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What could the primarily Western collection of the Nationalgalerie look like today if a global understanding of art had informed its development? Looking at artworks from non-European centres of Modernism and their activities, untold stories and overlooked connections are picked up and developed. The Nationalgalerie Berlin subjects its collection to a critical revision, focusing on those areas of the collection which are not central to a Western understanding of art. Starting points include Heinrich Vogeler's turn to the Soviet Union, the Dadaist Tomoyoshi Murayama's sojourn in 1920s Berlin, and Joseph Beuys' collaborations with Nicolás García Uriburu. The result is a narrative of art from 1900 to the present which, from a global perspective, selectively takes up and explores historical, international, and transregional connections between artists and cultural contexts.
Ca-ca poo-poo
Edited by Udo Kittelmann.
Thomas Demand
Thomas Demands work lures the viewer into a reality that is not what it appears to be. His images present scenes of political and social events, which the artist recreates out of paper and cardboard, in a scale that is true to the original size of the setting. Demand then photographs these sculptures, creating images in which specific traces of the events and the protagonists are removed, leaving possible evidence of a crime scene, one which appears familiar but yet out of reach. The exhibition and book Nationalgalerie brings together Demands work of the last 15 years which is rooted in German imagery. Demand examines the Deutschlandbild, the German image in photographs from a variety of scenarios in the post-war period. From a selection both known and new of key images of decisive political events and private moments Demand offers a kaleidoscopic vision of a society.
Recent acquisitions 2002-2005
What makes a museum what it is? The answer Udo Kittelmann has given as the Director since 2002 of the Frankfurt/Main Museum for Modern Art is clear enough: "The collection is the supporting pillar of any museum. The focus of the work lies in the build-up, the cultivation and the expansion of the collection, in the exhibition of others." The voluminous What's New, Pussycat? introduces 200 of the finest works with which Kittellmann has put his money where his mouth is, and documents the ongoing evolution of the important collection he helms. Featured artists include Francis Alys, Marcel Duchamp, Lucian Freud, Douglas Gordan, On Kawara, Bruce Nauman, Steven Parrino, David Reed, Santiago Sierra, Elaine Sturtevant, Kara Walker and Andy Warhol.
Wall works
A selection of 46 wall pieces from Edition Schellmann purchased by the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, works from the museum's own collections and works that were produced specially for the exhibition are presented.
Anton Henning
Linking the art genres, Anton Henning treats Modernism and Post-Modernism as peers, in developing interiors from purpose-built furniture and wall decorations, sculptures that question the status of painting, and paintings that delve into art history and everyday cliches. This publication is devoted to three site-specific installations by Henning.
Berlin circle
Richard Long is one of the leading protagonists of Land Art. He uses the movement of his own body, hiking and walking through the landscape as a criterion and medium for his art. He has been creating outside works for more than 40 years all over the world, In England, Canada, Japan or Bolivia: large stone circles or lines made of wood. Photographs document these transient works. But right from the beginning the artist has also designed works For The museum space. Here as well, sculptures are created with archetypical forms, made of wood or stone: ellipses, lines or circles. The centre and inspiration for this exhibition at the Hamburger Bahnhof is the eponymous work Berlin Circle. The circle...
Otto Piene
More Sky was initially published in 1970 as a loose-leaf ring binder, and now the 1973 edition is reproduced in facsimile here. The book may be considered the first compendium of Piene's work after the ZERO period in Germany.The title itself is a programmatic attempt to expand the arts. More sky - that was the dream of Otto Piene and his generation, to overcome at last the narrow confines of museums and instead to turn public space, the air and the sky into a site where art happens.Nature as a model for the arts: as was already the case in experiments within the Bauhaus tradition, Piene intended to execute his artistic works in the dimensions of earth, water and fire, and ultimately into technological media as well.The vibrant, colorful cover of his book, featuring a hand-painted title, the sun and a floating cloud, perfectly reflects this exhilarating utopia of a better world, closer to nature.Published on the occasion of the exhibition Otto Piene: More Sky at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 17 July - 31 August 2014.
Katharina Grosse
Katharina Grosse's vibrantly colored installation in the Hamburger Bahnhof This publication documents Berlin-based painter Katharina Grosse's (born 1961) installation in the historic hall of the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. Grosse's vibrant spraypainted acrylic on walls, ceilings and floors, with sculptural elements, destabilizes museum space.
Double sexus
The sexually charged works of Louise Bourgeois and Hans Bellmer reveal remarkable parallels, even though the artists never actually met. Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) skeptically examined the traditional image of women, Hans Bellmer (1902-1975) created in the puppet an idea woman in which all his desires and fantasies are reflected. This publication establishes for the first time a dialogue between two artists, which are marked by the views of a male and female artist, respectively, as well as by personal obsessions and desires.
