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artists & participants
Marina Abramovic,
Etel Adnan,
Ai Weiwei,
Sophia Al Maria,
Sophia Al-Maria,
Allora & Calzadilla,
Pawel Althamer,
Carl Andre,
Kathryn Andrews,
Uri Aran,
Cory Arcangel,
John Armleder,
Robert Ashley,
David Askevold,
Ed Atkins,
Tarek Atoui,
Lutz Bacher,
Darren Bader,
Nairy Baghramian,
John Baldessari,
Matthew Barney,
Yto Barrada,
Robert Barry,
Gianfranco Baruchello,
Jerome Bel,
Kim Beom,
Bernadette Corporation,
Gerry Bibby,
Dara Birnbaum,
Mel Bochner,
John Bock,
Christian Boltanski,
Inaki Bonillas,
Louise Bourgeois,
Geta Bratescu,
Joan Brossa,
Daniel Buren,
Waltercio Caldas,
Mircea Cantor,
Cao Fei,
Antonio Caro,
Maurizio Cattelan,
John Chamberlain,
Paul Chan,
Boris Charmatz,
Chu Yun,
Jay Chung,
Helene Cixous,
CLAIRE FONTAINE,
Lygia Clark,
Amy E. Cohen,
Douglas Coupland,
Meg Cranston,
Critical Art Ensemble,
Minerva Cuevas,
de Rijke / de Rooij,
Tacita Dean,
Gu Dexin,
Wilson Diaz,
Trisha Donnelly,
Jimmie Durham,
Maria Eichhorn,
Olafur Eliasson,
Elizabeth Diller + Ricardo Scofidio,
Elmgreen & Dragset,
Tracey Emin,
Ayse Erkmen,
Cerith Wyn Evans,
Matias Faldbakken,
Hans-Peter Feldmann,
Feng Mengbo,
Fischli/Weiss,
William Forsythe,
Simone Forti,
Hreinn Fridfinnsson,
Yona Friedman,
Simon Fujiwara,
Theaster Gates,
Paul-Armand Gette,
Jef Geys,
Gilbert & George,
Simryn Gill,
Liam Gillick,
Edouard Glissant,
Leon Golub,
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster,
Felix Gonzalez-Torres,
Douglas Gordon,
Rodney Graham,
Dan Graham,
Konstantin Grcic,
Joseph Grigely,
Ulrike Grossarth,
Marie-Ange Guilleminot,
Shilpa Gupta,
Anna Halprin,
Richard Hamilton,
N.S. Harsha,
Mona Hatoum,
Federico Herrero,
Anthony Hill,
Maria Teresa Hincapie,
Roger Hiorns,
Damien Hirst,
Shere Hite,
Nicholas Hlobo,
Carsten Höller,
Jonathan Horowitz,
Hu Fang,
Pierre Huyghe,
Fabrice Hyber,
Cristina Iglesias,
Koo Jeong-A,
Joan Jonas,
Ilya Kabakov,
Stephen Kaltenbach,
Allan Kaprow,
Sejima Kazuyo,
Mike Kelley,
Hassan Khan,
Ben Kinmont,
Ragnar Kjartansson,
Alison Knowles,
Aaron Koblin,
Terence Koh,
Jiri Kolar,
Julius Koller,
Surasi Kusolwong,
Suzanne Lacy,
David Lamelas,
Adriana Lara,
Bertrand Lavier,
Xavier Le Roy,
Kemang Wa Lehulere,
Sol LeWitt,
Klara Liden,
Lucy Lippard,
Liu Ding,
Thomas Lommee,
Anibal Lopez,
Lee Lozano,
Lu Chunsheng,
Sarah Lucas,
David Lynch,
Jorge Macchi,
Tobias Madison,
Mark Manders,
Christian Marclay,
Enzo Mari,
Eva Marisaldi,
Chris Marker,
Helen Marten,
Paul McCarthy,
Cildo Meireles,
Jonas Mekas,
Annette Messager,
Olaf Metzel,
John Miller,
Andrei Monastyrski,
Robert Morris,
Valerie Mrejen,
Otto Muehl,
Eileen Myles,
Jean-Luc Nancy,
Deimantas Narkevicius,
Bruce Nauman,
Ernesto Neto,
Rivane Neuenschwander,
Max Neuhaus,
Anders Nordby,
Albert Oehlen,
Roman Ondak,
Yoko Ono,
Füsun Onur,
Fernando Ortega,
Damian Ortega,
Clifford Owens,
Nam June Paik,
Charlemagne Palestine,
Christodoulos Panayiotou,
Lygia Pape,
Nicolas Paris,
Philippe Parreno,
Marko Peljhan,
Amalia Pica,
Cesare Pietroiusti,
Adrian Piper,
Michelangelo Pistoletto,
