Maja Bajevic: Power, Governance, Labor
Zurich, Zürich, 05/20/2017 - 08/13/2017
Limmatstrasse 270
In a large overview exhibition, the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst presents
the oeuvre of French-Bosnian artist Maja Bajevic. This exhibition concentrates on works from the last ten
years, supplemented by newly produced pieces. Since the mid-1990s, Bajevic has
worked on a very wide range of different issues, encompassing globalisation,
inclusion/exclusion, exploitation, neo-liberalism and their reciprocal effects.
At the same time, Bajevic also repeatedly raises the issue of personal identity
and homeland, and how these are constituted or «made impossible». The
presentation at the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst demonstrates Bajevic's
ongoing work on themes like the abuse of power and religion, migration and
marginalisation of the foreign, and the tension between local and global, while
also positioning her oeuvre within the tradition of art that performs a social,
informative function and focuses on changing prevalent convictions.