Hyper Real
dal 12/3/2011 al 18/6/2011
Segnalato da
12/3/2011
Hyper Real
Ludwig Forum, Aachen
Art and America around 1970. The exhibition features some 250 works by 100 international artists. It explores the artistic reflection of the American Way of Life in the context of socio-political phenomena, such as the Vietnam War, the Oil-Crisis, the Civil Rights Movement and the Nixon era. The exposition will highlight Realisms in post-war American art and their reception in the context of the documenta 5 in Kassel 1972. A broad variety of historic documents such as posters, books, movies and records are on view.
Curators: Brigitte Franzen and Anna Sophia Schultz
The Ludwig Forum Aachen will celebrate its 20th birthday with the exhibition opening of Hyper Real – Art and America around 1970. The exhibition, commissioned by Dr. Brigitte Franzen and Anna Sophia Schultz, features some 250 works by 100 international artists, such as Chuck Close, Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Duane Hanson, Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter, Martha Rosler, Ed Ruscha, Stephen Shore, Jeff Wall, Garry Winogrand and Andy Warhol.
Hyper Real – Art and America around 1970 explores the artistic reflection of the American Way of Life in the context of socio-political phenomena, such as the Vietnam War, the Oil-Crisis, the Civil-Rights-Movement and the Nixon Era. The exposition will highlight Realisms in post-war American art and their reception in the context of the documenta 5 in Kassel 1972. A broad variety of historic documents such as posters, books, movies and records will allow the visitor to immerse into American everyday life of the 1970s.
The American Photorealists owe their fame to the perfection with which they captured the polished surfaces of consumer industry. In addition to the minute renderings of glossy and reflective hub caps (Don Eddy), American trailers (Ralph Goings) and glazed skyscraper lobbies (Richard Estes), the exhibition will also investigate artistic references to socio-political conflicts: Works of conceptual photography will show the monotony of urban neighbourhoods (Dan Graham) and highways (Ed Ruscha) or bring the brutal reality of the Vietnam war into American living rooms (Martha Rosler). Strikingly realistic representations of marginalized people (Duane Hanson) will represent a sculptural counterpart of photorealism. The exhibition will show around 250 works, most of which stem from the collection of five Ludwig museums. External private and public loans complement the stock. Several impressive loans will broaden the selection of photographic works: William Eggleston, Lewis Baltz, Stephen Shore and Gary Winogrand underline the importance of this medium in American art.
Artists:
Grafik
William Bailey, Georg Baselitz, Jean Michel Basquiat, Robert Bechtle, William Beckman, Peter Blake,
John Clem Clarke, Chuck Close, Alex Colville, Robert Cottingham, Robert Cumming, George Deem,
RackstrawDownes, Don Eddy, Erró, Richard Estes, Eric Fischl, Gérard Gasiorowski, Juan Genovés,
Franz Gertsch, Barthel Gilles, Domenico Gnoli, Ralph Goings, Richard Hamilton, Keith Haring, Jean
Olivier Hucleux, Alain Jacquet, Jasper Johns, John Kacere, Howard Kanovitz, Alex Katz, Konrad
Klapheck, LazloLakner, Konrad Lueg, Alfred Leslie, Roy Lichtenstein, AllanMcCollum, Richard
McLean, Jacques Monory, Malcolm Morley, Lowell Nesbitt, Philip Pearlstein, Sigmar Polke, Stephen
Posen, Lee Quinones, Mel Ramos, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, James Rosenquist, John
Salt, Paul Sarkisian, Ben Schonzeit, Paul Staiger, Wayne Thiebaud, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann
Skulptur
John Ahearn, Jonathan Borofsky, John De Andrea, Donna Dennis, Saskia de Boer, Ira Joel
Haber, Duane Hanson, Jann Haworth, Jeff Koons, Robert Longo, Nicholas Monro, Robert Morris,
Claes Oldenburg, Suzan Pitt, George Segal
Fotografie
Lewis Baltz, Mitch Epstein, Lee Friedlander, Joel Meyerowitz, Stephen Shore, Larry Sultan, Henry
Wessel, Gary Winogrand, Saul Leiter, William Eggleston
Konzeptkunst/NouveauRealisme/Land Art/Architektur etc.
Richard Artschwager, Christo, Thomas Demand, Dan Graham, Nancy Graves, Raymond Hains,
Louise Lawler, Martial Raysse, Martha Rosler, MimmoRotella, Thomas Ruff, Ed Ruscha, Cindy
Sherman, Robert Smithson, Daniel Spoerri, Robert Venturi/Denise Scott Brown, Jeff Wall
In co-operation with: MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien and Ludwig Múzeum Budapest
The exhibition is generously supported by Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Kulturstiftung der
Länder and Peter und Irene Ludwig Stiftung.
Press preview on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 11.00 a.m.
at the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Jülicher Straße 97-109 in Aachen.
With: Dr. Brigitte Franzen (director Ludwig Forum), Anna Sophia Schultz (co-curator Hyper
Real) and Holger Otten (supporting program Hyper Real)
Afterwards: Preview/walk through the exhibition
The artist Matti Braun from Cologne will join the press conference. Eight of his 'sofas' had
been purchased for the museum by the lately departed Irene Ludwig. They will be integrated
into the exhibitions at Ludwig Forum from now on.
The celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Ludwig Forum Aachen will take place on Sunday, March 13, 2011 in the foyer, yard and garden of the museum after the exhibition opening at 12.00.
Anika Tannert / Ludwig Forum Tel. +49 (0)241 1807111 Fax +49 (0)241 1807101
Harald Beckers / Presseamt Stadt Aachen Tel: +49 (0)241 4321311 Fax: +49 (0)241 413 5414111
Press contact: presse@ludwigforum.de
Invitation: press preview on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 11.00 a.m.
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst Aachen
Jülicher Straße 97-109 - 52070 Aache
Opening hours: Tue–Fri 12–6pm, Thu 12–10pm, Sat–Sun 11am–6pm