= Laboratories of the Senses

12 May – 16 September 2012

The striking similarities between the artist’s studio and the kitchen have sadly been neglected – until now, that is, because for the first time Marta Herford is taking a concentrated look at these two spheres of work together.

Featuring about 150 exquisite works of art, this group exhibition isn’t confined to any particular era. Instead it covers plenty of ground from sixteenth-century woodcuts of cooks and artists to genre paintings and still lifes of the ‘Golden Age’ as well as important works of modern and contemporary art.
In addition, the exhibition addresses various aspects of the diverse relationship between these two workspaces: these scenes of mysterious activity, workrooms of unfettered inspiration and alchemical formulations, places of creative chaos and classificatory thought, yet also prestigious meeting places and individual retreats.

Both domestic and professional settings are included, as are artists’ tongue-in-cheek depictions of themselves as chefs, harking back to the nineteenth century when painters were sometimes dismissed as nothing more than “bad cooks”. This fascinating, informative display also compares and contrasts outstanding images of studios and kitchens.

The project was devised in conjunction with Prof Hubertus Gassner, the director of Hamburg Kunsthalle.

Artists

Chantal Akerman, Sonja Alhäuser, Jost Amman, Arman Denise A.Aubertin, Jessica Backhaus, Benjamin Bergmann, Joseph Beuys, Irene Bisang, Norbert Bisky, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Balthasar van den Bossche, Pieter Bruegel d. Ä., Nina Canell, Jan De Cock, Josef Danhauser, Wim Delvoye, Thomas Demand, Fortunato Depero, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Marcel Duchamp, Julius von Ehren, James Ensor, Andreas Fischer, Lili Fischer, Georg Flegel, Pierre Edouard Frère, Martin Galle, Rodney Graham, Asta Gröting, Reto Guntli, Jürgen Heinert/ Michael Sailstorfer, Thomas Huber, Christian Jankowski, Carl Ludwig Jessen, William Kentridge, Martin Kippenberger, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Jürgen Klauke, Barbara Klemm, Imi Knoebel, Frederik Kochbeck, Jannis Kounellis, Werner Krüger, Jean-Baptiste Lallemand, Eugène Leroy, Max Liebermann, Atelier Van Lieshout, James Lloyd, Dieter Mammel/ Friederike Walter, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti & Fillìa, Pia Maria Martin, Pietro Antonio Martini, Przemysław Matecki, Paul McCarthy, Aernout Mik, Jan Miense Molenaer, Giorgio Morandi, Bruce Nauman, Abigail O’Brien, Jan Olis, Sigmar Polke, Man Ray, Lois Renner, Thomas Rentmeister, Johannes Rochhausen, Martha Rosler, Dieter Roth, David Ryckaert, Herman Saftleven, August Sander, Otto Marseus van Schrieck, Emil Schumacher, Cindy Sherman, Andreas Slominski, Daniel Spoerri, Michael Sweerts, Norbert Tadeusz, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Rosemarie Trockel, Gerrit van Vucht, Dominicus Gottfried Waerdigh, Martin Walde, Franz Erhard Walther, Andy Warhol, Matthias Weischer, Jürgen Wolf, Erwin Wurm, Thomas Wyck

Guided Tours

Regular tours: Saturday, Sunday und on bank holidays at 12.00 and 15.00
Special guided tours with the exhibition curators:
Tuesday, 5 June, 3 July, 7 August, 4 September 2012,
at 4 pm
Ticket: 1,50 Euro plus entrance fee, no registration required
max. participants: 25

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Catalogue

Introduction: Hubertus Gaßner / Roland Nachtigäller
Texts: Sabine Autsch, Friederike Fast, Hubertus Gaßner, Michael Kröger, Herbert Molderings, Roland Nachtigäller, Thomas Niemeyer, Jürgen Raap, Sabine Schütz, Oliver Seifert, Philip Ursprung, Monika Wagner
Format: 23 x 29 cm
272 Pages
Softcover with jacket
app. 200 colour ill.
German/ English
Editor: Marta Herford gGmbH
Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Price: 39,80 €
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