Salzburger Kunstverein Presents Agnes Scherer and freakygreenfish Exhibitions
The Salzburger Kunstverein has announced two new exhibitions: Agnes Scherer's 'Three Wicked Games' and a presentation by freakygreenfish. Scherer's show draws from Francisco Goya's tapestry cartoons 'Blind Man's Bluff' (1789) and 'The Straw Manikin' (1791), which depict folk games. She identifies in these works a structure where a powerless figure is central, surrounded by a choreographed society. Scherer adds a third imagined scene and translates Goya's compositions into a ghostly puppet-theatre, emptying figures of bodily fullness while quoting the originals closely. The exhibition explores contemporary obsessions through these historical lenses.
Key facts
- Salzburger Kunstverein announces new exhibitions by Agnes Scherer and freakygreenfish.
- Scherer's exhibition is titled 'Three Wicked Games'.
- The show references Francisco Goya's tapestry cartoons 'Blind Man's Bluff' (1789) and 'The Straw Manikin' (1791).
- Both Goya works depict folk games with a powerless figure at the center.
- Scherer adds a third imagined scene to the two Goya works.
- She translates Goya's compositions into a ghostly puppet-theatre.
- Scherer empties the figures of bodily fullness while quoting Goya almost one-to-one.
- The exhibition departs from an inventory of contemporary obsessions.
Entities
Artists
- Agnes Scherer
- freakygreenfish
- Francisco Goya
Institutions
- Salzburger Kunstverein
Locations
- Salzburg
- Austria