Rumors and murmurs

by Matthias Michalka

With 'Rumors and murmurs', mumok is presenting a comprehensive solo exhibition by artist Martin Beck, who lives in New York and Vienna. This show brings together works from the last ten years and also several new works specially made for the occasion. It includes sculptures, photographs, video works, drawings, books, and installations in the exhibition space that address questions of display and strategies of showing, memory, collectivity, and the themes of creating and finding images. An important early set of works by Martin Beck refers to modern exhibition systems and their relationship...