Stuart Sherman
Serge Baghdassarians
Boris Baltschun
Christine Lemke
Babette Mangolte
Anahita Razmi
Olivier Toulemonde
Sophie Ernst
Susanne Weiss
Lena Ziese
The group exhibition 'Right Brain Problems' links the solo exhibition of Stuart Sherman with contemporary artists, which are connected to his work in various way. Also on view the installation 'Memory is an Ideal Place' by Sophie Ernst.
Curated by Susanne Weiss und Lena Ziese
The group exhibition „Right Brain Problems“ links the first European,
institutional solo exhibition of Stuart Sherman with contemporary artists,
which are connected to his work in various ways.
The American performer and filmmaker Stuart Sherman (1945-2001) was part
of the avant-garde scene of artists, theatre- and filmmakers in New York
in the 1970s and 80s. He presented his art – small-scaled, obsessive and
headstrong – mostly in places beyond the art establishment. An important
part of his artistic work form Sherman’s short performances the so-called
“Spectacles”. During these performances, he set up everyday objects in new
constellations on a camping table and thereby opened references to genres
like comedy, magic, musicals, minimalism, surrealism, fluxus and opera.
Though small in presentation, Sherman discussed in the Spectacles
extensive topics like time, language, eroticism or identity. The
Heidelberger Kunstverein shows with “Right Brain Problems” for the first
time in Europe an overview of the cinematic and performative works of
Sherman as well as a comprehensive selection of his drawings and sketches.
Even though almost all of his short films are part of the collection of
the MoMa in New York, Sherman has received little public attention after
his death. An exception forms the retrospect exhibition “Beginningless
Thought/Endless Seeing”, curated by friends of Sherman in 2009 in New
York.
Next to a comprehensive overview of Stuart Sherman’s art, the Heidelberger
Kunstverein will present works of Serge Baghdassarians and Boris Baltschun
(1972/1974), Christine Lemke (1967), Babette Mangolte (1941), Anahita
Razmi (1981) and Olivier Toulemonde (1972), who either worked together
with Sherman (Babette Mangolte) or whose works have several references to
Sherman’s way of thinking, his humour and his self understanding as an
artist.
The exhibition “Die Erinnerung ist ein idealer Ort” (Memory is an Ideal
Place) will open at the same time in the Studio as part of the exhibition
series “Im Gespräch – Acht Untersuchungen zum subjektiven Wissen”. In
conversation with the Indian artist Nalini Malani – represented most
recently at dOCUMENTA (13) – and in conversation with the Pakistan artist
Zarina Bani, the two artists talk about their homes they left behind at
the partition of India and the division of Pakistan.
The installation is part of the ongoing series HOME (since 2006), which
has been presented at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2012), at Sharjah Biennial
(2009) and in Mumbai, India and Karachi, Pakistan (2007).
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Opening: 20 April 2013
Heidelberger Kunstverein
Hauptstraße 97, Heidelberg
Opening Hours
Tuesday to Sunday 12 to 7 pm
Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays 11 am to 7 pm
Closed Mondays
Admission
4 Euro, concessions 2 Euro
Free admission for members of ADKV affiliated Kunstvereine