EXHIBITION

TEXT WERKE

Opening 4 February 2011 at 7 pm
Exhibition from 5 February 2011 to 27 March 2011

A canvas sized 8,8 square meters hangs on the big wall in the hall of the Heidelberger Kunstverein. The piece was designed by Jonathan Meese, the German art star famous for his gestural paintings, his sculptures and installations. This large work is encircled by a series of black and white pictures with hardly recognizable images taken by the New York photographer Andrea Longacre-White. At first glance the two pieces could not be more different. It must be surmised that Meese's paintings with their highly exaggerated messages evolved in a deeply personal moment of creative urge, while Longacre- White's photographs revert to theoretical discourses of visibility and invisibility. It stands to reason to describe both pieces of art in short summaries of exactly this fashion. However, would that then be "correct"?

The exhibition TEXT WERKE offers the visitor not only one text about Jonathan Meese, but two. One of them describes the artist's life and his work in an expressive, and superelevated language based on biographical details. The other one uses a seemingly objective, almost overcooled language to describe the same picture by the same artist.

The exhibition will be presented in the hall and on the gallery (first floor).

FURTHER INFORMATION

Download press release in German (pdf)
Link images exhibition and works
Download exhibition magazine in German (pdf)

FRAME PROGRAMME

Fri 04.02.2011 | 19.00 | Opening "Text Werke". Reception: Dr. Joachim Gerner. Opening: Prof. Dr. Melanie Trede. Introdcution: Johan Holten.

Sun 27.02.2011 | 15.00 | Guided exposition tour with Susana Sáez

Wed 09.03.2011 | 19.00 | Dialogue between Wolfgang Ullrich, Professor of History of Art and Media Theory, and Johan Holten

Sat 13.03.2011 | 15.00 | Guided exposition tour with Johan Holten


David Adamo

 


James Barnor

 


Cedric Bomford

 

 

 

 

 

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