Klaus Scherübel
The conceptual practice of Klaus Scherübel (born in Austria; lives in Montreal) offers a critical investigation of various systems and genres of cultural and symbolic production, ranging from the field of art and literature to theatre, cinema, television, and fashion. Via the multiple roles he adopts—editor, producer of a play, sponsor, artist at work—Scherübel becomes an active agent of the systems he studies and expounds upon. In his often text-based works, using media as diverse as photography, video, painting, installation, publication, and exhibition, Scherübel questions the nature of artistic activity, its representations, its conditions of production, as well as its reception. Echoing the structural organization of a multi-volume book, Scherübel has in recent years presented his work in the form of so-called “volumes,” dedicating them to art works, project-based work, exhibitions, and publications alike.
Recent solo and group exhibitions were hosted at, among others: Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg (2018); Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec (2016); Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz (2016); Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art and VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine, Montreal (2016); mumok – Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna (2015, 2012); BOZAR – Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (2015); Centro Universitário Maria Antonia USP, São Paulo (2014); Belvedere 21er Haus, Vienna (2013); Musée d’art contemporain de Nîmes, Nîmes (2012); Silver Flag, Montreal (2011); Musée régional de Rimouski, Rimouski (2010); S.M.A.K., Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent (2009); MoMA PS1, New York (2009); Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (2009); Darling Foundry, Montreal (2008); and Generali Foundation, Vienna (2008). Scherübel is the editor of Mallarmé, The Book. [Source : VOX, 2019]
