Thomas Ruff – the scientific artist
Lecture, Video 26.04.12
Developed over a period of more than three decades, the diversity and complexity of Thomas Ruff's oeuvre make it unique in the history of art photography. His methodical approaches can be understood as visual research. In his lecture, the exhibition's curator Thomas Weski presents the background and criteria of this research, as well as the work development of the scientific artist Thomas Ruff.More
Untitled (Kacper and Anka), 2009, Private Collection, London
Wilhelm Sasnal
Exhibition 13.05.12
The Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal paints images using subjects he finds in daily life, the mass media, or in history.More
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Thomas Ruff
Exhibition 17.02 – 20.05.12
The exhibition in Haus der Kunst is the first comprehensive presentation of the works of Thomas Ruff in more than ten years. It chronologically tracks his artistic development.More
Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller, The Killing Machine, 2007, Courtesy Sammlung Goetz
Cardiff & Miller — Works from the Goetz Collection
Exhibition 13.04 – 08.07.12
The exhibition presents eight works by the Canadian artist duo Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, who, by combining image and tone and replicated spaces, activate as many of the viewer's senses as possible in order to make the depicted events as real as possible. Cardiff/Miller participated in dOCUMENTA (13), 2012.More
Christoph Brech: The Wind that shakes the Barley, 2008, Still, 1-Kanal-Video (Projektion oder Monitor), Courtesy Sammlung Goetz
Resonance and Silence – Goetz Collection at Haus der Kunst
Exhibition 13.04 – 09.09.12
The acoustic perception of moving images in space is one of the great possibilities of video art, which is very much like our ordinary perception. On the other hand, images and sounds can also be interpreted differently and read anew, particularly through the strong impact of sounds on our emotional state.More