ART SPACE: GERMANY
2015.12.18～2016.02.21
09:00 - 17:00
Curator | Ursula Zeller 【INTRODUCTION】 Europe is growing together and the world’s regions are getting closer to each other, borders are becoming permeable to traffic and exchange. The old concept of national cultures is becoming increasingly obsolete as a distinguishing criterion now that values and special characteristics are coming to resemble each other more. Cultures are interlinking and penetrating each other as they work towards a ”world culture”. As yet this cannot be grasped precisely. But today’s fine art can give us an idea of how it might sometimes look. The fact is that contemporary art has been at the forefront of this process from the outset. Its international quality is clearly demonstrated in art events that are increasingly prepared for a world-wide public and losing more and more of their national imprint in the process. Global unity has long been a reality on an art scene without borders. Artists are spiritual nomads on our globe, they are the pioneers of the global players, mobile wanderers between cultures in a post-modern present that has lost its borders in time and space. In the fifties, many German artists moved to the artistic metropolis that was Paris, or to New York from the sixties, then in the nineties artists of other nationalities increasingly focused their lives and work on Germany. Their integration can be seen in the fact that they have given new impulses, which are today perceived as an integral part of the art scene in Germany. Many of them took on teaching posts in German academies and colleges of art, and their internationally acclaimed impact made these institutions attractive places for not only German young people but also those from abroad. The exhibition is organized by ifa, it throws another light on Germany as a ”space of art”, whose development has been promoted to a large extent by open, Federal German culture policies. In Taiwan, the exhibition is presented by the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts and the Goethe-Institut Taipei. It transcends the genre boundaries of fine art, groups of works by the artists Armando, Candice Breitz, Tony Cragg, Marianne Eigenheer, Ayşe Erkmen, Christine Hill, Magdalena Jetelová, Per Kirkeby, Joseph Kosuth, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Nam June Paik, Giuseppe Spagnulo and herman de vries represent artistic diversity within transcultural unity. The exhibition is extended by works of Wang Jun-Jieh and Yuan Goang-Ming. It explores above all their significance and influence on themes, media and expressive forms within current discourse. Artists | Armando, Candice Breitz, Tony Cragg, Marianne Eigenheer, Ayşe Erkmen, Christine Hill, Magdalena Jetelová, Per Kirkeby, Joseph Kosuth, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Nam June Paik, Giuseppe Spagnulo, herman de vries, Wang Jun-Jieh, Yuan Goang-Ming
Curator | Ursula Zeller 【INTRODUCTION】 Europe is growing together and the world’s regions are getting closer to each other, borders are becoming permeable to traffic and exchange. The old concept of national cultures is becoming increasingly obsolete as a distinguishing criterion now that values and special characteristics are coming to resemble each other more. Cultures are interlinking and penetrating each other as they work towards a ”world culture”. As yet this cannot be grasped precisely. But today’s fine art can give us an idea of how it might sometimes look. The fact is that contemporary art has been at the forefront of this process from the outset. Its international quality is clearly demonstrated in art events that are increasingly prepared for a world-wide public and losing more and more of their national imprint in the process. Global unity has long been a reality on an art scene without borders. Artists are spiritual nomads on our globe, they are the pioneers of the global players, mobile wanderers between cultures in a post-modern present that has lost its borders in time and space. In the fifties, many German artists moved to the artistic metropolis that was Paris, or to New York from the sixties, then in the nineties artists of other nationalities increasingly focused their lives and work on Germany. Their integration can be seen in the fact that they have given new impulses, which are today perceived as an integral part of the art scene in Germany. Many of them took on teaching posts in German academies and colleges of art, and their internationally acclaimed impact made these institutions attractive places for not only German young people but also those from abroad. The exhibition is organized