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9/2/2010

Rudolf Stingel

Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin

The Tyrolean-born artist Rudolf Stingel has designed an installation especially for the Neue Nationalgalerie which takes the architecture of Mies van der Rohe as its point of departure and transforms the iconic buildings character with imposing results.

A giant carpet has been laid out on the surface of the floor in the gallerys large glass hall, whose pattern, dating back to an original 19th century Indian Agra rug, has been transposed into tones of black, white and grey. The powerful, graphic pattern and sensual opulence of the carpet stands in direct contrast with the austerity and formal reduction of the architecture. Much has been made of the sacredness of van der Rohes construction, something now seen in an entirely new light with the addition of the Indian-Persian influence in dcor, with the result that the modern temple loses something of its abstract severity. It continues to be a sacred site however - one with marked oriental overtones.

A magnificent crystal chandelier hovers in the air above the carpet, reminiscent of places of great pomp and ceremony, and simultaneously serves to anchor the installation in an inextricably European context. After all, far from being entirely foreign, Indian and Persian carpets are a part of European cultural history, found among various other kinds of orientalia in the lounges and salons of the upper middle-classes, where, in the words of Rudolf Stingel himself, they can be seen as the expression of a tempered yearning for the other.

Parallel to the installation, new paintings by the internationally renowned artist are on view on the lower floor.

Rudolf Stingel. LIVE is part of the Dornbracht Installation Projects series of events.

An exhibition by the Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin). Made possible by the Verein der Freunde der Nationalgalerie.

Presented by: National Gallery - New National Gallery

Foto: David von Becker

Press contact
Dr. Katharina von Chlebowski - Theresa Lucius
T +49 30 26394880 F +49 30 263948811 presse@rudolfstingel.org

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Wed 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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Fri 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sat 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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Admission ticket from: 12.03.2010
10,- EUR discounted admission 5,- EUR

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