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BERNHARD R\u00dcDIGER: FAILED AGAIN (SEVENTH TRUMPET) |\u00a0<\/strong>
Large Overview Exhibition |\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Municipal Gallery Piran, 22 May\u201423 August 2026 |\u00a0<\/strong>
Opening: Friday, 22 May 2026 at 7:00 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Curators: Mara Ambro\u017ei\u010d Verderber, Matic Bukovac,
Coordination: Gabrijela Kukovi\u010d.<\/p>\n

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Bernhard R\u00fcdiger, Four Blue Night Spots (North, South, East, West)<\/em>*, 2021, mixed media on paper,\u00a0<\/small>aluminium, steel, resin and insects, 162 \u00d7 65 \u00d7 60 cm x 2 (detail).<\/small>
\u00a9 Bernhard R\u00fcdiger, Adagp Paris 2026, foto \/ photo: Aur\u00e9lien Mole, Paris.<\/small><\/p>\n

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PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

At Piran Coastal Galleries<\/strong>, we are preparing a large overview exhibition by internationally renowned European artist Bernhard R\u00fcdiger, entitled Failed Again (Seventh Trumpet<\/em>)<\/strong>, which will open on May 22, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at the Piran Civic Gallery.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The exhibition at the Piran Civic Gallery<\/strong> will present the development of R\u00fcdiger\u2019s artistic career over more than four decades<\/strong> through numerous works, including sculptures, installations, drawings, paintings, sound projections, films, and more. The exhibition will offer a selection of key works from his extensive creative output by an internationally renowned artist whose expressive language was shaped in dialogue with the social, political, and historical upheavals of the period 1985\u20132025, which also represents the most intense phase of his artistic activity.<\/p>\n

The exhibition is included in the 2026 programme of the Piran Coastal Galleries among the core selection of major exhibitions of national importance. In this way, our central Regional museum of contemporary art continues its mission of presenting internationally acclaimed artists to the Littoral and Slovenian public, in accordance with their founding act.<\/p>\n

The exhibition will unfold the development of R\u00fcdiger's artistic journey during this period through numerous works: sculptures, installations, drawings and paintings, sound reproductions and film, as well as many other works that Obalne galerije Piran are gathering with great care in order to present them for the first time in Slovenia to both domestic and international audiences.<\/p>\n

Bernhard R\u00fcdiger's outstanding works of art are not merely visual objects, but interventions that involve sound, vibrations and the bodily experience of the visitor. The meaning and aim of the project are to move the viewer from a passive to an active role, since art is perceived with the whole body, not only with the eyes. His sculptures and spatial installations raise the question: how do we perceive form and art in a time when historical forces (wars, violence, neoliberal capitalism, natural disasters) shape our reality, even when they are distant? The large overview exhibition will show that art is not isolated from these events, but internalizes and comments on them. The artist\u2019s interest lies in transcending the boundaries of aesthetics and opening reflection on global power relations, invisible borders, violence and the economy as the driving force of contemporary conflicts. Likewise, the artist's reflection on the relationship and interaction among art, society, and contemporary history, as well as on the functionality of the artwork and its historical responsibility, will connect us to a broader understanding of contemporary art and global artistic currents, and thus also to our shared, universal human consciousness.<\/p>\n

The project is financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia<\/strong> and by the generous support of the Municipality of Piran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The exhibition is also developed thanks to the collaboration with the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA), Lyon\u00a0<\/strong>and the Terra Museum in Kikinda, Serbia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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PUBLIC PROGRAMME<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Saturday, 23 May 2026, at 11:00 a.m. a trilingual guided tour of the exhibition will be held in the company of the artist Bernhard R\u00fcdiger<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Throughout its duration, the exhibition will also be accompanied by a rich programme of guided tours with the participation of the curatorial staff of Piran Coastal Galleries, as well as pedagogical and andragogical workshops<\/strong>. Participants of all ages will be able to experience art as an experience and as a reflection on social time, while also understanding the importance of the viewer\u2019s active engagement. The activities, adapted to the age of the groups, include drawing, modelling, and experimenting with sound and movement in space. The accompanying programme will be published in May.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bernhard R\u00fcdiger, Four Blue Night Spots (North, South, East, West)<\/em>*, 2021, mixed media on paper,\u00a0<\/small>aluminium, steel, resin and insects, 162 \u00d7 65 \u00d7 60 cm x 2 (detail).<\/small>
\u00a9 Bernhard R\u00fcdiger, Adagp Paris 2026, foto \/ photo: Aur\u00e9lien Mole, Paris.<\/small><\/p>\n