by ifa, it throws another light on Germany as a ”space of art”, whose development has been promoted to a large extent by open, Federal German culture policies. In Taiwan, the exhibition is presented by the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts and the Goethe-Institut Taipei. It transcends the genre boundaries of fine art, groups of works by the artists Armando, Candice Breitz, Tony Cragg, Marianne Eigenheer, Ayşe Erkmen, Christine Hill, Magdalena Jetelová, Per Kirkeby, Joseph Kosuth, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Nam June Paik, Giuseppe Spagnulo and herman de vries represent artistic diversity within transcultural unity. The exhibition is extended by works of Wang Jun-Jieh and Yuan Goang-Ming. It explores above all their significance and influence on themes, media and expressive forms within current discourse. Artists | Armando, Candice Breitz, Tony Cragg, Marianne Eigenheer, Ayşe Erkmen, Christine Hill, Magdalena Jetelová, Per Kirkeby, Joseph Kosuth, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Nam June Paik, Giuseppe Spagnulo, herman de vries, Wang Jun-Jieh, Yuan Goang-Ming
Lives in Berlin and Amsterdam 1929 Born in Amsterdam 1949~1954 University of Amsterdam, art history 1958 Co-founder of the ‘Nederlandse Informele Groep’, work as a journalist and later as head of the art desk at Haagse Post 1988 Instructor at Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Academie van Bouwkunst, Amsterdam 1996 Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin – Fine Arts Section 1998 Opening of the Armando Museum in Amersfoort www.galerie-nothelfer.de
Lives in Berlin and Amsterdam 1929 Born in Amsterdam 1949~1954 University of Amsterdam, art history 1958 Co-founder of the ‘Nederlandse Informele Groep’, work as a journalist and later as head of the art desk at Haagse Post 1988 Instructor at Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Academie van Bouwkunst, Amsterdam 1996 Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin – Fine Arts Section 1998 Opening of the Armando Museum in Amersfoort www.galerie-nothelfer.de
Lives in Berlin 1972 Born in Johannesburg, South Africa 1993 B.A. Fine Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1999 The Passion and the Wave, 6th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul 2001 Solo exhibition, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam 2005 The Experience of Art, 51st Biennale di Venezia from 2007 Professor at the Braunschweig University of Art 2008 Solo exhibition, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark 2009 Solo exhibition, Power Plant, Toronto 2010 Solo exhibition, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria http://www.candicebreitz.net/
Lives in Berlin 1972 Born in Johannesburg, South Africa 1993 B.A. Fine Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1999 The Passion and the Wave, 6th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul 2001 Solo exhibition, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam 2005 The Experience of Art, 51st Biennale di Venezia from 2007 Professor at the Braunschweig University of Art 2008 Solo exhibition, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark 2009 Solo exhibition, Power Plant, Toronto 2010 Solo exhibition, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria http://www.candicebreitz.net/
Lives in Wuppertal 1949 Born in Liverpool 1970~1973 Wimbledon School of Art 1973~1977 Royal College of Art, London 1978~1988 Professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 1994 Member of the Royal Academy of Arts, London 2001~2006 Professor at Berlin University of the Arts from 2006 Professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 2009~2013 Director of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf www.tony-cragg.com
Lives in Wuppertal 1949 Born in Liverpool 1970~1973 Wimbledon School of Art 1973~1977 Royal College of Art, London 1978~1988 Professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 1994 Member of the Royal Academy of Arts, London 2001~2006 Professor at Berlin University of the Arts from 2006 Professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 2009~2013 Director of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf www.tony-cragg.com
Lives in Basel 1945 Born in Lucerne 1952~1964 Studied music 1973~1976 Studied art history and psychology in Zurich 1982 Visiting lecturer at the Hochschule für Gestaltung, Bern 1994~1995 Taught at the Institut für Kunstpädagogik, University of Frankfurt am Main 1995~1996 Visiting professor at the Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach 1997~2007 Professor at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart www.galerie-hafemann.de
