Arbeit / Labor/ Work

The theme of this exhibition project was work / labor, which, over the past four decades, has become a central focus of the visual arts. Proceeding from artistic positions from the 1960s and 1970s, and extending to very recent works, the exhibition deals with issues such as women’s work, globalization and globalized gender relations or forms of transition from socialist to capitalist work. Artists included: Conrad Atkinson, Ursula Biemann, Harun Farocki, Paul Graham, Mary Kelly, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Adrian Paci, Martha Rosler, Mladen Stilinović (HR), Anne Tallentire (UK), Jeff Wall, Carey Youn