Masterworks on Loan, 2020, 2022
<p>Flint Jamison’s exhibition at the Künstlerhaus Stuttgart investigates a tax-incentivized art loan program called “Masterworks on Loan,” which was established in 2015 at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA), a collecting museum on the campus of the public state University of Oregon, in Eugene, USA. Jamison’s exhibition of newly commissioned work presents a damaging account of this museum loan program during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ultimately, Jamison reconsiders to what extent the JSMA settles the terms that define the museum’s obligation to serve a public who supports the institution through tax deductions, and for whose benefit it exists as a charitable organization. This reconsideration extends from the seemingly small and localized case of the JSMA, to the broader role art sector institutions have in conceptualizing, legitimizing, and implementing tax laws that facilitate divestment of public interests through extraction and exploitation.</p>
Artists: Flint Jamison
Artistic Director: Eric Golo Stone
Contributors: Eric Golo Stone
Translators: Johanna Schindler
Designer: Studio Terhedebrügge