Lives in Basel 1945 Born in Lucerne 1952~1964 Studied music 1973~1976 Studied art history and psychology in Zurich 1982 Visiting lecturer at the Hochschule für Gestaltung, Bern 1994~1995 Taught at the Institut für Kunstpädagogik, University of Frankfurt am Main 1995~1996 Visiting professor at the Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach 1997~2007 Professor at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart www.galerie-hafemann.de
Lives in Istanbul and Berlin 1949 Born in Istanbul 1977 Graduated from the State Academy of Art, Istanbul, sculpture department 1993 DAAD Berlin artists’ programme 1998 Visiting lecturer at the Gesamthochschule Kassel 2000 Visiting professor at the Städelschule Frankfurt am Main 2010 Visiting professor at the Kunstakademie Münster 2011 Representing Turkey at the 54th Biennale di Venezia www.galeriebarbaraweiss.de
Lives in Istanbul and Berlin 1949 Born in Istanbul 1977 Graduated from the State Academy of Art, Istanbul, sculpture department 1993 DAAD Berlin artists’ programme 1998 Visiting lecturer at the Gesamthochschule Kassel 2000 Visiting professor at the Städelschule Frankfurt am Main 2010 Visiting professor at the Kunstakademie Münster 2011 Representing Turkey at the 54th Biennale di Venezia www.galeriebarbaraweiss.de
Lives and works in New York and Berlin 1968 Born in Binghamton, New York 1991 BFA, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland 1991 Relocation to Berlin
1997 Participant in Documenta X
1997~1998 PS1 Scholarship Award, New York
2007 Participant in 52nd Venice Biennial
since 2004 Professor and chair of Media, Trend and Public Appearance at the Bauhaus University, Weimar www.eigen-art.com
1997 Participant in Documenta X
1997~1998 PS1 Scholarship Award, New York
2007 Participant in 52nd Venice Biennial
since 2004 Professor and chair of Media, Trend and Public Appearance at the Bauhaus University, Weimar www.eigen-art.com
Lives and works in New York and Berlin 1968 Born in Binghamton, New York 1991 BFA, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland 1991 Relocation to Berlin
1997 Participant in Documenta X
1997~1998 PS1 Scholarship Award, New York
2007 Participant in 52nd Venice Biennial
since 2004 Professor and chair of Media, Trend and Public Appearance at the Bauhaus University, Weimar www.eigen-art.com
1997 Participant in Documenta X
1997~1998 PS1 Scholarship Award, New York
2007 Participant in 52nd Venice Biennial
since 2004 Professor and chair of Media, Trend and Public Appearance at the Bauhaus University, Weimar www.eigen-art.com
Lives in Düsseldorf and Bergheim 1946 Born in Semily, Czechoslovakia 1965~1971 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague 1967~1968 Studied at the Academia di Brera, Milan 1985 Emigrated to West Germany 1989 Professor at the Summer Academy, Salzburg 1990~2004 Professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 1993 Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin– Fine Arts Section from 2004 Professor at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich www.galeriethomasschulte.de
Lives in Düsseldorf and Bergheim 1946 Born in Semily, Czechoslovakia 1965~1971 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague 1967~1968 Studied at the Academia di Brera, Milan 1985 Emigrated to West Germany 1989 Professor at the Summer Academy, Salzburg 1990~2004 Professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 1993 Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin– Fine Arts Section from 2004 Professor at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich www.galeriethomasschulte.de
Lives in Copenhagen, Læsø, Frankfurt am Main and Arnasco 1938 Born in Copenhagen 1957~1964 Studied natural history at the University of Copenhagen 1962 Entered the Experimental Art School in Copenhagen 1978 Professor at the Kunstakademie Karlsruhe 1989~2000 Professor at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main 2000 Installation of eight bronze sculptures on the building of the German Bundesrat, Berlin www.perkirkeby.com
Lives in Copenhagen, Læsø, Frankfurt am Main and Arnasco 1938 Born in Copenhagen 1957~1964 Studied natural history at the University of Copenhagen 1962 Entered the Experimental Art School in Copenhagen 1978 Professor at the Kunstakademie Karlsruhe 1989~2000 Professor at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main 2000 Installation of eight bronze sculptures on the building of the German Bundesrat, Berlin www.perkirkeby.com
