Mel Ziegler: stuffed – Investigating Conceptual Art and Display Cases in Vienna

Mel Ziegler's exhibition 'stuffed' explores the potential meanings of display cases and vitrines in museums, galleries, and commercial spaces. The project interrogates historical and socio-political manifestations of representation through complex reference systems.

Mel Ziegler, a key figure in the expanded in-situ concept of the 1990s, uses his project 'stuffed' to investigate how public life and social spaces are reflected in urban architecture and design. The exhibition, situated in both the Secession gallery and various storefronts in Vienna's city center, examines the semantic potential of display cases and their varied presentation contexts. In the Secession, Ziegler presents Biedermeier vitrines and cabinets with their display sides facing the wall, turning the furniture itself into an exhibition object. This references the Biedermeier era's focus on domesticity and the display of possessions amid industrialization and a changing consumer culture. In the city center, approximately 50 contemporary museum vitrines, integrated into shop displays, are densely filled with straw. This element, golden but nearly worthless and carrying rural connotations, questions the normativity of value attributions in consumer spaces. By preventing a view into the display area, the straw draws attention to the vitrine itself, blurring the lines between commodity and artwork and prompting discussions about originality, authenticity, and distinction in site-specific art.

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