Installation shot of the work " Schatten" ("Shadow") by the artist Hans-Peter Feldmann. This is a work consisting of various smaller artefacts on a table, which are illuminated by several small light sources and thus cast a shadow on the wall behind them. Hans-Peter Feldmann, Sammlung Goetz Munich

Sammlung Goetz

Happy Birthday! 20 Years of Sammlung Goetz

October 24, 2013 – April 12, 2014

This year, Sammlung Goetz celebrates its 20th anniversary. What better reason could there be for a retrospective of important artists who have greatly influenced a younger generation?

With Shusaku Arakawa, Maria Bartuszová, Louise Bourgeois, Geta Brătescu, William Copley, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Neil Jenney, Anselm Kiefer, Yayoi Kusama and George Segal.

To mark this anniversary, Sammlung Goetz opens its archive to show more than 50 works by ten artists who have not been exhibited for many years, or in some cases, ever. There will be a reunion with old friends in specially set up artist rooms as well as some new discoveries in exciting comparisons. These include, for example, an early figurative installation by Yayoi Kusama from 1966, a large shadow play by Hans-Peter Feldmann and sculptures by Louise Bourgeois from all creative periods. In addition to installations, paintings and sculptures, works on paper will also be presented. These were the starting point of the collection.

Concept: Karsten Löckemann and Ingvild Goetz
Curator: Karsten Löckemann

Happy Birthday! 20 Years of Sammlung Goetz

240 pages, 97 ill., softcover
German/English
2013, Hirmer Verlag, Munich
ISBN 978-3-7774-2164-3
€ 25,00

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Cindy Sherman

March 17 – June 27, 2026 | Sammlung Goetz /Schaufenster

The staging of female role models in photographic self-portraits is the predominant theme in the work of American artist Cindy Sherman. To this end, Sherman references stereotypes of collective visual memory in a media-driven world. The exhibition at the Sammlung Goetz /Schaufenster highlights works from Sherman’s fashion series, created between 1983 and 1994. Thanks to her passion for costumes and masquerade, the world of fashion has been an expansive playing field for her artistic exploration.