GegenwartEwigkeit : Spuren des Transzendenten in der Kunst unserer Zeit. 1990, 341 p., ill. (some col.); bibliogr. ref.; index; exh. list; biog. sum.
ISBN
3893221794
Publisher
Cantz, Stuttgart (deu)
Publication country
Germany
Abstract
(en)
Exhibition and catalogue focus on the theme of spirituality in international contemporary art in the post-1945 period, with emphasis on the decade 1980-1990. Some 70 artists are represented, ranging from Joseph Beuys and Osvaldo Licini to Enzo Cucchi and Jim Dine. Catalogue features 13 essays on various aspects of the theme: Schmied on the concept of the exhibition; Gottfried Boehm, Michael Theunissen, Friedhelm Mennekes, Lorenz Dittmann, Friedrich Meschede, and Jeannot Simmen on various aspects of the stated theme; Michael Sievernich on the 17th c. chronicle of the Peruvian artist Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala and liberation theology in Latin America; Bernhard Kerber on the Rothko Chapel in Houston; Barbara Catoir on Antoni Tàpies; Lázló Beke on spirituality in contemporary Hungarian art; Elisabeth Weber on Francis Bacon; Gregor Stemmrich on the Christian tradition as reflected in the work of Barnett Newman, Jasper Johns, and Lawrence Weiner.
Exhibition
7 Apr-24 June 1990 ; Martin-Gropius-Bau ; Berlin (DEU) ; Germany
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