Lives in Rome and New York 1945 Born in Toledo, Ohio 1963~1964 Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art 1965~1967 Instructor at the School of Visual Arts, New York 1971~1972 Studied philosophy and anthropology at the New School for Social Research, New York 1991~1997 Professor at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart 2001~2006 Professor at the Kunstakademie Munich http://spruethmagers.net/artists/joseph_kosuth
Lives in Rome and New York 1945 Born in Toledo, Ohio 1963~1964 Studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art 1965~1967 Instructor at the School of Visual Arts, New York 1971~1972 Studied philosophy and anthropology at the New School for Social Research, New York 1991~1997 Professor at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart 2001~2006 Professor at the Kunstakademie Munich http://spruethmagers.net/artists/joseph_kosuth
Lives in Brussels 1950 Born in Antwerp 1975~1979 Studied at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et des Arts Visuels ‘La Cambre’, Brussels 1990 Visiting professor at the Summer Academy, Salzburg from 1992 Professor at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe 1998 Visiting professor at the Federal Academy of Cultural Education, Wolfenbüttel 2004 Visiting professor at the Berlin University of the Arts http://www.marie-jo-lafontaine.com
Lives in Brussels 1950 Born in Antwerp 1975~1979 Studied at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et des Arts Visuels ‘La Cambre’, Brussels 1990 Visiting professor at the Summer Academy, Salzburg from 1992 Professor at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe 1998 Visiting professor at the Federal Academy of Cultural Education, Wolfenbüttel 2004 Visiting professor at the Berlin University of the Arts http://www.marie-jo-lafontaine.com
1932 Born in Seoul, South Korea 1953~1956 Studied history of music, art history and philosophy, University of Tokyo 1956 Studied history of music, University of Munich Studied composition, Musikhochschule Freiburg im Breisgau 1979~1996 Professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 1987 Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin 2006 Died in Miami, Florida 2008 Opening of the Nam June Paik Art Center in Yongin (South Korea) www.paikstudios.com
1932 Born in Seoul, South Korea 1953~1956 Studied history of music, art history and philosophy, University of Tokyo 1956 Studied history of music, University of Munich Studied composition, Musikhochschule Freiburg im Breisgau 1979~1996 Professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 1987 Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin 2006 Died in Miami, Florida 2008 Opening of the Nam June Paik Art Center in Yongin (South Korea) www.paikstudios.com
Lives in Knetzgau near Schweinfurt 1931 Born in Alkmaar, the Netherlands 1950~1951 Training at the School of Horticulture, Hoorn 1953 Began work as an artist 1961~1968 Worked at the Institute of Applied Biological Research in Nature, Arnhem www.hermandevries.org
Lives in Knetzgau near Schweinfurt 1931 Born in Alkmaar, the Netherlands 1950~1951 Training at the School of Horticulture, Hoorn 1953 Began work as an artist 1961~1968 Worked at the Institute of Applied Biological Research in Nature, Arnhem www.hermandevries.org
Lives in Gaggiano, Milan 1936 Born in Grottaglie, Tarento 1952~1958 Studied at the Istituto d’arte per la ceramica, Faenza 1980 DAAD scholarship, Berlin 1991 Sculptures and drawings for the Württembergisches Kunstverein, Stuttgart http://www.giuseppespagnulo.it
Lives in Gaggiano, Milan 1936 Born in Grottaglie, Tarento 1952~1958 Studied at the Istituto d’arte per la ceramica, Faenza 1980 DAAD scholarship, Berlin 1991 Sculptures and drawings for the Württembergisches Kunstverein, Stuttgart http://www.giuseppespagnulo.it
Lives in Taipei, Taiwan 1963 Born in Taipei, Taiwan 1989~1996 Studied at the Art Academy in Berlin 1996 Berlin Television Tower Award 1997 Representing Taiwan at the 47th Biennale di Venezia 2000 "100 notable artists in 2000" by Japanese art magazine Bijutsu Techo 2009 Taishin Arts Award Associate Professor at the Taipei National University of the Arts and Director of Center for Art and Technology www.itpark.com.tw/artist/index/29
Lives in Taipei, Taiwan 1963 Born in Taipei, Taiwan 1989~1996 Studied at the Art Academy in Berlin 1996 Berlin Television Tower Award 1997 Representing Taiwan at the 47th Biennale di Venezia 2000 "100 notable artists in 2000" by Japanese art magazine Bijutsu Techo 2009 Taishin Arts Award Associate Professor at the Taipei National University of the Arts and Director of Center for Art and Technology www.itpark.com.tw/artist/index/29
