30 January - 18 April 2010
Opening: 29 January, 7.30pm
When someone allows you to look at their private collection it is effectively a journey into the unknown. No subject imposes itself onto the works, no historical context jostles for attention, instead paintings, sculptures and installations open up a space in which they develop their very own artistic dialogs. Yet simultaneously, you enter the sphere of a personal passion for collecting.
In the slender selection of works by reputable international artists that generally stem from the second half of the 20th century, the aim is to discover totally different expressions in the context of their time: The exhibition guides visitors by means of an array of devices, from poetic narrations via highly individual commentaries through to potent challenges, which enter into a multilingual relationship in this collection exhibition. While the works speak expressively for themselves they simultaneously allude to the concealed history of their common origins: What do the individual works reveal about a particular view of art?
The show will feature works by Richard Artschwager (USA), Nicos Baikas (GR), Lore Bert (D), Joseph Beuys (D), Bram Bogart (NL), Armin Böhm (D), Herbert Brandl (A), Marcel Broodthaers (B), Michael Buthe (D), Amédée Cortier (B), Thierry de Cordier (B), Raoul de Keyser (B), Jessica Diamond (USA), Helmut Dorner (A), Marlene Dumas (NL), Miklós Erdély (UNG), Jan Fabre (B), Barry Flanagan (GB), Carmela Garcia (E), Robert Gober (USA), David Hammons (USA), René Heyvaert (B), David Hockney (GB), Andreas Hofer (D), Thomas Huber (D), Jan Kromke (D), Eugene Leroy (F), Kris Martin (BE), Ulrich Meister (D), Piotr Nathan (P), Bruce Nauman (USA), Cady Noland (USA), Panamarenko (B), Roger Raveel (B), Gerhard Richter (D), Pietro Roccasalva (I), Peter Rostovsky (RU), Thomas Ruff (D), Costas Tsoclis (GR), Luc Tuymans (B), Juan Uslé (E), Jan Vercruysse (B), Martin Walde (A), Andy Warhol (USA), Franz West (A), Jens Wolf (D).
