Serial Attitudes
dal 31/10/2013 al 12/4/2014
Segnalato da
Josef Albers
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Joseph Beuys
Bill Bollinger
Stanley Brouwn
Hanne Darboven
Dan Flavin
Douglas Huebler
Jasper Johns
Donald Judd
On Kawara
Sol LeWitt
Robert Mangold
Robert Morris
Giulio Paolini
Gerhard Richter
Robert Ryman
Fred Sandback
Franz Erhard Walther
Brigitte Kolle
Petra Roettig
31/10/2013
Serial Attitudes
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
Repetition as an artistic method since the 1960s. The exhibition presents works by leading American and European exponents of Minimal and Conceptual art from the museum collection, supplemented by major loans from private collections.
In December 1967, a piece by the American artist Mel Bochner entitled "The Serial Attitude" was published in the contemporary art magazine Artforum. In the very first sentence, Bochner states that "Serial order is a method, not a style," making it quite clear that for him, seriality was by no means an empty shell or some kind of formal gimmickry; it was a deliberate artistic strategy.
The emergence of Minimal and Conceptual art in the 1960s radically changed the concept of the artwork. Key characteristics of these art movements are serial methods, repetition, a reduction to basic, often geometric structures, and the use of industrial materials.
The exhibition presents works by leading American and European exponents of Minimal and Conceptual art from the Hamburger Kunsthalle collection, supplemented by major loans from private collections.
This collection display accompanies the exhibitions Eva Hesse. One More than One (3rd floor) and Gego. Line as Object (2nd floor) and gives viewers an opportunity to consider these two influential artists against the backdrop of their time.
Participating artists:
Josef Albers, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Bill Bollinger, Stanley Brouwn, Hanne Darboven, Dan Flavin, Douglas Huebler, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, On Kawara, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Robert Morris, Giulio Paolini, Gerhard Richter, Robert Ryman, Fred Sandback, Franz Erhard Walther.
Curators: Dr. Brigitte Kölle and Dr. Petra Roettig
Assistance: Merle Radtke
Image: Robert Morris (*1931) Wihout title, 1973 Hamburger Kunsthalle © Robert Morris / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012 Photo: Christoph Irrgang
Press contact:
Mira Forte T +49 (0)40 428131204 F +49 (0)40 428542978 Mira.Forte@hamburger-kunsthalle.de
Press conference 31 October 2013, 11.30 a.m.
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Glockengießerwall 20095 Hamburg
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