David Lieske

From February 2015, mumok is showing a solo exhibition by the German artist David Lieske (born 1979 in Hamburg). Entitled Platoon (RL-X), this exhibition addresses the close connection between legend and work and between the person and the product of the artist. It is the central premise of this exhibition that the artist and the work stand in a complex relationship to each other, and that today the borders between art and work are fluid. The exhibition focuses on Lieske’s autobiography in book form, I tried to make this work (Vol. I), in which he tells the story of his life in an idealized retrospective. The text is based on conversations over several weeks recorded by the author Ingo Niermann and was translated into English by Michael Ladner. The book will be presented in an edition of 300 copies, as an autobiographical sketch that can only be read on site, and under heightened security, relating to the specific conditions of its commission and production and also its connection to a specific location and situation.The book is presented in a setting of munitions boxes, camouflage nets, and other paramilitary objects, so that the author suggests that his life has to be tactically conquered. Beholders and readers are invited to take hold of it and occupy it.In the course of describing his own life, Lieske also presents the social network within which he operates. He is a co-founder of the record lable Dial Records, and artist and manager at the Mathew Gallery. From his extended circle of friends, he has invited the Villa Design Group, which is represented by his gallery, to create a parallel architectural intervention within the mumok Ludwig Goes Pop exhibition, which also opens on  February 11, 2015. By extending into this exhibition, Lieske’s show demonstrates the afterlife and ubiquitous role of Pop Art in contemporary art.Curated by Barbara Rüdiger

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