Charlotte Posenenske/Peter Roehr: The Same Thing Another Way/Always the Same Thing - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3942405857 ISBN 13: 9783942405850

Publisher: Distanz Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

[the same thing another way / always the same thing]: that is the title of Charlotte Posenenske (1930-1985) and Peter Roehr's (1944-1968) joint exhibition at the Kunsthaus, Wiesbaden. Both artists, who contributed to documenta, did not achieve fame until after their early deaths. Against the zeitgeist of 1967, both recognized that repetition constituted the law of natural, industrial, and social processes, and found in it the guiding principle of their art. They worked in series, stripping their productions of subjective qualities and liquidating the traditional status of the artist as the creator of unique objects on which the commercial art world is based. "Less is more: " that was true for both artists, whose works are now widely acknowledged as representative of a radical late-modern critique of commercialism. Their art, which was rarely shown during their lifetime, is now included in the collections of leading museums in Germany and abroad. The exhibition of Posenenske's work is accompanied by a program of events featuring Michael Reiter's Swinging Geometry and Martina Wolf's Moving Images

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Against the zeitgeist of 1967, Charlotte Posenenske (19301985) and Peter roehr's (19441968) both recognized that repetition constituted the law of natural, industrial, and social processes, and found in it the guiding principle of their art. Rarely shown during their lifetime, their art is now included in the collections of leading museums in Germany and abroad.

About this edition

• Publisher: Distanz Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 3942405857
• ISBN 13: 9783942405850
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96
• Editor: Kunsthaus Wiesbaden