Continuous Exhibition "Art in motion"

As an innovative law firm, Allen & Overy has decided to focus its art collection on video art, an emerging, avant-garde trend and a precursor of contemporary art. This unusual choice emphasises our intention to support contemporary creation, and further underlines our image as an enthusiastic and socially engaged firm. The decision to give our collection to the MUDAM in 2015 is an expression of Allen & Overy’s commitment to the local and wider community of Luxembourg.

Below is a list of the works which will be projected, on a loop, within our offices for the duration of the PAK event:

Wind Orchestra by Mircea Cantor (2012)

HD video, loop, 13’’

Allen & Overy was captivated by the poetic beauty of Mircea Cantor’s art. This 36-year-old Romanian artist constructs his works in symbols and draws a universe located between poetry and politics. The artist frequently draws inspiration from a social or historical context in order to poeticise reality and put his finger on the problems of the planet.

Golden Hours by Gonzalo Lebrija (2015)

HD video colour, 11' 21''

Gonzalo Lebrija has been working for the past years over the aesthetic experience of the stopped instant. His work is in the poetic state of the conceptual view, as a witness of the time going by as moment between life and death.

Sink down mountain, raise up valley by Ulla von Brandenburg (2015)

film 16 mm, black&white, 18’

The installation, poetic and dream-like, but not completely divorced from reality alludes to the uncertainties and anxieties of our time. It functions as a theatrical void waiting/wanting to be completed by the viewer - a key for every set.

Vertigen de la Vida (Dizziness of Life) by Su-Mei Tsé in collaboration with Jean-Lou Majerus (2011)

video installation, sound, 9’ 30’’, loop - music by Giancarlo Vulcano

This artist is a figurehead of the Luxembourgish art scene. Her work combines photography, video, installations and music. In 2003, she received the Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale for the best national participation. Vertigen de la Vida, this extraordinary carousel of lights emitting an incredible positive energy, is exhibited at the Joan Miro Foundation in Barcelona.