Giacometti vs. Beuys
Two films on two major 20th-century artists were presented at this year’s Berlinale and will be in cinemas later this year. SCHIRN MAG took a look at...
Bruce Nauman represents the radical upheavals in contemporary art since 1960 and a concept of sculpture liberated from traditional concepts.
Bruce Nauman represents the radical upheavals in contemporary art since 1960 and a concept of sculpture liberated from traditional concepts.
Alberto Giacometti is regarded as one of the most important classical modern European sculptors.
Alberto Giacometti is regarded as one of the most important classical modern European sculptors.
Processual thinking refers to an artist’s focus on the creative process of a work, which may be equally or more important than the finished piece. There are also artworks for which the artist intends no final state.
Two artists, two generations of rather differing provenance: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt is dedicating a comprehensive exhibition to the surprising and previously largely overlooked affinities in the work by Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966) and Bruce Nauman (* 1941). Drawings, photographs, videos, sculptures and large-scale installations by the US multimedia artist will enter into an exciting dialogue with selected sculptures and paintings by the Swiss sculptor. Both artists’ oeuvre revolves primarily around the image of man and the human condition. With reduced formal language, it looks to explore fundamental existential questions. The shattering directness of the works of art presents the viewer with a lasting challenge. Giacometti and Nauman share a procedural approach as well as subjects, such as the representation of void, the relationship between figure and space, and the fragmented body. In a thematically landscaped parcours, the exhibition brings together about 70 works, including numerous major works by both artists. The outcome of this juxtaposition is by no means foregone. Giacometti emerges as a pioneer of key developments in art after 1960, rediscovering his original radicalism, while Nauman’s outstanding importance as a sculptor becomes apparent, achieving an alternative historical significance. The exhibition does not confirm or endorse influences and overarching theories, but rather expands our perception of the work of two outstanding representatives of 20th and 21st century art.
The exhibition is over, but the free digitorial still provides you with background information about the key exhibition aspects. Learn more about two outstanding representatives of 20th and 21st century art.
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Edited by Esther Schlicht. Foreword by Philipp Demandt. Essays by Esther Schlicht, Gaby Hartel, Thierry Dufrêne, and Robert Storr. German/English edition, 184 pages, approx. 150 illustrations, 30 x 23 cm (portrait format), softcover, Snoeck, Cologne, 2016, price: 35 € (SCHIRN pay desk), 39.90 € (bookstores)
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An introduction to the exhibition.
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Bruce Nauman’s approach to the studio as a place of artistic production.