Mousse Magazine

All of the exponents on show share a special approach to telling stories. Argentinian artist Mercedes Azpilicueta is concerned with the history of subcultures and outsiders operating outside of the mainstream. Their role is retold in the construction of a cultural memory. In their work, Milan artist couple Invernomuto expose mystifications and legends of the past as fabricated fiction. Formative places of everyday life are the focal point for the biographical exploration of history undertaken by New York-based artist Diamond Stingily and Iranian Nazgol Ansarinia.

The contributions to the exhibition pan out a range of individual views of a time gone by, interweaving with each other to present a possible interpretation today. What is more, “C4” is the outcome of an examination of the collection, and thus the history of the Museum, by four different contemporary artists: the ‘C’ in the title of the show refers to the collection as the basis and starting point but also evokes associations with ‘Cooperation’, “Collaboration” and “Contamination.” Nazgol Ansarinia, Mercedes Azpilicueta, Invernomuto and Diamond Stingily take a very personal look at the holdings of Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, engaging with at least one particular work in their solo presentations. Their works and the interaction with other works invite us to “unlearn,” as Hannah Arendt put it, i.e. to question preconceived images and embrace new viewpoints.