Life, love and death
dal 12/5/2004 al 18/7/2004
Segnalato da
12/5/2004
Life, love and death
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
The work of James Lee Byars. The Schirn dedicates a comprehensive retrospective to the great 'magician of silence' James Lee Byars (1932–1997). The American artist has been present internationally with his performances, objects, sculptures, and spaces since the early 1970s. The exhibition explores the development of his influential work during his nomadic life in Japan, Europe, and the United States: from his performances, his paper and textile works centering on existential issues to his late gold and marble sculptures based on an understanding of love and death as an expression of perfection.
THE WORK OF JAMES LEE BYARS
13 May – 18 July 2004
The Schirn dedicates a comprehensive retrospective to the great "magician of silence" James Lee Byars (1932–1997). The American artist has been present internationally with his performances, objects, sculptures, and spaces since the early 1970s. The exhibition explores the development of his influential work during his nomadic life in Japan, Europe, and the United States: from his performances, his paper and textile works centering on existential issues to his late gold and marble sculptures based on an understanding of love and death as an expression of perfection. Apart from presenting a number of monumental works such as the 17.5-meter high Golden Tower or the floor installation The Red Angel of Marseille measuring 300 square meters and consisting of 1,000 red glass balls, the exhibition also raises the question how to deal with the performative work of a deceased artist who proved himself a master when it came to presenting himself and made an incomparable contribution to balancing the relationship between the artwork and the viewer, between art and life.
Image: Two in a Hat ("Breathe"), 1968
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Lectures:
13 May 2004, 7.00 p.m.
Peter Doig
Peter Doig, born in Edinburgh in 1959, was raised in Canada, studied in London, and lives in Trinidad today. Doig's painting relates to the history of painting but is not aimed at bringing it to a close. Though it is fuelled by the reservoir of a long tradition of landscape painting, it is firmly anchored in today's life. His work, which insists on narrative painting against all trends, will occupy a central position in the exhibition "Ideal Worlds - New Romanticism in Contemporary Art." In his lecture, Peter Doig will talk about his work in the thematic context of the exhibition.
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