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Das Ensemble schreibt das Stück. 70 Jahre heute

Sep 19 – Nov 14, 2021

70 Jahre heute – eine Sammlungsausstellung zum Jubiläum, ein Jubiläum als Neuanfang. 1951 war Morsbroich das erste Museum für Gegenwartskunst, das nach dem Krieg in Deutschland neu gegründet wurde. Siebzig Jahre später blicken Haus und Sammlung auf eine Geschichte voller künstlerischer Höhepunkte, aber zuletzt auch voller kulturpolitischer Verwerfungen bis hin zur vorgeschlagenen Schließung. Wie aber kann das Museum Morsbroich siebzig Jahre später zu einem ‚neuen ersten’, gegenwärtigen Kunstmuseum werden?

LOOK AT THIS

Jun 17 – Sep 19, 2021

Die Ausstellung LOOK AT THIS lädt ein zu einer kritischen Reflexion der vielfältigen Beziehungen zwischen Kunstwerk, Publikum, Raum und Institution. Gleichzeitig hinterfragt die Schau fest etablierte (westliche) Sichtweisen. LOOK AT THIS fragt: Was wird ausgestellt und in welcher Form? Welche Rolle übernimmt der Raum dabei? Welche Bewertungen und Zuschreibungen sind damit verbunden? Welche Abhängigkeiten und Machtstrukturen treten zutage?
LOOK AT THIS zeigt Werke unterschiedlichster Medien von insgesamt 24 internationalen Künstler:innen aus den vergangenen fünf Jahrzehnten, u. a. Kristina Buch, Magdalena Jetelová, Victor Leguy, Nam June Paik, Gerhard Richter, David Shrigley, Andreas von Weizsäcker und Heike Kati Barath.
Die Ausstellung ist eine dialogische Auseinandersetzung zwischen den Kuratoren Folakunle Oshun (Lagos) und Bernhart Schwenk (München). Sie macht die Wahrnehmung von Kunst und die Vielfalt der Perspektiven zum eigentlichen Thema der Ausstellung. Der Prozess wird von einem Filmprojekt begleitet.

A TROPICAL MOOD, JUST A LITTLE COOLER.

Jun 12 – Sep 19, 2021

The sculptor Monika Brandmeier (* 1959 in Kamen, NRW) works also with formal reduction and material opulence. For the ZAK she is developing an extensive exhibition with installation objects, sculptures, drawings and video works that were created between 1984 and today. In the comparison, grouping arrangement or concentration of selected works, two basic approaches of the artist become clear:

Questions about the relationship between things and space are indeed constitutive for all of Monika Brandmeier’s works, but unfold above all in a series of installation arrangements into a range of analyzes that is as subtle as it is rich in detail. Inner space, surrounding space, interspace and non-space are the categories with which the artist, among others – also developed her moving objects and sculptures. On the other hand, materiality plays a role in the relationship between industrial semi-finished product and object play a further decisive role and allows the works to develop a narrative presence at times: “Precisely and precisely adjusted, they question a conventional, context-based visual culture and in doing so follow the idea of ​​a poetic order and a subjective conceptualism.” (J.-O. Rey)

Swiss Sculpture since 1945

Jun 12 – Sep 26, 2021

Bronze figures by Alberto Giacometti, kinetic constructions by Jean Tinguely, video objects by Pipilotti Rist – the sculptural work of the past 75 years in Switzerland has been incredibly diverse. The themes, materials and techniques change over the decades, even redefining what sculpture means.

This comprehensive exhibition inside and outside the Kunsthaus offers the public their first overview of an exciting chapter in Swiss art history. It shows 230 works by 150 artists from all linguistic regions of the country, including famous names such as Hans Arp, Germaine Richier, Max Bill and Meret Oppenheim, through to Fischli/Weiss, Roman Signer, Sylvie Fleury and Ugo Rondinone. The younger generations are represented as well, by artists such as Mai-Thu Perret, Claudia Comte and Latifa Echakhch, who was selected for the Swiss Pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale. The exhibition contains much that is familiar, but also creates the possibility of new discoveries and re-discoveries.

Insights, Outlooks – Perspectives on the Collection II

Jun 5 – Oct 10, 2021

The exhibition Insights, Outlooks presents a varied range of landscapes, interiors, and still lifes from the museum’s collection. Numerous masterpieces, as well as works that are seldom seen, span almost 500 years of art history, from the Renaissance to the present, across the media of painting, sculpture, prints, photography, and more.

Chill Seeping from the Walls Gets between Us

May 28, 2021 – Jan 23, 2022

Katharina Grosse (b. 1961), German artist actively exploring new possibilities in painting as medium, will be taking over the main exhibition halls on the upper level in HAM Helsinki Art Museum. Two new installations will be shown, one of which artist will be painting on site. Grosse, who has distanced herself from the two-dimensional conventions of painting, will transform the exhibition halls into art works engaging in an active correspondence with the architecture of the space, and focusing on painting as a process and intervention.

