The presence of pictures
dal 31/10/2012 al 15/12/2012
Segnalato da
Monika Baer
Georg Baselitz
Willi Baumeister
Klaus vom Bruch
Walter Dahn
Thomas Demand
Werner Gilles
Katharina Grosse
Andreas Gursky
Gerhard Hoehme
Imi Knoebel
Heinz Mack
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Marcel Odenbach
Blinky Palermo
A. R. Penck
Georg Karl Pfahler
Otto Piene
Sigmar Polke
Thomas Rentmeister
Gerhard Richter
Ulrike Rosenbach
Emil Schumacher
Dirk Skreber
Gunther Uecker
Irina Gorlova
Christoph Schreier
31/10/2012
The presence of pictures
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
German Painting: Highlights from Six Decades. The exhibition features works ranging from the post-war era, as wells as contemporary art. Complemented by photographic works by Andreas Gursky, Thomas Demand and video works by Klaus vom Bruch, Marcel Odenbach and Ulrike Rosenbach, the exhibition turns into a complex pictorial discourse reflecting in its subtext the history of a democratic, culturally vivid and innovative Germany.
Curated by Irina Gorlova (NCCA Moskau) and Dr. Christoph Schreier
Painting which once was the ultimate form of art was declared dead oftentimes, only to be resurrected
in an even more glamorous way. Thus, for several years now, we have been witnesses to a renaissance in
painting which has proven that its innovative power is in no way inferior to that of new media.
This is especially true for German painting which still enjoys a high international recognition. Gerhard
Richter’s 80th birthday was celebrated all across Europe and artists like Georg Baselitz, Anselm Kiefer and
Katharina Grosse participate in major exhibitions all around the world.
In this context it seems even more surprising that, so far, there has not been a survey exhibition of
German contemporary art in Russia, a country which itself has a long and important tradition in
painting. The Kunstmuseum Bonn, the Goethe-Institut Moscow and the National Centre for
Contemporary Arts Moscow aim at adjusting this deficit by presenting a panorama of over 50 years of
German painting. Based on the internationally renowned collection of the Kunstmuseum Bonn including
private loans, the exhibition will show works ranging from the post-war era, i.e. from Baumeister and
Schumacher to Polke, Richter, Baselitz and Palermo, as wells as contemporary art by Dirk Skreber and
Katharina Grosse. Complemented by photographic works by Andreas Gursky, Thomas Demand and video
works by Klaus vom Bruch, Marcel Odenbach and Ulrike Rosenbach, the exhibition turns into a complex
pictorial discourse reflecting in its subtext the history of a democratic, culturally vivid and innovative
Germany.
The exhibition opens on 1 November 2012 at the NCCA in Moscow and will be on display until 16
December 2012. It will include works by Monika Baer, Georg Baselitz, Willi Baumeister, Klaus vom Bruch,
Walter Dahn, Thomas Demand, Werner Gilles, Katharina Grosse, Andreas Gursky, Gerhard Hoehme, Imi
Knoebel, Heinz Mack, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Marcel Odenbach, Blinky Palermo, A. R. Penck, Georg Karl
Pfahler, Otto Piene, Sigmar Polke, Thomas Rentmeister, Gerhard Richter, Ulrike Rosenbach, Emil
Schumacher, Dirk Skreber, Günther Uecker.
A catalogue in German, English and Russian will be published with essays by Stephan Berg, Mikhail
Mindlin and Christoph Schreier.
Image: Otto Piene, Feuerblume, 1965.
Pigment, Feuer, Rauch auf Leinwand, 99,5 x 99,5 cm.
Foto: Reni Hansen, Kunstmuseum Bonn
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012
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