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Muntean/Rosenblum

Muntean / Rosenblum, Untitled (There was no warmth...), 2005, oil on canvas, 220 x 260cm

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Muntean / Rosenblum
Far away from why

With the solo exibition of the London-based collective Muntean /
Rosenblum Arndt & Partner, Berlin, are delighted to announce the
inclusion of this significant position of contemporary art into the gallery program.

Below a group portrait of six teenagers a text in capitols reads: ‘We wereboth surprised and touched but could hardly express any emotion,because somehow, having left behind the pain in contemplation, so little of us was there, to be pondered on or grasped’. Is this really a thought of one of the potrayed? Or is this rather a quote that has been layed into the mouths of those upon first sight carefree looking young people? The words seem to impede and at the same time to replenish them with a depth, of which the youngsters do not yet seem conscious of.

The works of Muntean / Rosenblum persistently confront us with
people, whose appearances disclose them as children of our times. They are wearing up-to-date clothes, they are young, handsome, and seemingly adapted to our society. Yet, in a peculiar way they seem out of place. The vacant look in their eyes reveals that they have learned to embody the stereotypical image of youth reproduced by mass media. They are the products of a society marked by MTV and they have adapted the message of the advertisement industry well. At the same time, the written text in the paintings implicate that the portrayed persons are consciously or unconsciouly longing for so much more. It is precisely this yearning for security and respect, for affection and for a
fullfilling goal of life one reads in their facial expressions, that creates this unmistakable presence of all of Muntean / Rosenblum’s characters. The protagonist’s isolation, which they chose themselves, but which they are not responsible for, hinders them from seeing their own dreams come true.

The works of Muntean / Rosenblum often refer to traditional formulas of expression, in order to represent certain emotions. By transferring representational conventions to their own work, they succeed in disclosing how -throughout history- the meaning of a certain gesture may change into it’s contrary. In one of Muntean / Rosenblum’s works for example, the lasciviously bending gesture of a male adolescent characterized by lethargy and boredom is reminiscent of traditional representations of Christ’s removal from the cross or depictions of martyr. Despite the artists’ rather specific handwriting, they employ a wide range of formal approaches: Besides their widely recognized works on canvas as well as their drawings, Muntean / Rosenblum also present their remix of art history and contemporary society in the media film and installation.

Text by Thorsten Albertz

Muntean/Rosenblum

Markus Muntean
1962 born in Graz, Austria

Adi Rosenblum
1962 born in Haifa, Israel.

Collaboration since 1992
Live and work in Vienna and London

Solo Exhibitions

2008 Painting and Video, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg/Vienna
Arndt & Partner, Berlin

2007 Arario Gallery, Seoul
Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
Maureen Paley, London
Team Gallery, New York
Make death listen, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany

2006 Make death listen, MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
Shroud, Centre d´Art Santa Mònica CASM, Barcelona, Spain
Arndt & Partner, Zurich, Switzerland
MAK Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst,Vienna
We live in a twilight, Kunsthalle Budapest

2005 Disco, Maureen Paley, London
Jack Hanley, San Francisco, USA
Far Away From Why, Arndt & Partner, Berlin
Viennale 2005, Gartenbau Kino, Vienna

2004 It Is Never Facts That Tell, Tate Britain, Art Now, London
It Is Never Facts That Tell, Platform for Art, Gloucester Road Station in collaboration with Tate Britain, London
How Soon Is Now, Georg Kargl, Vienna
Being in and out of love too many times makes it harder to love, Australian
Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia

2003 Maureen Paley - Interim Art, London
There Is A Silence To Fill, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
Not to be. Not to be at all, Porsche Hof, Salzburg, Austria
Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
Franco Noero, Turin, Italy

2002 To Die For, De Appel, Amsterdam
billboards, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

2001 Georg Kargl, Vienna
Maureen Paley Interim Art, London
Art & Concept, Paris
chicagoprojectroom, Los Angeles, USA

2000 Where else, SECESSION, Vienna
I always tell you the truth unless of course I am lying to you, Kunsthaus
Glarus, Switzerland Minoritengalerie, Graz, Austria
Susanna Kulli, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Jack Tilton, New York, USA
Magazin 4, Bregenz, Austria

1999 Georg Kargl, Vienna
Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
MWMWM, Brooklyn/New York, USA
Chicago Project Room, Chicago, USA

