Artists In & Out of Cologne

This seminal exhibition presents a look at the mythic and art historical significance of Cologne, Germany, bringing together three generations of European and American artists.

Artists included in this exhibition are: Bernadette Corporation, Cosima von Bonin, Merlin Carpenter, Stephan Dillemuth, Michaela Eichwald, Andrea Fraser, Kim Gordon, Charline von Heyl, Gareth James, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Jutta Koether, Michael Krebber, Louise Lawler, Hans-Jorg Mayer, Lucy McKenzie, Nils Norman, Albert Oehlen, Christian Philipp Muller, Stephen Prina, Josephine Pryde, Blake Rayne, Reena Spaulings, Josef Strau, Rosemarie Trockel, Filmgruppe West, Christopher Williams, and Christopher Wool, among others.

Make Your Own Life underscores the social and artistic relationships shared by these artists. While some of the artists in this exhibition are well known - Martin Kippenberger, Mike Kelley, Rosemarie Trockel - many others have never before been exhibited in Canada. One of the main goals of this exhibition is thus to make connections between established and lesser-known artists, between older and younger artists and between artists working in different cities, who nonetheless encountered each others' work when visiting Cologne. Make Your Own Life seeks to locate the attitude or ethos of Cologne, and to ask what it meant, how it was performed, and where it might be perceived today.

Make Your Own Life was curated by Bennett Simpson for the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. Following its presentation at The Power Plant, the exhibition will travel to the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami.

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Make Your Own Life: Artists In & Out of Cologne
kuratiert von Bennett Simpson, ICA Philadelphia

mit Kai Althoff, Bernadette Corporation, Cosima von Bonin, Merlin Carpenter, Stephan Dillemuth, Michaela Eichwald, Andrea Fraser, Kim Gordon, Charline von Heyl, Gareth James, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Jutta Koether, Michael Krebber, Louise Lawler, Hans-Jörg Mayer, Lucy McKenzie, Nils Norman, Albert Oehlen, Christian Philipp Müller, Stephen Prina, Josephine Pryde, Blake Rayne, Reena Spaulings, Josef Strau, Rosemarie Trockel, Filmgruppe West, Christopher Williams, Christopher Wool ...

Stationen:
22.04.06 - 30.07.06 ICA Philadelphia
23.09.06 - 03.12.06 The Power Plant, Toronto
20.01.07 - 15.04.07 Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
Mai 2007 - Juli 2007 Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami