Reinhard Mucha’s (*1950) complex practice uses the ground zero of sculpture after minimalism as a conceptual springboard for works that incorporate found objects, but also any kind of different industrial materials as well as photography and time-based media. The Düsseldorf-based artist strips found objects of their practical, ostensible purpose to expose sediments of time and lived history that have accumulated within them. His approach sheds critical light on the tacit norms and rules governing the institutional practices of contemporary art.
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Reinhard Mucha, Mutterseelenallein / „Die Verwandlung“, [2018], [2009], [1991] 1989 / [2018] 2016 (partial view)
All Alone / “The Metamorphosis”
Installation view, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, photo Mucha
All Alone / “The Metamorphosis”
Installation view, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, photo Mucha
Ouverture 2024
Group Exhibition
Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin
Ongoing
Ouverture 2024 celebrates 40 years of activity of Castello di Rivoli. The title Ouverture intentionally references the one used for the inaugural exhibition curated by Rudi Fuchs, the first Director of Castello. Opened to the public on 19 December 1984, the exhibition was conceived as a hypothesis for a future collection. Focused on works that were new or recent at the time, the exhibition recognised the value of individual artistic research rather than adherence to specific art historical movements. Ouverture 2024 reactivates the same principles, presenting the exceptional collection the institution has since built.
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