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John Miller The Ruin of Exchange

14.07.24 – 24.11.24 Kunsthaus Glarus

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Curated by Melanie Ohnemus The Ruin of Exchange presents a selection of John Miller’s artwork ranging from 1994 to the present. Miller employs a wide variety of materials and media, making it difficult to pin him down to a particular or artistic style. And yet his work is highly influential, even though its mutability and limiting of personal gestures possibly best express a certain recognizable quality. Because Miller calls into question art’s aspirations to transcend its subject matter, this …

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Kuratiert von Melanie Ohnemus Die Ausstellung The Ruin of Exchange zeigt eine Auswahl von John Millers Werken aus den Jahren 1994 bis 2024. John Miller verwendet in seiner Arbeit verschiedene Materialien und Medien und ist daher schwer auf ein Markenzeichen oder einen künstlerischen Stil festzulegen. Und doch ist sein Werk sehr einflussreich, obwohl sich ein gewisses wiedererkennbares Timbre wohl am ehesten in der Wandelbarkeit des Werks und der Beschränkung persönlicher Gesten äußert. Diese …

The Ruin of Exchange
John Miller The Ruin of Exchange 2024

Installation views

Kunsthaus Glarus

Photos: Gina Folly

Psychedelic Shack
John Miller Psychedelic Shack 1995
acrylic on canvas 71,2 x 51,1 x 2,8 cm

Image: The lender

A Powerful Prayer
John Miller A Powerful Prayer 1994
acrylic on canvas 87,6 x 64,8 x 4 cm

Courtesy Sammlung Ringier, Schweiz. Photo: Paul Seewer

Ha Ha, Jerry Lewis
John Miller Ha Ha, Jerry Lewis 1996
acrylic on canvas 71,2 x 51,1 x 2,8 cm

Courtesy Sammlung Ringier, Schweiz. Photo: Paul Seewer

Sunken World
John Miller Sunken World 2021

Courtesy Galerie Johann Widauer, Innsbruck and the artist


Figure in the back:
John Miller, Richard Hoeck, “Camouflage on a Mannequin (male mannequin)”, 2008
Mannequin, plastic raincoat with military camouflage pattern, plastic trousers,
plastic leaf camouflage suit, automatic firearm, installation dimensions variable. Courtesy the artists

Grapes in a Mirror
John Miller Grapes in a Mirror 2023
inkjet print and acrylic on canvas 120 x 90 cm

Courtesy Trautwein Herleth, Berlin and the artist. Image: Trautwein Herleth, Berlin

The Ambassadors
John Miller The Ambassadors 2023
inkjetprint and acrylic on canvas 90 x 120 cm

Courtesy Trautwein Herleth, Berlin and the artist. Photo: Trautwein Herleth, Berlin

Maybe Next Time
Robot (Takuji Kogo and John Miller) Maybe Next Time 2024
Video 4I, 3:52 min., sound
Maybe Next Time
Robot (Takuji Kogo and John Miller) Maybe Next Time 2024
Video 4K, sound, 3:52 min. (film still)
Epic Theater
John Miller Epic Theater 2020
Print, lighting stand, camera stand, camera, fabric, wig, studio light shades, mannequin hand, mannequin foot, gray paint on canvas installation dimensions variable

Courtesy Collection MAMCO, Geneva. Anonymous donation

Figure/Ground (detail)
John Miller Figure/Ground (detail) 2024
Celluclay paper mâché, plaster, modeling paste, and acrylic paint on bases of sintra laminated to gatorboard Dimensions variable

Courtesy Galerie Johann Widauer, Innsbruck and the artist

Figure/Ground (detail)
John Miller Figure/Ground (detail) 2024
Celluclay paper mâché, plaster, modeling paste, and acrylic paint on bases of sintra laminated to gatorboard Dimensions variable

Courtesy Galerie Johann Widauer, Innsbruck and the artist

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