Artists

Liam Gillick

Press release

Galerie Eva Presenhuber is pleased to present The Case is Altered or Die Sache ist anders, the gallery’s sixth solo exhibition by the British-American artist Liam Gillick. Liam Gillick’s Mirrored Image: A Volvo Bar, first performed at the Kunstverein Munich in 2007, was later presented at the 21er Haus in Vienna and the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn in 2010. This short performance takes place in a bar next to a Volvo factory, where workers gather to boast about their expertise in building cars. A pivotal moment occurs when a curator arrives from the local museum, asking for help. The director is in the middle of a crisis and is trapped inside the building permanently. The workers mobilize to rescue culture. All of this is witnessed by a protagonist who has miraculously appeared on the day of his own birth to experience a parallel crisis – one of time, identity, memory and loss.