September 3 –  December 12, 2010

ALBUM/TRACKS A+B offers the first overview of almost the entire oeuvre of Brussels-based artist Ana Torfs (born 1963), with the exhibition venues Düsseldorf and Vienna functioning as two records in a double-album set.

ALBUM/TRACKS B, which is on view in Vienna, may refer to a photo album which, empty at first, tells a "(hi)story" only once it is filled with pictures, a story to look at, read, and interpret from ever new points of view. The work of Ana Torfs could also be understood as a tribute to certain personalities and events from history, literature, and film whose tracks– hence the title–and traces the artist pursues and endows with new life. Thus, Torfs frequently explores literary and historical material such as the Inquisition's files on Joan of Arc (Du mentir-faux, 2000), the court records from the trial for the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht (Anatomy, 2006), or Ludwig van Beethoven's conversation books (Zyklus von Kleinigkeiten, 1998). The media that serve to convey these subjects are multifaceted reproductive techniques, ranging from film, video, slide installation, and photographic series to xerography and silkscreen.

The exhibition is a cooperation with the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, where it was shown from February 27 through July 18, 2010.

Curator: Sabine Folie; Assistant Curator: Georgia Holz

More information:
foundation.generali.at
www.anatorfs.com

Publication:
The exhibition is accompanied by a publication: Ana Torfs, ALBUM/TRACKS A+B, edited by Sabine Folie and Doris Krystof, 204 pages with many color and black-and-white illustrations, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nuremberg, 2010. Graphic design by Jurgen Persijn.

An online article on the exhibition in Düsseldorf can be read on www.kunstaspekte.de/ana-torfs2010.

Image: Ana Torfs Album/Tracks B, exhibition view, Generali Foundation, 2010. Photo: Margherita Spiluttini