The Studio Museum in Harlem and the
Goethe-Institut New York present
Marc Brandenburg:
Version On View May 6 - June 4,
2011
Marc
Brandenburg (b. 1965) is a multimedia artist who was born in Berlin,
where he currently lives and works. Interested in scenes of power and excess,
the artist is known for his graphite-on-paper drawings that adopt the look of
photographic negatives. Brandenburg makes and appropriates original and found
photographs in his drawings to depict crowds at soccer games and political
protests, as well as celebrities and consumer objects borrowed from the mass
media.
In this most
recent transformation of the Goethe-Institute Wyoming Building, Marc
Brandenburg: Version builds off of the [UTF-8?]artist’s ongoing
[UTF-8?]“Hirnsturm” series with a site-specific
installation. Visitors will encounter screenprinted images in an enclosed space
illuminated by black light. Referencing the aesthetics of cinema, music and
dance club culture, Version emphasizes the tension between the
precision of photo-realist figuration and the abstraction of images from their
original context and form. The exhibition will be on view at the Goethe-Institut
Wyoming Building May 6 to June 4,
2011.
OFF/SITE is a collaboration
between The Studio Museum in Harlem and the Goethe-Institut New York. Both
institutions are committed to examining contemporary ideas from a culturally
specific, global [UTF-8?]context—black culture and German culture,
respectively. OFF/SITE features two site specific artist projects and a series
of public programs at the Wyoming Building, the [UTF-8?]Goethe-Institut’s
programming space in the East
Village.
Hours and
Location
The
Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building is located at 5 East 3rd
Street (between Bowery and 2nd Ave), New York, New
York.
Throughout the
duration of Marc Brandenburg: Version, the Goethe-Institut Wyoming
Building will be open Tuesday to Saturday, [UTF-8?]1–6
pm.
The
Studio Museum in Harlem is located at 144 West 125th Street (between
Malcolm X and Adam Clayton Powell,Jr., Boulevards) New York, New
York.
The Museum is
open Thursday and Friday, [UTF-8?]12–9 pm, Saturday [UTF-8?]10–6
pm, and [UTF-8?]12–6 pm on Target Free
Sundays.
Current
exhibitions include Stephen
Burks: Man Made and Benjamin Patterson: Born in the State of FLUX/us:
Scores.
About the
Presenters
The
Studio Museum in Harlem is a nexus for black artists locally,
nationally and internationally, and for work that has been inspired by black
culture. It is a site for the dynamic exchange of ideas about art and
society.
For more information visit studiomuseum.org
The
Goethe-Institut New York is a branch of the Federal Republic of
[UTF-8?]Germany’s global cultural institute, established to promote the study
of German and German culture abroad, encourage international cultural exchange,
and provide information on [UTF-8?]Germany’s culture, society, and
politics.
For more information visit goethe.de/newyork
