What is Modern Art? (Group Show)
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Walter Benjamin, Arnold
Bode, Kazimir Malevich, Porter McCray, Dorothy
Miller, Piet Mondrian, Salon de Fleurus,
International Exhibition of Modern Art, Museum of
Modern Art, Museum of American Art
edited by Inke Arns, Berlin & Walter Benjamin, New York
Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien
Opening: Thursday, September 28, 2006, 19:00
With Christoph Tannert, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien;
Prof. Dr. Michael Fehr, Universitaet der Kuenste,
Berlin; Dr. Inke Arns, Co-curator of the
exhibition
& Galerie 35, Museum of American Art
Berlin, September 29 - October 29, 2006
www.whatismodernart.de
The exhibition What is Modern Art? (Group Show)
which takes place in Berlin from 29 September
until 29 October 2006 in parallel to ArtForum
Berlin gathers a series of art projects that have
contributed to the development of a specific art
practice based on anonymity and copying. These
projects examine authors, exhibitions and
institutions central to 20th century art (and its
historiography), using copies to de- and
reconstruct their specific art historical events
and narratives. Some of them, with roots in the
(South-Eastern) European art scene of the
1970s-80s, became a central point of inspiration
for a younger generation of artists. So far,
Salons, Mausoleums and Museums with permanent
exhibitions have been established in New York,
Belgrade and, most recently, Berlin.
What is Modern Art (Group Show) is the first
exhibition internationally to gather these
projects in a comprehensive group exhibit at the
Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, the Galerie 35 and the
Museum of American Art in Berlin. It is being
curated, or rather edited, by Inke Arns (Berlin)
and Walter Benjamin (New York).
The exhibition at Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien
includes Collection of Drawings of an Art Amateur
Made on his Travels through a Mysterious and
Faraway Land, 1900, Moderne Kunst from the Museum
Folkwang, Hagen 1904, and From the Autobiography
of Alice B. Toklas (1905-1913). All three works
are by the Salon de Fleurus (New York), and
examine the art of the 19th and the early 20th
centuries. They are on display at the
Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien in Studio 1 on the first
floor. Studios 2 and 4 feature the International
Exhibition of Modern Art (Armory Show), 2013, and
Kazimir Malevich's Last Futurist Exhibition 0,10,
two important exhibitions that took place in the
US and Russia between 1913 and 1916. Studio 2
also contains Alfred Barr's Museum of Modern Art,
New York, 1936, while new works by the Museum of
American Art focusing on documenta 2 (1959) can
be found in Studio 1, ground floor: Arnold Bode,
Documenta II - Opening (1959), Arnold Bode,
Documenta II - Visitors (1959), Porter McCray,
Documenta II - Americans (1959) and Dorothy
Miller, Neue Amerikanische Malerei (1958).
As the Museum of American Art in
Berlin-Friedrichshain shows its permanent
collection (predominantly representatives of
Abstract Expressionism 1953-59), the Galerie 35
presents Recent Works by Piet Mondrian,
accompanied by video recordings of lectures by
Walter Benjamin and Katherine Dreier.
A comprehensive two-volume catalogue
(German/English) will be published by Revolver -
Archiv fuer aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
2006.
Exhibition Venues:
Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien
Mariannenplatz 2, D-10997 Berlin
Tel. ++49 - 30 - 616 903-0
Opening: Thursday, September 28, 2006, 19:00
With Christoph Tannert, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien;
Prof. Dr. Michael Fehr, Universitaet der Kuenste,
Berlin; Dr. Inke Arns, Co-curator of the
exhibition
Duration: September 29 - October 29, 2006
Opening hours: Wed-Sun 14:00 - 19:00
Museum of American Art
Frankfurter Allee 91, Berlin-Friedrichshain
Tel. ++49 - 30 - 420 222 21
Opening hours: Wed - Sun 14:00 - 19:00
Galerie 35
Simon-Dach-Str. 35, Berlin-Friedrichshain
Tel. ++49 - 30 - 257 688 89
Opening: Saturday, September 30, 2006, 20:00
Duration: October 1 - 29, 2006
Opening hours: Thu-Sun 15:00 - 20:00
Website:
www.whatismodernart.de
Curators/Editors:
Inke Arns, Berlin/Dortmund & Walter Benjamin, New York
Catalogue:
A comprehensive two-volume catalogue will be
published (source material / critical texts) in
English and German.
Inke Arns, Walter Benjamin (eds.)
What is Modern Art? (Group Show)
Revolver - Archiv fuer aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt am Main 2006
Vol. 1: 116 pages, ca. 110 color ill., Vol. 2: 96
pages, b/w, both 19x25,5 cm, 35 ¤
Press contact:
Christina Sickert, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien,
[EMAIL PROTECTED], Tel. ++49 - 30 - 616903-15
Dr. Inke Arns, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mobil ++49 - 173 - 9889984
Funded by:
Kulturstiftung des Bundes
A project by mikro e.V., Berlin
Supported by Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien GmbH, Berlin and reboot.fm/bootlab
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Dr. Inke Arns
Künstlerische Leiterin / Artistic Director
Hartware MedienKunstVerein
Güntherstrasse 65 * D-44143 Dortmund
T ++49 (0) 231 - 823 106
F ++49 (0) 231 - 882 02 40
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.inkearns.de
Berlin:
Pestalozzistr. 5 * D-10625 Berlin
T ++49 (0)30 313 66 78
M ++49 (0)173 988 99 84
Running:
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF IRATIONAL.ORG
PHOENIX Halle Dortmund, Aug 30 - Oct 29, 2006
www.hmkv.de
Upcoming:
WHAT IS MODERN ART? (GROUP SHOW), Sep 29 - Oct 29, 2006
Opening: Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Thu, Sep 28, 2006, 19:00
www.whatismodernart.de
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