"German Video from the Collections of the Kunstmuseum Bonn: Joseph Beuys to Today"
Joseph Beuys, Volker Anding, Klaus vom Bruch, Jochen Gerz, Jürgen Klauke, Imi Knoebel, Christof Kohlhöfer, Sigmar Polke, Marcel Odenbach, Carl Otto Paeffgen, Ulrike Rosenbach
Exhibit Duration: September 23 - October 10, 2007 Location: Slought Foundation Reception: Friday, September 28, 2007
Exhibition Openings Series
| Curated by
Prof. Dr. Dieter Ronte
Slought Foundation, Philadelphia is pleased to announce the first exhibition in the United States of video works from the collection of the Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany, featuring a selection of German artists from the 1960s to the present including artists Joseph Beuys, Jochen Gerz, Jürgen Klauke, Marcel Odenbach, Sigmar Polke, and Ulrike Rosenbach. The exhibition will be on display in the galleries at Slought Foundation from September 26-October 10, 2007; the opening reception will take place on Friday, September 28th, 2007 from 6:30-8:30pm (Please note this date change.) A public conversation about Joseph Beuys will also take place on the evening of the opening at 6:30pm and will feature Christine Poggi (University of Pennsylvania) and Lisa Saltzman (Bryn Mawr College) in conversation. The exhibition is curated by Prof. Dr. Dieter Ronte, Director of the Kunstmuseum Bonn.
A special feature of the collection and exhibition program of the Kunstmuseum Bonn is the permanent presentation of international film and video art of the 1960s and 70s. It is founded on the collection amassed by the gallerist Ingrid Oppenheim, who bequeathed to the museum close to 400 works by such video art pioneers as Klaus vom Bruch, Bill Viola and Allan Kaprow, as well as by early feminist video artists, e.g., Ulrike Rosenbach. The exhibition at Slought Foundation features in part a selection of works from this larger collection by curator and professor Dr. Dieter Ronte on behalf of the Kunstmuseum Bonn, with a specific focus on contemporary German artists working from the 1960s through to the present.
In conjunction with the exhibition, please note that a recording of "Fat, Felt, and Film: A Conversation on Joseph Beuys" featuring Christine Poggi (University of Pennsylvania) and Lisa Saltzman (Bryn Mawr College) in dialogue at the exhibition opening, has been made available online for download (50 min).
The exhibition features works such as the following:
Volker Anding, Ever'nd Sallad, 1984 (11 minutes)
Joseph Beuys, Fettecke, 1989 (31 minutes);
", I like America and America likes me, 1981 (37 minutes);
", Celtic, 1971 (26, 22 minutes);
", Eurasienstab, 1968 (23 minutes)
", Filz TV, 1970 (10 minutes)
Klaus Vom Bruch, Moderne Zeiten, 1978 (15 minutes);
", Das Aliiertenband, 1982 (10 minutes);
", Charmant Band, 1983 (10 minutes);
", Das Duracellband, 1980 (10 minutes);
", The Playboy Tape, 1979 (4, 17 minutes);
", Die Entführung eines Kunsthändlers ist keine Utopie mehr, 1975 (7 minutes);
", Geisterseher, 1979 (13 minutes);
", Das Propellerband, 1979 (32/12 minutes)
Jochen Gerz, Der malende Mund, 1978 (22 minutes)
Jürgen Klauke, Jürgen Klaukes Langeweile, 1982 (43 minutes)
Imi Knoebel, Projektion X, 1972 (40 minutes)
Christof Kohlhöfer, Erste Fälschung, 1968/75 (5 minutes);
", Feuer; Feuer, andere Farben; Feuer, obere Projektion, 1966/75 (24 minutes);
", Shit, 1968 (7 minutes);
", Feuer, untere Projektion "Der Mann im Raum", 1966 (24 minutes)
Christof Kohlhöfer and Sigmar Polke, Der ganze Körper fühlt sich leicht und möchte fliegen, 1969 (33 minutes)
Marcel Odenbach, Als ob ich dem Mann im Mond glauben würde oder sich selbst für unglaubwürdig halten, 1978 (20 minutes);
", Das im Entwischen Erwischte, 1983 (19 minutes);
", Der Widerspruch der Erinnerung, 1982 (16 minutes);
", Die Distanz zwischen mir und meinen Verlusten, 1983 (9 minutes);
", Sich selbst bei Laune halten, 1977 (15 minutes);
", Kein Anschluβ unter dieser Nummer, 1978 (15 minutes);
", Die anscheinende Stadt der Künstler oder Abwarten und Teetrinken, 1978 (15 minutes);
", Das Versteck der frühen Verbote, 1981 (20 minutes)
Carl Otto Paeffgen, Erst das Hemd, dann die Kunst, 1975 (10 minutes)
Dieter Ronte is the Director of the Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany, which is devoted to celebrating
German art after 1945. He was formerly Director of the Museum of Modern Art, Vienna. He has authored or edited more than 20 publications, including Christo and Jeanne-Claude: International Projects (2005), American Art 1975-1995 (1998), and Giuseppe Penone (1997).
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In conjunction with the exhibition, please note that a recording of "Fat, Felt, and Film: A Conversation on Joseph Beuys" featuring Christine Poggi (University of Pennsylvania) and Lisa Saltzman (Bryn Mawr College) in dialogue at the exhibition opening, has been made available online for download (50 min).
