Hans Haacke
dal 16/11/2006 al 13/2/2007
Segnalato da
16/11/2006
Hans Haacke
Akademie der Kunste, Berlin
For real. Works 1959 - 2006. An exhibition at two places
For real. Works 1959 - 2006. An exhibition at two places
Deichtorhallen in Hamburg and Akademie der Kunste in Berlin are presenting the
most extensive exhibition so far of works by Hans Haacke and the first retrospective
of the German-born artist in his homeland. The exhibition is organized in two
locations, with 71 works from the artists own collection and several big
international museums and lenders.
Since the early 60s, Hans Haacke has managed to keep his independence relative to
institutions and is considered, especially by a younger generation of artists, as a
moral authority. Internationally, time and again, he has produced spectacular
political works. In 1993 his installation in the German pavilion at the Venice
Biennial, together with Nam June Paik, was awarded the Golden Lion. And a few months
ago, a commemorative permanent installation, honoring Rosa Luxemburg, has been
completed in Berlin.
Since the beginning of the 1970s, the critical analysis and presentation of the
political, economic, and institutional connections between the protagonists of the
art market und museums, as well as of sponsors and mega collectors are at the core
of a major part of Hans Haacke’s work. Another central aspect of his work is
dedicated to ecological questions and to issues that matter outside the
circumscribed spaces of institutions and have relevance in the public arena.
This joint exhibition includes, in both venues, installations, sculptures,
photographs, paintings and text works from 1959 until today. The emphasis in Hamburg
is on early works as well as on works, which deal with the economy, business and
sponsoring. In Berlin, at the Pariser Platz, a politically and historically charged
site, the Akademie der Kunste presents works in which history and politics will
play the dominant role.
Hans Haacke conceived new installations for both Hamburg and Berlin.
“Innen/Aussen: Spiegelfechterei" at Deichtorhallen brings the outside
environment into the exhibition space, while “Kein schner Land" at Akademie
der Kunste addresses xenophobia in Germany today.
Installation views of the Deichtorhallen Hamburg under: http://www.deichtorhallen.de
Installation views of the Akademie der Kunste under: http://www.adk.de
Curators:
Robert Fleck (Deichtorhallen Hamburg), Matthias Flugge (Akademie der
Kunste, Berlin)
A catalogue of about 340 pages with contributions by Benjamin Buchloh, Rosalyn
Deutsche, Walter Grasskamp, as well as numerous essays by Hans Haacke is published
by Richter Verlag, Dusseldorf . (German/English)
The exhibition was funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the
Kunststiftung NRW.
Press Contacts
Akademie der Kunste, Manfred Mayer
Tel. ++49 - 30/20057-1510
presse@adk.de
Venues:
November 17, 2006 - February 4, 2007
Deichtorhallen
Deichtorstrasse 1-2 - Hamburg
Tel. ++49 - 40 - 32 10 30
mail@deichtorhallen.de
http://www.deichtorhallen.de
November 18, 2006 - January 14, 2007
Akademie der Kunste
Pariser Platz 4 - Berlin