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Seemingly unrelated pictures from recent years are being shown at the Kunstverein Hechingen: still lifes, painted signatures, trivial architecture. They are all an expression of Ottersbach's critical attitude towards the art scene, which is both overly commercialised and apparently mistakes itself for art. This was already the theme of his exhibitions »Das erste Mal« (Thomas Salis, Salzburg) and &raqu...

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The Dortmund-born artist studied with Joseph Beuys at the Art Academy Düsseldorf and soon stood out with his figurative and figural painting, which clearly distinguished his work from the conceptual, minimalist or abstract approaches of fellow students such as Imi Knoebel, Blinky Palermo, Reiner Ruthenbeck or Katharina Sieverding.   Tadeusz had a strong formative influence on the Düsseldorf art s...

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BEATING WINGS. Insects in Contemporary Art July 7 to October 13, 2019 In cooperation with the Senckenberg Nature Museum Frankfurt   The relationship between humans and insects has always been ambivalent: usefulness and damage, curse and blessing, fascination and phobia come to mind. The pressing issue of the disappearance of insects, however, has changed human perspective on the little creatures: the...

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The Art Academy Bad Reichenhall are hosting FK Blaustein on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 as part of their Art & Reading (Kunst & Lesen) series of events.   Let Blaustein surprise you. What will he conjure this time out of 26 letters and which worlds might thus open up?   In 2016, FK Blaustein wrote a text about Heribert C. Ottersbach for the publication accompany...

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With twelve video installations video pioneer Fabrizio Plessi presents an impressive Homage to the thousand-year history of Rome in the 200 meters long underground vaults of the Thermae of Caracalla in Rome.   This spectacular installation offers a fascinating reflection on the elements of water and fire as part of the history of the Thermae of Caracalla and is accompanied with a composition by Michael Nym...

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Desmond Lazaro was commissioned to create a new painting for the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The Sea of Untold Stories II, 140 x 6000 cm, is part of the exhibition In one drop of water, on view until December 2020.     Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sidney, Australien In one drop of water 15 June 2019 ‒ December 2020

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Participating artists: Karo Akpokiere, Art & Language, Alice Attie, Monica Bonvicini, Andrea Bowers, George Brecht, Daniela Comani, Guy Debord, Jeremy Deller, Willie Doherty, Sam Durant, Elmgren & Dragset, Öyvind Fahlström, Claire Fontaine, Jakob Kolding, Barbara Kruger, Aleksandra Mir, Adrian Piper, Pope L, Chris Reinecke, Allen Ruppersberg, Maruša Sagadin, Superflex, Ron Terada and Poet Ai,...

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Born in Leipzig in 1969, the painter and graphic artist Susanne Kühn is one of the most important figurative artists in Germany. Before moving to Freiburg im Breisgau in 2002, she spent many years in the USA. Since 2015, Kühn has been a professor of painting at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg. Her most recent work fluctuates between drawing and painting. For the past several years, she has made useof...