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Indepth Arts News:
"Foerg: Deutsche Bank Collection"
2000-05-27 until 2000-06-25
Guggenheim
Berlin, ,
DE Germany
Deutsche Guggenheim Berlins exhibition series curated by Deutsche Bank
continues with works of art by Guenther Foerg. In the two preceding years, works
from Katharina Sieverding and Georg Baselitz from the Deutsche Bank Collection
were to be seen as part of this series. Born in 1952 in Fuessen, Germany,
Günther Förg, who now lives in Colombier, Switzerland, and Munich, Germany,
is one of the most important contemporary German artists. His goal of turning
color, surface and space into ever new varieties of the expressively
experiencable is a continuous line running through his work in all types of media:
From murals and paintings through chalk drawings and water colors to
photographs and prints.
ANNIVERSARY Since the middle of last year, the show with Günther Förgs works from the
Deutsche Bank Collection has been on exhibition at European bank branches,
selected art associations and museums. Every fortnight, the art journeys to a
new location. Every May, as it has now become tradition, the exhibition space
Unter die Linden opens its doors for this show. This time there is also an
anniversary to be celebrated: Deutsche Banks exhibition series is going to be
20 years old. Unveiled for the first time in 1980 under the title Artist of the
Annual Report, the series presents an new artist each year. The series began
in 1980 with Friedrich Meckseper and continues next year with the painter Neo
Rauch from Leipzig.
EXHIBITION
For the stop in Berlin - the highlight of the
exhibition tour - a special concept has been
designed in cooperation with Günther Förg
especially for the exhibition space. Five new,
monumental paintings by Günther Förg will
be presented. The nearly 10-meters-in-size
paintings in acrylic were created in the last
few months and will be seen for the first
time in public at the Deutsche Guggenheim
Berlin. The canvasses will be accompanied
by a selection of works on paper from the
Deutsche Bank Collection, which includes
462 paintings, drawings, photographs and
prints by the artist.
EDITION NO. 11
For Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin Edition No. 11, Günther Förg has created a
sculptured cloverleaf inspired by turn-of-the-century Scandinavian ceramic art,
especially by the ornamental work of the Danish architect and artisan Thorvald
Bindesbøll (1846-1908). During the exhibition in Berlin, it is installed as a large
sculptural piece which disbands again into its individual elements: Cloverleaves
available in seven colors. Issued in a limited edition of 250 specimens, it can be
purchased at a price of DM 180,-- each. What is more, as an indication of Förgs
involvement with the Berlin exhibition space, there is a one-of-a-kind reference:
From his own private collection, Günther Förg is showing - right at the beginning
of his exhibition - a piece of work by the artist Lawrence Weiner, to whom the
next exhibition in the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin is dedicated.
CATALOGUE
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue, which presents a selection of
Günther Förgs works in the Deutsche Bank Collection along with texts from
Deutsche Bank Collection Curator Dr. Ariane Grigoteit and art critics Dr. Max
Wechsler and Rudolf Schmitz. The paperback catalogue is available - upon
request with an English insert - at a price of DM 15,--.
PROGRAM
The extensive accompanying program
includes not only daily guided tours, lunch
lectures and a family brunch but also a
special event with Günther Förg: On June 1
at 6 p.m., the artist and Rudolf Schmitz, art
critic from Frankfurt, will lead a discussion
event in the exhibition space. As with all the
exhibitions from the Deutsche Bank Collection
in Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, admission is
free. Please note the new, extended opening
hours: Thursdays and Fridays now until
10 p.m.
IMAGE:
Untitled, 1992
Acrylic on Canson
200 x 148 cm
Deutsche Bank Collection
© Günther Förg/
Courtesy Bärbel Gräßlin
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