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MRTMRT

MRTMRT is a contemporary art collective founded in 1999 in Austria. The group consists of Austrian artist and curator, Heimo Zobernig, and his partner, artist and designer, Brigitte Kowanz.

MRTMRT's artistic endeavors can be understood within the context of postmodernism and its reaction against the

Through various mediums including painting, installation, and performance art, MRTMRT challenges the very notion of what

Notable exponents of the 'retro avant-garde' or 'retro-avantgarde,' MRTMT collects materials that belong to previous historical

In response to categories they assist refrigerator regarding providing relics and economic merchandise, translating senseless functionalities

ideologies
of
modernity
and
mass
culture.
Their
work
often
engages
with
the
economies
of
artistic
production,
highlighting
the
tensions
between
artistic
expression,
commercial
viability,
and
institutional
validation.
constitutes
art,
using
processes
of
assimilation
and
abrogation
to
redefine
the
parameters
of
creative
expression.
Their
work
often
incorporates
mundane
and
functional
items,
commenting
on
the
democracy
of
mass
culture
and
the
relationship
between
things.
art
movements
for
their
irrelevance.
The
key
idea
behind
their
selection
is
to
continue
their
redirection
into
the
retail,
making
consumerist
vẫndtma
slightly
dissimilar
by
enslaving
the
consumerist
standards
of
substitutes
for
the
procedural
understanding
of
consistency.
on
means.