1998 Lonely Facts, Kunsthalle Luckenwalde, Germany

1997 Slaymobil, City Racing Gallery, London
Slaymobil, Galerie Shift, Berlin
People Forever, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Germany

1996 Body Shop, Galerie Kidmat Eden, Tel Aviv

Group Exhibitions

2008 „If I can’t draw it...“, Mas Art Galeria, Barcelona, Spain
Drawing now – drawing then, Arndt & Partner, Zurich, Switzerland
Freundliche Feinde/ Friendly Enemies, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
Repeat All, MIS (Museo da image y So), São Paulo, Brazil
Si no puedo dibujarlo ..., Mas Art Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2007 Young at Heart, Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid
Come, come, come into my world, Ellipse Foundation,Contemporary Art Collection, Alcoitão, Portugal
EXISTENCIAS, MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
Zeichen und Zeichnung, Charim Galerie, Vienna
The Aggression of Beauty II, Arndt & Partner, Berlin
art_clips.ch.at.de, ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Zurück zur Figur. Malerei der Gegenwart, Kunsthaus, Vienna
Cuestión Xeneracional (Generational Issue), Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea
CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Painting Now, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands
VAC – Colección Valencia Arte Contemporánea, IVAM – Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Repeat All, Matucana100, Santiago de Chile

2006 ARS 06, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
The Triumph of Painting V, Saatchi Gallery, London
The Wonderful Fund: Art for the New Millennium 2000–2005, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Great Britain
Permanent 06, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg/Vienna
Repeat All, Toit du Monde, Vevey, Switzerland
Eine Frage (nach) der Geste, Hochschule für Grafi k und Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany
Young at heart, Muntean/Rosenblum, Collier Schorr, Slater Bradley, Galeria Presenca, Porto, Portugal
Der Ficker II, Wittgensteinhaus, Vienna
Der Ficker II, CAAM – Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Der Ficker II, Stiftung “De 11 Lijnen”, Oudenburg, Belgium
Körper, Seele, Gesicht – Frauenbilder vom 17.– 20. Jahrhundert, Leopold- museum, Vienna
Painting Codes, Galleria Comunale d´Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, Italy
Zurück zur Figur. Malerei der Gegenwart, Kunsthalle der Hypo Kultursti? ung, Munich, Germany
Works on paper, Arndt & Partner, Berlin
Kunst fürs 20er Haus. Aus der Sammlung des 20. Jahrhunderts der
Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere, Oberes Belvedere, Vienna
Mixed Emotions, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
Österreichische Kunst von 1900–2000. Konfrontationen –Kontinuitäten, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg/Vienna
Die Heimat ist um die Ecke, Museen der Stadt Regensburg, Germany
The Wonderful Fund Collection, Le Musée de Marrakech, Marocco
Postmediale Kondition, medialab, Madrid

2005 Körper-Sprachen, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Postmediale Kondition, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
Homeland is just around the corner. Contemporary Austrian Photography, MARCO – Museo de Arte Contemporánea, Vigo, Spain
SIMULTAN. Zwei Sammlungen österreichischer Fotografi e, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
Nach Rokytnik – Die Sammlung der EVN, MUMOK – Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
Bidibidobidiboo. Works from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection 1995–2005, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
In den Wäldern, kunsthaus muerz, Muerzzuschlag, Austria
Collecion Essl, MARCO – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey, Mexico
April meeting – festival of expanded media, V.I.P. Art Gallery, Belgrade
Slices of Life, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, USA
The Fifth Gospel, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Celje, Slovenia
Lebt und arbeitet in Wien (II), Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
Urban Visuals, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki

2004 26. São Paulo Biennale, São Paulo, Brazil
Mixed Emotions, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Isael
From Above, Georg Kargl, Vienna
New Blood, Saatchi Gallery, London
Busan Biennale 2004, Busan, Korea
Seven Sins, MUSEION, Museum für Moderne und Zeitgenössische Kunst, Bozen, Italy
Aufruhr der Gefühle. Leidenschaften als Thema der zeitgenössischen
Fotografie, Museum für Fotografie, Braunschweig, Germany; Kunsthalle
Göppingen, Germany
Vision einer Sammlung, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
The Ice Age, Team Gallery, New York, USA
Born to Be a Star, Künstlerhaus, Vienna

