Georg Herold
dal 17/4/2012 al 1/9/2012
Segnalato da
17/4/2012
Georg Herold
Museum Brandhorst, Munich
Multiple Choice. All of his works are based on the principle of the collage or montage, even his primary intention is not one of innovation or originality but of discrepancy and contradiction. 50 works are exhibited in rooms on the ground floor which lend theyself to illustrating the connections and contradictions in relation to works by other artists in the Brandhorst Collection such as Sigmar Polke, Joseph Beuys, Eric Fischl.
Munich, April 2012 | Like virtually no other artist of our times, Georg Herold
ironically cites the art of the 20th century in its diverse forms, rendering it
disillusionary or absurd. Herold is not a painter although he creates pictures, not a
sculptor although he makes sculptures and installations, not an architect although
he builds. He embodies the negation of the artistic world in the academic tradition.
All of his works are based on the principle of the collage or montage, even his
primary intention is not one of innovation or originality but of discrepancy and
contradiction. His demystification of established notions that have become the
norm does not stop in the face of Kazimir Malevitch, Marcel Duchamp, Donald Judd
and Joseph Beuys, among others, either. In this way Herold breaks away from
conventional codes in art and encourages others to reflect upon functions they are
still capable of perceiving at all, and to which they can turn today. He is considered
one of the most important and influential artists not only of his own generation.
In the early 1980s Georg Herold used cheap roof slats and, since 1988/89, has
repeatedly worked with expensive Beluga caviar in his pictures, objects, multiples
and installations. The plain wooden slats still play a pivotal role in his works to this
day, since – as he says – they “can be made to match every statement exactly.”
While such objects were considered non-aesthetic at that time, the use of caviar
was seen as a provocation. Bafflement changed into a slight feeling of horror and a
certain disgust. Over the past 40 years, an extensive and complex œuvre has been
created that has been shown successfully in numerous solo and thematic
exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Apart from roof slats and caviar,
Herold has repeatedly used bricks, thread, buttons and nails as well as tea
strainers, handbags, nylon tights, carpets, etc. “As a matter of principle, I never
use materials that speak their own language. That’s why I pick on rough, stupid
materials that don’t ask questions,” the artist says.
In the past few years Herold has, surprisingly, returned to the human figure.
Through his sketchily outlined figures he aims at showing how mankind has not
just become alienated from itself in a stupor brought on by modern civilisation, but
is simultaneously puzzling and trite, aggressive and defenceless, sexually
uninhibited and disembodied, affected and coarse – or more precisely, Herold’s
slat figures are not role models of mankind but bundles of highly contradictory
characteristics, possibilities and capabilities. As such, they illustrate the status
quo.
The concept of the exhibition was devised together with the artist, while it was
clear that the multiples and sculptures in the Brandhorst Collection would be
included. Apart from recent works, older ones are also on display to highlight
contextual and formal correlations.
Individual works are exhibited in rooms on the ground floor which lends itself to
illustrating the connections and contradictions in relation to works by other artists
in the Brandhorst Collection such as Sigmar Polke, Joseph Beuys, Eric Fischl and
Jannis Kounellis, among others.
There are fifty works by the artist in the Brandhorst Collection that the Museum is
now exhibiting together with a similar number of other figurative works and
installations until
2 September. Georg Herold’s works can be found in a number of private and public
collections.
Georg Herold was born in Jena in 1947. He was arrested in 1973 for attempting to
flee from East Germany. Having been sentenced to prison, his release was funded
by West Germany. After a brief period in Munich, he began studying under Sigmar
Polke in Hamburg and, while there, became friends with Werner Büttner, Martin
Kippenberger and Albert Oehlen, among others. He has held a professorship at the
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf since 1999. Herold lives and works in Cologne.
The exhibition is presented in selected rooms on the ground floor and lower level
of the Museum Brandhorst and is accompanied by a programme of guided tours
and related events.
An exhibition catalogue has been published by Snoeck Verlag with essays by Rudi
Fuchs, Friedrich Wolfram Heubach and Armin Zweite, as well as catalogue entries
for the multiples in the Brandhorst Collection. All exhibited works are illustrated.
In addition, there is a biography and a bibliography.
Guided tours with the Museum Director
TUE 8.5.2012, 3 pm
TUE 10.7.2012, 3 pm
With Armin Zweite, Director of the Collection
The number of participants is limited. Tickets available 1 hour in advance at the
museum cash desk
Guided tours of the exhibition
The number of participants is limited. Tickets available 1 hour in advance at the
museum cash desk
TUE 24.4.2012, 3 pm | Anna Rühl
SAT 19.5.2012, 3 pm | Stefanie Manthey: Help Yourself. Thinking and doing things
yourself as an artistic code of practice
SAT 26.5.2012, 3 pm | Alina Langer
TUE 5.6.2012, 3 pm | Alina Langer
Tues. 19.6., 3 pm | Elisabeth Bushart, Restorer, and Anna Rühl
Nylons, Slats, Caviar. Georg Herold’s Materials. A guided tour in dialogue
TUE 17.7.2012, 3 pm | Alina Langer
TUE 24.7.2012, 3 pm | Anna Rühl
TUE 31.7.2012, 3 pm | Alina Langer
SAT 4.8.2012, 3 pm | Stefanie Manthey: Small Intrusions. Means of protest in Georg
Herold’s works
SAT 1.9.2012, 3 pm | Alina Langer: On Parting
Seminar
THU 17.5.2012, 2-4.30 pm or THU 2.8.2012, 6–8 pm
Isn’t it ironic ... Irony as a counter-strategy. Seminar with Stefanie Manthey,
Assistant Curator, Kunstmuseum Basel
Regular price 15,00 € | reduced 12,00 €
Seminar with limited number of participants.
Reservations under palais@pinakothek.de or P +49.89.23805-198
Events
TUE 10.7.2012, 7 pm
All about me. Dialogue with the artist. Georg Herold and Armin Zweite, Director of
the Collection
Admission 5,00 €
All guided tours and associated events are held in German. English guided tours
may be booked at palais@pinakothek.de.
Image: Georg Herold (*1947), P.F.U.I., 1984, vodka bottle, printed label, diameter: 29 x 7 cm. Photo: Haydar Koyupinar © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012
Further information and images are available by calling + 49.89.23805-1321 or via email
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Press Preview: 18.4.2012, 11 am
Opening: 18.4.2012, 19 pm
The artist will be present at the press conference and opening
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