The Grazer Kunstverein marks the launch of its summer season opening new exhibitions
(Artdaily.org)

Inspired by Ernst Fischer’s 1959 publication titled ‘The Necessity of Art – A Marxist Approach’ the summer season of new commissions and artistic research at the Grazer Kunstverein is guided by Fischer’s claim that art is not only necessary in order to recognise and change the world, but that art is also necessary by virtue of the magic inherent within it. For Fischer this magic is located precisely in our ability to visualise potential, and to use this power to shape and control our natural world. Throughout summer, the Grazer Kunstverein is dedicated to exploring ideas around the transformative potential of art as inspired by our relationship to nature, by presenting three very different projects dealing with the influence of nature in ways that are physical, performative, poetic and metaphorical. Ruth E Lyons is developing WWWW a new line of alternative work-wear WWWW a new line of alternative w