Venice: Fondazione Prada Revisits 1969 in “When Attitudes Become Form”

Szeeman’s radical approach, along with his exploration of the period’s flourishing artistic movements – Arte Povera, Land art, and Postminimalism included – and the show’s avant garde works by the likes of Bruce Nauman, Eva Hesse, and Sol LeWitt, was subject to much controversy when it was first presented at The Kunsthalle Bern, in Switzerland. In retrospect, the show made a considerable mark on the art world, and “When Attitudes Become Form” intends to celebrate Szeeman’s ability to see beyond boundaries.

The original works have been brought together loyally, with site-specific interventions either reenacted directly or in association with the artists and/or their estates, such as with the works of Joseph Beuys and Lawrence Weiner. Accompanying the works are videos, books, photographs and various ephemera from the original exhibit, that seek to add further context to the show. Even the layout of the Ca ’Corner della Regina has been transformed into the white cube space of the Kunsthalle, as the show strives to take us back to 1969.