I’ll be your Mirror. Wasser in der Sammlung Bosshard

Jan 31, 2021 – Feb 27, 2022

Das Naturelement Wasser besticht durch seine Vielschichtigkeit: Es ist lebensnotwendig und kann zugleich Existenzen bedrohen; es ist spiegelglatt und kann aufwühlend tosen; es gehört zu den kostbarsten Gütern und ist nichtsdestotrotz in unseren Breitengraden allzu oft selbstverständlich; es verleitet zu Abenteuern und steht als Sinnbild für Emotionen und Sehnsüchte. Diese Mehrdeutigkeit trägt dazu bei, dass sich Künstlerinnen und Künstler seit jeher mit der Darstellung von Wasser und seiner Bedeutung für den Menschen auseinandersetzen – die Wandelbarkeit des Motivs fordert in der künstlerischen Umsetzung ebenso heraus, wie es fasziniert.

Die Ausstellung öffnet einen breiten Blick auf diejenigen Werke in den Beständen der Sammlung von Peter und Elisabeth Bosshard, welche sich in direkter oder indirekter Weise mit dem Element Wasser auseinandersetzen und gliedert sich in zwei zentrale Stränge: Einerseits präsentiert sie verschiedene künstlerische Herangehensweisen an das Motiv und vermittelt auf diese Weise einen Überblick über die vielfältigen Interpretationsansätze. Andererseits konzentriert sie sich auf unmittelbare Bezüge zwischen Mensch und Wasser. Anhand so unterschiedlicher Aspekte wie Hygiene, Fernweh oder Naturgewalt gibt die Ausstellung Einblick in die mannigfaltigen Emotionen, welche das Zusammenspiel zu wecken vermag.

Dezember-Ausstellung Focus

Dec 1, 2018 – Jan 6, 2019

Opening: Nov 30, 2018, 6 pm

The traditional December exhibition is the highly acclaimed platform for art production from the city and region of Winterthur. For a month, artists gather for an artistic rendezvous and mutual exchange. Biennially a large overview exhibition takes place at the Kunst Museum Winterthur in cooperation with the artists’ organization Künstlergruppe and the Kunsthalle Winterthur. The biennial exhibition alternates with an individual show at the Kunst Museum Winterthur, as will take place in 2018. This exhibition intends to offer new perspectives on the regional art scene, concomitantly investigating the work of selected artists. The curators work with the artists invited to create a concise group of works for the show. As a result, the December exhibition at the Kunst Museum Winterthur provides not only a sight onto the work of local artists, but also into it.

Art 35 Basel

Jun 16 – Jun 21, 2004

Art 35 Basel Unlimited

Jun 16 – Jun 21, 2004

Art 34 Basel

Jun 17 – Jun 23, 2003

Art 33 Basel

Jun 12 – Jun 17, 2002

Art 32 Basel

Jun 13 – Jun 18, 2001

Art Cologne 2000

Nov 5 – Nov 12, 2000

Art Cologne 1999

Nov 7 – Nov 14, 1999

Art 30 Basel

Jun 16 – Jun 21, 1999

Art Cologne 1998

Nov 8 – Nov 15, 1998

Art 29 Basel

Jun 10 – Jun 15, 1998

FIAC Paris 1997

Oct 1 – Oct 6, 1997

Art 28 Basel

Jun 11 – Jun 16, 1997

Art 27 Basel

Jun 12 – Jun 17, 1996

Art Cologne 1995

Nov 11 – Nov 19, 1995

Art 26 Basel

Jun 14 – Jun 19, 1995

Art Cologne 1994

Nov 10 – Nov 16, 1994

Art 25 Basel

Jun 15 – Jun 20, 1994

Four Honest Outlaws – Sala Ray Marioni Gordon

published by Michael Fried for the Yale University Press
In this strongly argued and characteristically original book, Michael Fried considers the work of four contemporary artists: video artist and photographer Anri Sala, sculptor Charles Ray, painter Joseph Marioni, and video artist and intervener in movies Douglas Gordon.
«Four Honest Outlaws» takes its title from a line in a Bob Dylan song, «To live outside the law you must be honest», meaning in this case that each of the four artists has found his own unsanctioned path to extraordinary accomplishment, in part by defying the ordinary norms and expectations of the contemporary art world.
Michael Fried will moderate a symposium «PAINTING NOW: A discussion taking off from the work of Joseph Marioni»,
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (USA), December 10, 2011

The Archive in the Worm

Verlag für Moderne Kunst, with essays by Andrés Duprat, Carl Friedrich Schröer and Raimund Stecker.
Published on the occasion of the eightpart transcontinental exhibition in Argentina, Germany and Switzerland.
«Martín Mele lives in a foreign land, it’s uncertain how foreign, how distant or familiar it is. For he has lived abroad for some time, actually forever. …»

Aufsetzpunkt

published by modo Verlag on the occasion of the exhibition at Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil-Jona from April 7 until June 19, 2011.
with essays by Invar-Torre Hollhaus and Daniela Hardmeier.