Serielle Formationen 1967/2017 Re-Inszenierung der ersten deutschen Ausstellung internationaler minimalistischer Tendenzen

by Wiehager, Renate; Bartels, Siegfried; Henrich, Nadine; Maenz, Paul; North, Meredith

• ISBN13: 9783864422157
• ISBN10: 3864422159
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-06-03
• Publisher: Snoeck Publishing Company

Summary

»Minimalism in Germany«

In 1967, Peter Roehr and Paul Maenz curated the ­exhibition »Serial Formations« at University of Frankfurt’s studio gallery, one of the first ever exhibitions on Minimal Art in Germany. Within the framework of the exhibition series »Minimalism in Germany«, launched in 2005, Daimler Art Collection is attempting to re-stage this ­historically significant presentation. At that time, it had comprehensively summarized current international minimalist trends, and juxtaposed them with positions by German artists. The selection criterion for the 62 works in total by 48 artists was the principle of serial order as a visual aspect of images and objects. The concepts they were based on, however, could be quite diverse and even contradictory. The European Zero movement was represented, as well as American Minimal and ­Concept Art, aspects of Nouveau Réalisme, Pop and Op Art—Paul Maenz wrote in the accompanying catalog, »the ambition of ›Serielle Formationen‹ was to inform and to identify the differences between seemingly similar art phenomena«. The unique feature of the publication on the current exhibition in Berlin is the complete reprint of the, now very sought-after, original catalog, which is an excellent example of early conceptual book design.

Artists exhibited 1967/2017: Carl Andre, Arman, Thomas Bayrle, Ronald Bladen, Hans Breder, Enrico Castellani, Christo und Jeanne-Claude, Jan Dibbets, May Fasnacht, Eberhard Fiebig, Dan Flavin, Raimund Girke, Kuno Gonschior, Hermann Goepfert, Hans Haacke, Jan Henderikse, Ewerdt Hilgemann, Bernhard Höke, Donald Judd, Yayoi Kusama, Walter Leblanc, Thomas Lenk, Sol LeWitt, Konrad Lueg, Adolf Luther, Piero Manzoni, Anges Martin, Almir da Silva Mavignier, Henk Peeters, Larry Poons, Charlotte Posenenske, Markus Raetz, Bridget Riley, Peter Roehr, Dieter Roth, Felix Schlenker, Wolfgang Schmidt, Jan Schoonhoven, Klaus Staudt, Michael Steiner, Frank Stella, Paul Talman, Günther Uecker, Victor Vasarely, Herman de Vries, Andy Warhol, Gruppe X

Artists form the context: Karl-Heinz Adler, Hartmut Böhm, Hal Busse, Hanne Darboven, Rolf Glasmeier, Hermann Glöckner, Mathias Goeritz, Gerhard von Graevenitz, Marie-Luise Heller, Hans-Peter Hoch, Oskar Holweck, Heinz Mack, Christian Megert, Christian Roeckenschuss, Ulrich Rückriem, Eckhard Schene, Mike Steiner, Franz Erhard Walther

Exhibition:
Daimler Contemporary Berlin, House Huth, June 3 – November 5, 2017

 

Author Biography

The editor Renate Wiehager, born in 1959, studied art history, theology, literature, and philosophy. Her doctoral dissertation was a monograph on the German surrelaist Richard Oelze. She is the former director of Städtische Galerie Villa Merkel in Esslingen (1991–2001). Since 2001 she has been director of the Daimler Art Collection Stuttgart/Berlin. She curated and edited books for exhibitions of numerous artists, including: Adolf Fleischmann, Georg Herold, Martin Kippenberger, Heimo Zobernig, Gerold Miller, Georg Winter, Sylvie Fleury, John M Armleder, Bernie Searle, Jane Alexander, and Bethan Huws. With Snoeck she edited books on Peter Roehr, Duchamp as Curator, Cao Fei, Nic Hess, Natalia Stachon, Nic Hess, and Luca Trevisani.