Johann Neumeister / Group XXV, Oct 07 - Mar 08

AH CA VA BIEN

3/7/08 to 3/9/08

MAK Center for Art and Architecture L.A at the Schindler House, 835 North Kings Road, West Hollywood, CA

Austrian artist Johann Neumeister presented sculpture and an installation based on a feature length video he made during his residency. Written and directed by the artist, the film told the fictional story of Dr. Herbert Drehtvoll, a.k.a. Dr. Herbert Dreadful, an Austrian psychoanalyst working in Los Angeles. After a traumatic visit to the dentist, the doctor’s life takes a turn into the realm of schizophrenic paranoia. Begun as a straight-forward narrative film, the movie slowly transformed into a psychedelic collage deconstructing the idea of filmmaking itself. The works in the exhibition were props and artifacts from the life of the psychoanalyst.