Berufliche Schulen an der Bergsonstraße, Munich

Bjørn Melhus The Oral Thing

April 14 – May 13, 2005

Supported by Sammlung Goetz, the Beruflichen Schulen an der Bergsonstrasse, Munich (Vocational Schools on Bergsonstrasse, translator's note) showed Bjørn Melhus's video installation The Oral Thing (2001) from April 14 to May 13, 2005.

In this work, the artist satirizes American daytime talk shows. For the entire duration of the exhibition, the video installation was available for viewing in a specially designed black box in the school auditorium. Informational guides to assist in teaching this media-critical work had been available.

Sterling Ruby

July 16 – October 24, 2026 | Sammlung Goetz /Schaufenster

The American artist Sterling Ruby, who lives and works in Los Angeles, is known for his multi-disciplinary body of work, which includes sculptures, ceramics, bronzes, collages, textiles, and expansive spray-painted canvases in which he intertwines a wide variety of autobiographical, art historical, and sociological sources. Through deconstruction and reconstruction, Ruby explores the idea of a non-hierarchical and borderless universe. The exhibition at the Sammlung Goetz /Schaufenster lends insight into his multifaceted artistic practice through a selection of works created between 2008 and 2016.

Jeff Wall

November 17, 2026 – February 20, 2027 | Sammlung Goetz /Schaufenster

Canadian artist Jeff Wall is one of the most influential photographers of our time. In his elaborately staged pictorial compositions, he combines the narrative of cinema with painting. Wall became known for his large-format lightbox images, which are formally more reminiscent of the world of advertising than that of fine art. With this technique, he revolutionized the medium of photography, elevating it to the height of painting and sculpture. The exhibition at the Sammlung Goetz /Schaufenster presents a selection of his iconic lightbox images from the 1990s.