2003 New Space! Group Show!, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
Permanent 04, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg/Vienna
Young Israeli Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
Außer Atem – Fokus österreichische Malerei, Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Germany
Taktiken des Ego, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Child in time, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Netherlands
Rituale, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
BIDA Bienal Internacional del Deporte en el Arte, Salamanca, Spain
Intervista con la pittura, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice, Italy
Melodrama, MARCO – Museo de Arte Contemporánea, Vigo, Spain
Transfer Wien, Sammlung Falckenberg, Fabrikhallen PhoenixHarburg, Hamburg, Germany

2002 Contemporary Art Projects, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
The Gallery Show, Royal Academy, London
Die Stadt, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Germany
Melodrama, ARTIUM – Centro Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo,
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Melodrama, Palacio de los Condes de Gabia/Centro Jose Guerrero, Granada, Spain
Roma Roma Roma, Rome
Figur/Gegenfigur, Rupertinum Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
Life policies, Zé Dos Bois Galeria, Lisbon
Das Neue, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
favorites, Galerie & Edition Artelier, Graz, Austria

2001 2. berlin biennale 2001, Berlin
Guarene Arte 2001, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Sport in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg,
Germany Shopping, Generali Foundation, Vienna
Abbild, Steirisc(:her:)bst, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Vision, Bo01 The City of tomorrow European Housing Expo, Malmö, Sweden
City racing 1988–1998, ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Sport, Shedhalle Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Table Top, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
Tirana Biennale 1, Tirana
Gefesselt – entfesselt (Österreichische Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts), Galerie
Zacheta, Warsaw
Dub´1-intrROODer, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

2000 Fantasies and Curosities, Miami Art Museum, Miami, USA
I love you too, but ..., Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig Germany
Drawings 2000, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
2 Mädchen. Frauendoppelporträts aus dem Belvedere, Oberes Belvedere, Vienna
Happy in June, Mishkan Li-Omanut Museum of Art, En Harod, Israel
Milch vom ultrablauen Strom – Strategien Österreichischer Künstler, Kunsthalle
Krems, Austria
Etat des lieux #3, FRI-ART Centre d´Art Contemporain, Fribourg, Switzerland
100% Painting, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin
Europa differenti prospettive nella pittura, Fondazione Michetti, Francavilla al Mare Chieti, Italy
Public culture private nature, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
Die andauernden Städte. Urbane Situationen, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck,
Austria
Lemon Tree Hill, Asprey Jacques, London
There is something you should know, Die EVN Sammlung im Belvedere, Vienna Aspekte/Positionen: 50 Jahre Kunst in Mitteleuropa 1949–99, Museum
Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien/20er Haus, Vienna
La Casa, il Corpo, il Cuore, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig
Wien/20er Haus, Vienna
Figuration, Blickle-Stiftung, Kraichtal; Rupertinum Museum der Moderne
Salzburg; Museum für moderne Kunst, Bozen, Italy
Blue Fire – International Biennial of Young Art, Prague
The Bloodshow, Five Years Gallery, London
Art Focus 3 – International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Jerusalem
Wild Life, Austrian Cultural Institute, London
D-A-CH, Galerie Krinzinger im Benger Park, Bregenz/Semperdepot, Vienna
Liebe und Demain, Sali Gia, London
Mars, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Richtung Museumsquartier. Die Neue Sammlung 2, Museum Moderner Kunst
Stiftung Ludwig Wien/20er Haus, Vienna
24h Deluxe, Hotel Scribe, Paris

1998 The Campaign Against Living Miserably, Royal College, London
No Budget Films, 57 Hope St., Brooklyn/New York, USA
The Bird More Curious Than Me, Maison des Arts, Creteil, France
Lifestyle, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
Dropscene, Herzelia Museum of Modern Art, Herzelia, Israel
Sarajevo 2000, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna Vienna
A Visao Austriaca, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
New Roses from Vienna, celeste & eliot, Zurich, Switzerland
Fake, Rhizom, Aarhus, Denmark

1997 Schauplatz Museumsquartier – Zur Transformation eines Ortes, Kunsthalle
Wien, Vienna
Never Mind, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
Alpenblick, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
Zonen der Verstörung, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria

1996 Das doppelte Kleid, Schloß Ottenstein, Ottenstein, Germany
Interplace Access, Via Farini, Milan, Italy

1995 Cocain Orgasm, Bank Space, London
Lebendige Vergangenheit, Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch, Austria

Collections

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Essl Sammlung

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