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19/4/2013

Two exhibitions

Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg

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

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