Sand in the Vaseline
dal 19/12/2003 al 29/2/2004
Segnalato da
Martin Kippenberger
Georg Herold
Damien Hirst
Mike Kelley
Hans-Peter Feldmann
Peter Fischli
David Weiss
Barbara Bloom
Sophie Calle
Roni Horn
Matthew Barney
19/12/2003
Sand in the Vaseline
Neues Museum State Museum for Art and Design, Nuremberg
Artist Books 1980-2002. This exhibition, Sand in the Vaseline, is devoted to an artistic medium new to the Neues Museums - the artist's book. Since 1977, when it was first presented to a broader audience through a special section at documenta 6, explorations of the artist's book have frequently been part of the exhibition programs of various institutions. The artist's book can be roughly divided into three types: book-objects; painter's books; and graphic cycles.
Artist Books 1980-2002
Neues Museum - Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg
Nuremberg DE Germany
This exhibition, Sand in the Vaseline, is devoted to an artistic medium new to
the Neues Museums - the artist's book. Since 1977, when it was first presented
to a broader audience through a special section at documenta 6, explorations
of the artist's book have frequently been part of the exhibition programs of
various institutions. The artist's book can be roughly divided into three
types: book-objects; painter's books; and graphic cycles. Since the 1960s a
fourth form has also developed, one superficially almost indistinguishable
from the 'normal' book: the printed, duplicated publication conceived and
designed by an artist. The exhibition will focus on a selection of such works
from the 1980s and 90s.
It perhaps comes as a surprise that the artist's book managed to survive the
extraordinarily rapid development of new technologies in this period, but in
fact artistÃs publications are now more diverse than ever, whether as
independent pieces or as an integral part of an overall artistic strategy
incorporating many expressive forms in a variety of media. Divided into six
thematic 'chapters' and including more than 500 works, the exhibition will
present 30 artists who since 1980 have repeatedly and in novel and often
startling ways explored the book as an artistic medium. Among them are Martin
Kippenberger, Georg Herold, Damien Hirst, Mike Kelley, Hans-Peter Feldmann,
Peter Fischli / David Weiss, Barbara Bloom, Sophie Calle, Roni Horn, and
Matthew Barney.
Each 'chapter' takes its title from one of the books on display, touching on
the theme of the section without forcing the various works into narrow
categories. The title of the exhibition is itself drawn from an artist's book:
Sand in the Vaseline was the name given by Martin Kippenberger in 1989 to one
of his many publications.
The exhibition will give the visitor various means of accessing parts or all
of the artist's books on view: monitors will be available and a computer
program will permit some of the works to be paged through digitally; others
will be presented in a slide show; and a reference library will be set up
where books can be borrowed and examined on location. In addition, several of
the books will be described in the 164-page catalogue (24,- Euro).
The exhibition is organized by the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld.
Neues Museum
Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg
Klarissenplatz, D-90402 Nürnberg
Tel.: 0911 / 240 20 0
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