Upcoming Exhibition UNDER DESTRUCTION Nina Beier and Marie Lund, Monica Bonvicini, Pavel Büchler, Nina Canell, Jimmie Durham, Alex Hubbard, Alexander Gutke, Martin Kersels, Michael Landy, Liz Larner, Christian Marclay, Kris Martin, Ariel Orozco, Michael Sailstorfer, Arcangelo Sassolino, Jonathan Schipper, Ariel Schlesinger, Roman Signer, Johannes Vogl Curated by Gianni Jetzer and Chris Sharp Under Destruction is a group exhibition featuring 20 internationally renowned contemporary artists that examine the use and role of destruction in today’s art. Fifty-one years after Swiss artist Jean Tinguely's historic auto-destructive machine Homage to New York at MoMA (1960) the present exhibition proposes a series of alternative approaches to the theme of destruction. Initially presented at the Museum Tinguely in Basel in one large exhibition in 2010, Under Destruction will be divided into three successive chapters for its incarnation at the Swiss Institute. Varying significantly from one another, each chapter will feature works loosely grouped together as much according to theme as to mood. Although each chapter will function as an autonomous exhibition, three separate visits will be required to grasp the exhibition as a whole. This factor inevitably reflects the progressive, time-based nature of its subject matter while describing the narrative arc that links the three parts together. Image: Johannes Vogl, Untitled (Machine To Produce Jam Breads), 2007 Courtesy the artist and Galerie Martin Janda, Wien. Under Destruction, Chapter I: April 6 to May 8 | Opening Tuesday April 5, 6–8PM The first part introduces destruction in some of its subtlest forms, exhibiting works whose destructive character and process seem to be either all but concealed or carefully controlled. With artworks by Nina Beier and Marie Lund, Monica Bonvicini, Pavel Büchler, Nina Canell, Alex Hubbard, and Michael Sailstorfer. Image: Nina Canell, Perpetuum Mobile (40 kg) (2009-2010). Courtesy the artist and Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin/Düsseldorf. Under Destruction, Chapter II: May 18 to June 19 | Opening Tuesday May 17, 6–8PM The second part is more oriented toward cyclical issues of consumption and spectacle. It can be seen as the crescendo of the exhibition. Here, destruction assumes the more aggressive and dramatic character one might normally associate with it. With artworks by Jimmie Durham, Martin Kersels, Michael Landy, Liz Larner, Christian Marclay, Ariel Orozco, Arcangelo Sassolino, Roman Signer, and Johannes Vogl. Image: Liz Larner, Corner Basher, 1988. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin. Under Destruction, Chapter III: June 29 to August 7 | Opening Tuesday June 28, 6–8PM The third and final part can be read as the dénouement of the exhibition. Paired down to a comparatively restrained, but no less powerful selection of works, it foregrounds the theme of the memento mori present in all three parts. With artworks by Alexander Gutke, Kris Martin, Jonathan Schipper, Ariel Schlesinger, and Roman Signer. In conjunction with the exhibition, a catalog, edited by Gianni Jetzer and Chris Sharp has been published by Distanz, with texts by Barbara Casavecchia, Boris Groys, Martin Herbert, Justin Hoffmann, Gianni Jetzer, Piper Marshall, Chris Sharp, Roland Wetzel, and Michael Wilson. The exhibition is a cooperation with Museum Tinguely, Basel. It is made possible with the support of George Foundation, Winterthur and Pro Helvetia, Swiss Cultural Council. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. A longer press release is available upon request. For press inquiries please contact Piper Marshall, piper@swissinstitute.net Please note our new opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday noon to 6PM Image: Ariel Schlesinger, Untitled (Bubble Machine), 2006. Courtesy Private collection. SWISS INSTITUTE / CONTEMPORARY ART 495 BROADWAY / 3RD FLOOR NEW YORK / NY 10012 TEL 212. 925. 2035 SUBWAY / N / R TO PRINCE STREET / 6 TO SPRING STREET wheelchair accessible  www.swissinstitute.net

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