Marjetica Potrc,
Cedric Price,
Raqs Media Collective,
Casey E. B. Reas,
David Reed,
Tobias Rehberger,
Pedro Reyes,
Jason Rhoades,
Pipilotti Rist,
David Robbins,
Ugo Rondinone,
Martha Rosler,
Ed Ruscha,
Claude Rutault,
Anri Sala,
Eszter Salamon,
Tomas Saraceno,
Juliao Sarmento,
Dimitar Sasselov,
Peter Saville,
Tomas Schmit,
Thomas Schütte,
Tino Sehgal,
Kazuyo Sejima,
Hassan Sharif,
Jim Shaw,
Rupert Sheldrake,
Pak Sheung Chueng,
Pak Sheung-Chuen,
Shimabuku,
Gabriel Sierra,
Alexandre Singh,
Andreas Slominski,
Michael E. Smith,
Michael Smith,
Nancy Spero,
Bruce Sterling,
Mladen Stilinovic,
Elaine Sturtevant,
Hugo Suter,
Pascale Marthine Tayou,
Rirkrit Tiravanija,
Mario Garcia Torres,
Ryan Trecartin,
Rosemarie Trockel,
Erik van Lieshout,
Agnes Varda,
Francisco J. Varela,
Anton Vidokle,
Adrian Villar Rojas,
Tris Vonna-Michell,
Franz Erhard Walther,
Wang Jianwei,
Wang Wei,
Liu Wei (1965),
Hannah Weinberger,
Lawrence Weiner,
Richard Wentworth,
Franz West,
Emmett Williams,
Gil Wolman,
Erwin Wurm,
Xu Tan,
Xu Zhen,
Yang Fudong,
Yasunao Tone,
Tone Yasunou,
Huang Yong Ping,
Dardan Zhegrova,
Zheng Guogu
curators
press release
Conceived by European curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and managed by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, do it (adelaide) will be the latest incarnation of this global art project. do it began in Paris in 1993 as a result of a discussion between Obrist and artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier about how to make exhibitions flexible and open-ended. Would an artist’s work be transformed if others made the artwork?
From this starting point, 12 artists supplied instructions which were then published and distributed internationally. Soon afterwards, do it exhibitions were being realised all over the world. New instructions were added for each incarnation, so that today nearly 400 artists have contributed instructions to the ever-evolving project, offering vast creative possibilities for the participants who enact them. This archive includes instructions from artists such as Yoko Ono, Louise Bourgeois, Sol LeWitt, Liam Gillick, Tino Sehgal and Tracey Emin.
do it (adelaide) is an opportunity for the Samstag Museum to reach out to the Adelaide community: Museum visitors, students, musicians, local emerging and established artists, designers and Museum staff will collaborate on this ambitious project during our city’s vibrant festival period.
do it is a travelling exhibition conceived and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, and organised by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York. The exhibition and the accompanying publication were made possible, in part by grants from the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and with the generous.
The Samstag Museum is proud to bring this contemporary art phenomenon to Adelaide, and is excited to be working with media partners City Mag to ensure that do it (adelaide) is a standout event in the history of Obrist’s daring proposition.