Lives in Taipei, Taiwan 1965 Born in Taipei, Taiwan 1989 B.F.A. in Fine Arts, National Institute of the Arts, Taipei 1993 DAAD Germany Exchange Scholarship 1994 Studied at the Institute of Media Arts, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany 1997 Diploma in Media Arts, Staatliche Hochschule fuer Gestaltung Karlsruhe, Germany 2003 Representing Taiwan at the 50th Biennale di Venezia Associate Professor at the Taipei National University of the Arts and Chairperson of Department of New Media Art http://www.tinakenggallery.com
Lives in Taipei, Taiwan 1965 Born in Taipei, Taiwan 1989 B.F.A. in Fine Arts, National Institute of the Arts, Taipei 1993 DAAD Germany Exchange Scholarship 1994 Studied at the Institute of Media Arts, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany 1997 Diploma in Media Arts, Staatliche Hochschule fuer Gestaltung Karlsruhe, Germany 2003 Representing Taiwan at the 50th Biennale di Venezia Associate Professor at the Taipei National University of the Arts and Chairperson of Department of New Media Art http://www.tinakenggallery.com
1958 Born in Ehingen, Germany 1977~1982 Studies in Art History, History and German Literature at the University
of Tübingen 1987 PhD, University of Tübingen 1987~1988 Postdoctoral Fellowship of the J.P.Getty-Foundation at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University 1988~1989 Staatsgalerie Stuttgart/State Gallery Stuttgart 1990~1995 Deputy Director, Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart/Art Museum Stuttgart 1994 Training in “Arts Funding and Management in the United States”, invited by the International Visitors Program of USA 1995~2007 Head of Visual Arts Department, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa) Stuttgart/ Berlin, Germany 2004~2007 Additionally Deputy Secretary General, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa), Stuttgart/ Berlin, Germany 2008~2014 Director and CEO, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany from 2014 Director of Alimentarium, Vevey, Switzerland
of Tübingen 1987 PhD, University of Tübingen 1987~1988 Postdoctoral Fellowship of the J.P.Getty-Foundation at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University 1988~1989 Staatsgalerie Stuttgart/State Gallery Stuttgart 1990~1995 Deputy Director, Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart/Art Museum Stuttgart 1994 Training in “Arts Funding and Management in the United States”, invited by the International Visitors Program of USA 1995~2007 Head of Visual Arts Department, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa) Stuttgart/ Berlin, Germany 2004~2007 Additionally Deputy Secretary General, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa), Stuttgart/ Berlin, Germany 2008~2014 Director and CEO, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany from 2014 Director of Alimentarium, Vevey, Switzerland
1958 Born in Ehingen, Germany 1977~1982 Studies in Art History, History and German Literature at the University
of Tübingen 1987 PhD, University of Tübingen 1987~1988 Postdoctoral Fellowship of the J.P.Getty-Foundation at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University 1988~1989 Staatsgalerie Stuttgart/State Gallery Stuttgart 1990~1995 Deputy Director, Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart/Art Museum Stuttgart 1994 Training in “Arts Funding and Management in the United States”, invited by the International Visitors Program of USA 1995~2007 Head of Visual Arts Department, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa) Stuttgart/ Berlin, Germany 2004~2007 Additionally Deputy Secretary General, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa), Stuttgart/ Berlin, Germany 2008~2014 Director and CEO, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany from 2014 Director of Alimentarium, Vevey, Switzerland
of Tübingen 1987 PhD, University of Tübingen 1987~1988 Postdoctoral Fellowship of the J.P.Getty-Foundation at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University 1988~1989 Staatsgalerie Stuttgart/State Gallery Stuttgart 1990~1995 Deputy Director, Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart/Art Museum Stuttgart 1994 Training in “Arts Funding and Management in the United States”, invited by the International Visitors Program of USA 1995~2007 Head of Visual Arts Department, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa) Stuttgart/ Berlin, Germany 2004~2007 Additionally Deputy Secretary General, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa), Stuttgart/ Berlin, Germany 2008~2014 Director and CEO, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany from 2014 Director of Alimentarium, Vevey, Switzerland
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