Eva Grubinger, Dark Matter, 2003. Installation View - Baltic Center of Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK

FRANKFURT.- With its exhibition “Eva Grubinger: Spartacus,” the Schirn continues its programmatic focus on current contemporary positions. Jan De Cock’s spectacular new installation “Denkmal 7” inside and outside the Schirn was the last work presented in this series. For “Spartacus,” Eva Grubinger also makes use of the Schirn’s specific spatial context, positioning her works in three places: in the rotunda and on the “table” (a concrete structure) outside and in the cabinet within. A wirenetting fence surrounds the lower floor area of the rotunda and the observation tower in its center. On the table, which is also fenced in, two stands face each other threateningly, while another piece of fence and a harsh spotlight bar the visitor’s way in the cabinet. In “Spartacus,” the artist, who was born in Salzburg in 1970 and has been living in Berlin since 1989, again dedicates herself to manifestations of power and impotence, of observing and being observed.

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