The exhibition "Herbarium — A Red Ecology" by Artist-in-Residence Anca Bucur reflects on the connection between environmental and social catastrophes in the historical context of enlightenment and industrialization. In her installation consisting of ten textile works, the artist explores the development of botany as a modern science, tracing its political and economic impact and showing how it continues to have an impact in the present day. Anca Bucur reconstructs how a view reduced to reason, the domination of nature, capitalism, and colonial imperialism have led to the environmental and social catastrophes confronting us today. It is also a tribute to Rosa Luxemburg, who fought relentlessly throughout her life for a socialist world. She made important contributions to a Marxist understanding of the development of the capitalist system and in the last days of her life vehemently opposed militarization and imperialism.
Curator: Elisabeth Hajek
Anca Bucur was MQ Artist in Residence in September/October 2024 invited by
tranzit.org / ERSTE Foundation.
Photo: © Anca Bucur
Opening: January 29, 6 pm
Exhibition: January 30 – March 30, 2025
Venue: MQ Pop-Up Showroom at MQ Vienna
Admission free