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Documenta VI
documenta 6 was the sixth edition of documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition. It was held between 24 June and 2 October 1977 in Kassel, West Germany. The artistic director was Manfred Schneckenburger Manfred Schneckenburger (1 December 1938 – 2 December 2019) was a German art historian and curator of modern and contemporary art. He was the curator of the ''documenta'' art exhibition twice, documenta 6 in 1977 and documenta 8 in 1987. He w .... The title of the exhibition was: Internationale Ausstellung – international exhibition. Participants References {{Authority control Documenta 1977 in West Germany 1977 in art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Documenta
Documenta (often stylized documenta) is an Art exhibition, exhibition of contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. Documenta was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau (Federal Horticultural Show) which took place in Kassel at that time. It was an attempt to bring Germany up to speed with modern art, both banishing and repressing the cultural darkness of Nazism. This first Documenta featured many artists who are generally considered to have had a significant influence on modern art (such as Pablo Picasso, Picasso and Wassily Kandinsky, Kandinsky). The more recent editions of the event feature artists based across the world, but much of the art is Site-specific art, site-specific. Every Documenta is limited to 100 days of exhibition, which is why it is often referred to as the "museum of 100 days". Documenta is not a selling exhibition. Etymology ''Documenta'', an invented word, reflects the int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Altenbourg
Gerhard Ströch, better known as Gerhard Altenbourg (22 November 1926 – 30 December 1989) was an East German painter, sculptor, and poet. Biography Ströch was born in Rödichen-Schnepfenthal in 1926. Ströch painted his first colour pencil drawings and oil paintings while studying under Erich Dietz in the 1940s. From 1948 to 1950 Ströch studied in Weimar at the Hochshule für Baukunst und Bildende Künsteunder under Hans Hoffmann-Lederer. His first solo exhibition was held at the Galerie Springer in Berlin in 1952. Between 1951 and 1962 Ströch would leave most of his works to the gallery. In the mid 1950s he began using Altenbourg as a pseudonym, the name taken from the village of Altenburg. In the later part of the decade Ströch started sculpting, mainly in plaster, metal, and marble. He also began working with woodcuts. He won the Will Grohmann Award in 1968. In 1970 the first retrospective of his works were shown at the Galerie Brusberg in Berlin. Ströch died in a car ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac Adams
Mac Adams (born in 1943 in Brynmawr, South Wales, UK) is a British artist. Early life and education Adams studied at Cardiff School of Art & Design 1962–1967. In 1966 he married Barbara Whedon, an American art student studying at Cardiff. He has a daughter Boram born in 1986. Adams Received an MFA degree from Rutgers University (1967–69), where he studied with the fluxest artist Bob Watts. In 1969 while still a grad student he participated in the first ‘Soft Art’ Exhibitions at The New Jersey State Museum, along with Richard Serra. Richard Archwager, Keith Sonnier, and John Chamberlain among others. In 1970 he moved to New York City where he lived and worked until 2002. Early mystery work In 1974 his first ‘Mystery' series was shown at the legendary 112 Green Street Gallery in Soho, N.Y. In 1976 he began showing with the John Gibson Gallery, where he became part of a movement known as Narrative Art. Adams was associated with a group of Conceptual artists who used ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