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Bernhard R\u00fcdiger, <\/small>Failed Again! (The Seventh Trumpet Episode 5)<\/em>, 2021, cherry wood, porcelain and bronze, 100 \u00d7 150 \u00d7 50 cm.
<\/small>\u00a9 Bernhard R\u00fcdiger, Adagp Paris 2026, photo: Aur\u00e9lien Mole, Paris.<\/small><\/p>\n

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Bernhard R\u00fcdiger, John in Pinocchio\u2019s Clothing<\/em>, 2017, bronze, painted porcelain, inner tyre tube, 110 \u00d7 155 \u00d7 90 cm<\/small>.
<\/small>\u00a9 Bernhard R\u00fcdiger, Adagp Paris 2026, photo: Aur\u00e9lien Mole, Paris.<\/small><\/p>\n

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON THE ARTIST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bernhard R\u00fcdiger, born in 1964 in Rome, graduated from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts under Luciano Fabro. In Milan, he worked at La Casa degli artisti<\/em>, founded by Fabro together with Jole De Sanna and Hidetoshi Nagasawa (1978), and actively participated in discussions on the new Italian art scene at the end of the 1980s. Together with other artists, including Liliana Moro, Adriano Tovato and Mario Air\u00f2, he took part in experimental collective projects before founding the journal tiracorrendo<\/em> and Spazio di Via Lazzaro Palazzi<\/em> (1989\u20131994). In 2022, the Museo del Novecento in Milan created an archive dedicated to this work through the Progetto di Valorizzazione dell\u2019Archivio dello Spazio di Via Lazzaro Palazzi<\/em>. A book devoted to this project was published by Electa, Milan (2022).<\/p>\n

Since 1994 he has lived in Paris and has directed the research unit Art Contemporain et Temps de l'Histoire<\/em> (Eng. Contemporary Art and Historical Temporalities), which he founded in 2004 at the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. At the invitation of collector Franco Nucci and Alfredo Pirri, R\u00fcdiger co-founded Volume! Un lavoro in via San Francesco di Sales<\/em> in Rome (1997\/1998), together with Jannis Kounellis, philosopher Pietro Montani and architect Nicolo di Battisto.<\/p>\n

Several monographic exhibitions have been devoted to his work: including exhibitions at the Centre d'art Les Tanneries in Aimilly<\/em> (2021), the FRAC Occitanie<\/em> and MO.CO.ESBA Montpellier<\/em> (2015), the Ch\u00e2teau des Adh\u00e9mar <\/em>contemporary art center in Mont\u00e9limar (2006), the MAMBO<\/em> Museum of Contemporary Art in Bologna (1999), the La Galerie<\/em> art center in Noisy-le-Sec (1999), the VOLUME! Un lavoro in Via San Francesco di Sales<\/em> contemporary art center in Rome (1998), Les Abattoirs<\/em> in Toulouse (1997), and CCC OD<\/em> in Tours (1996).<\/p>\n

As well as in galleries, <\/span>Christian Stein<\/em> Turin and Milan, <\/span>Michel Rein<\/em> Tours and Paris, <\/span>Krings-Ernst Gallery<\/em> Cologne, <\/span>Bernard Bouche<\/em> Paris, <\/span>Gilles Drouault \/ Multiples<\/em> Paris, <\/span>Travers\u00e9e Zeitgen\u00f6ssische Kunst<\/em> Munich, <\/span>Scogniamiglio Gallery<\/em> Naples, <\/span>TAG Gallery<\/em> Udine, <\/span>Studio Sergio Casoli<\/em> Milan, <\/span>Matteo Remolino Gallery<\/em> Turin, <\/span>Galleria Alice<\/em> Rome, <\/span>Studio Sauro Bocchi<\/em> Rome.<\/span><\/p>\n

He has been invited to take part in numerous group exhibitions: Centro per l\u2019Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci<\/em> in Prato (1990, 1998, 2018), Triennale di Milano<\/em> (Ennesima, 2015), Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri<\/em>, Citt\u00e0 di Castello (2015), Museion<\/em> in Bolzano (2014), Petach Tikva Museum of Art<\/em>, Israel (2013), Ostrale<\/em> in Dresden (2013), the Venice Biennale<\/em> (1993, 2001, 2011), the Rome Quadriennale<\/em> (1996, 2008), Palais des Beaux-Arts<\/em> in Lille (2006), Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Art Contemporain de Rochechouart<\/em> (2003), PS1<\/em> in New York (1999), Padiglione d\u2019Arte Contemporanea<\/em> in Milan (1989, 1998), Magasin<\/em> in Grenoble (1992), contemporary art museums in Caracas, Bogot\u00e1 and Buenos Aires (1992), and Museum Moderner Kunst<\/em> in Vienna (1991).<\/p>\n

In 2022, an extensive monograph on his work, Forty-nine Exhibitions<\/i>, was published by Mousse Publishing.<\/p>\n

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