists
- Débora Delmar used knockoff luxury shoeboxes and jackets to critique consumerism
- Nicolás Lamas presented 23 sculptures of mangled consumer goods on shelving units
Entities
Artists
- Àngels Miralda
- Eli Cortiñas
- Débora Delmar
- Nicolás Lamas
- Karl Marx
- Franco 'Bifo' Berardi
- Silvia Federici
- Achille Mbembe
- Zygmunt Bauman
- Frantz Fanon
- John Carpenter
Institutions
- Zeller van Almsick
- ArtReview
- 'Curated by' festival
Locations
- Vienna
- Austria
- Beijing
- China
- Chaowai Market