Thomas Struth
dal 24/2/2011 al 18/6/2011
Segnalato da
24/2/2011
Thomas Struth
K20 Kunstsammlung, Dusseldorf
Photographs 1978-2010. A representative overview of the work of the photograper with more than 100 works. Struth places exactitude of vision at the center of his aesthetic concerns. From the early Dusseldorf street scenes, to his images of the impenetrable undergrowth of the Asian jungle, to the large-format museum pictures, and all the way to the recent images of large-scale technical facilities: he repeatedly thematizes the relationship between beholder and subject.
The Düsseldorf-based artist Thomas Struth is among the most important representatives of contemporary German photography. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen now shows the representative overview "Thomas Struth – Photographs 1978 bis 2010" with more than 100 works. The opening of the exhibition takes place on Friday, February 25, 2011 in K20 Grabbeplatz.
The exhibition was organized in collaboration with the Kunsthaus Zürich. The Swiss version will be supplemented to more than 100 motifs for the Düsseldorf presentation, which will feature a series of recent works, none of which have yet been shown publicly. A strong emphasis lies on the work of the past ten years. At K20 Grabbeplatz Struth has exclusively designed a new space-filling installation for one exhibition gallery.
Thomas Struth – who was trained at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, initially studying painting with Gerhard Richter, and photography with Bernd Becher beginning in 1976 – places exactitude of vision at the center of his aesthetic concerns. From the early Düsseldorf street scenes, to his images of the impenetrable undergrowth of the Asian jungle (“Paradises”), to the large-format museum pictures (“Audiences”), and all the way to the recent images of large-scale technical facilities: Struth repeatedly thematizes the relationship between beholder and subject. He avoids any obvious dramatization of his motifs, which he discovers on trips throughout Europe, the Americas, East Asia, and Australia. At a time when we are assaulted daily by a veritable flood of imagery, Thomas Struth is among the small number of outstanding artists who have succeeded in investing the photographic medium with a new intensity and potency.
The exhibtion is supported by National-Bank.
Media partner is Handelsblatt.
In collaboration with guitarist Frank Bungarten, Thomas Struth presents Musik in the Labor, the exhibition space of the Department of Education. This project runs parallel to the exhibition and provides a striking acoustic counterpoint to the varied visual impressions encountered in the exhibition. Musik promotes a heightened experience of the works in the permanent collection. Audible is a selection of music chosen by Struth and Bungarten which unites pieces from a variety of cultures and genres.
A project highpoint is formed by masterclasses taking place in the Labor and given by highcaliber musicians in the presence of the public. By observing musicians at work, visitors can follow the process of elaboration and fine-tuning.
This look behind the scenes will provide insight into the musical development which precedes the making of the recordings heard in the Labor. Highlighted in many instances are creative processes that are also applicable to the visual arts.
Image: Thomas Struth, Paradise 9, Xi Shuang Banna, China, 1999, (detail), 269,4 × 339,4 cm © Thomas Struth
Press contact:
Gerd Korinthenberg Tel.: +49 (0) 211.83 81-730 Fax: +49 (0) 211.83 81-203 presse@kunstsammlung.de
Alissa Krusch Tel.: +49 (0) 211.83 81-117 Fax: +49 (0) 211.83 81-203 krusch@kunstsammlung.de
Opening: 25 February 2011 h 16,00 - 17.30
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
K20 Grabbeplatz 5 - 40213 Düsseldorf Germany
Hours
Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 11 a.m.-6 p.m
Mondays closed
Admission:
Adults 8,00 EUR
Reduced 4,00 EUR
Children and Young People (6-18 y. of age) 0,50
1st Wed of each month: KPMG Kunstabend 6 p.m.-10 p.m., free admission