View of a corner of an exhibition room in the Sammlung Goetz, with different sized, framed and multi-coloured silkscreen prints placed on both walls. Sister Mary Corita Kent, Sammlung Goetz Munich
Sammlung Goetz

Generations Part 1. Female Artists in Dialogue

The Sammlung Goetz celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2018 with a three-part exhibition dedicated to artistic creations by women. On display are nearly 200 works, ranging from drawings, photographs, paintings and sculptures to films and extensive installations by more than 40 artists in an intergenerational dialogue.

With Carla Accardi, Geta Brătescu, Lucy Dodd, Ellen Gallagher, Katharina Grosse, Jennifer Guidi, Haegue Yang, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kasten, Yayoi Kusama, Rebecca Morris, N. Dash, Paulina Olowska, Carol Rama, Pipilotti Rist, Sister Mary Corita Kent, Jessica Stockholder, Rosemarie Trockel, Pae White and Andrea Zittel.

The appropriation of ordinary materials, and creative practices from the arts of advertising and design are the focus of the first part of the exhibition. In addition to central positions, represented by artists such as Rosemarie Trockel, Pae White, Katharina Grosse, Jenny Holzer and Yayoi Kusama, there are also some new discoveries and rediscoveries, such as the young painter Lucy Dodd, who works with unusual materials, including liquid smoke and flower essences, or the American nun, Sister Mary Corita, who was also one of the most innovative Pop Art artists of the 1960s.

Curated by Ingvild Goetz und Karsten Löckemann

Generations Part 2

Generations Part 3

Generations

272 pages, 381 ill., hardcover
German/English
2019, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin
ISBN 978-3-7757-4480-5
€ 30,00

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