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artists & participants
Franz Ackermann,
Horst Ademeit,
Saadane Afif,
Kader Attia,
Monika Baer,
Nairy Baghramian,
Rosa Barba,
Viktoria Binschtok,
Shannon Bool,
Matti Braun,
Andrea Büttner,
Nina Canell,
Vajiko Chachkhiani,
Clegg & Guttmann,
Daniel Gustav Cramer,
Natalie Czech,
Paul Czerlitzki,
Sebastian Dacey,
Simon Denny,
Thea Djordjadze,
Jürgen Drescher,
Jimmie Durham,
Hedwig Eberle,
Jan Paul Evers,
Helen Feifel,
Ceal Floyer,
Carsten Fock,
Isa Genzken,
Douglas Gordon,
Asta Gröting,
Haegue Yang,
Petrit Halilaj,
Flaka Haliti,
Toulu Hassani,
Jörg Herold,
Olaf Holzapfel,
Sofia Hulten,
Anne Imhof,
Annette Kelm,
Daniel Knorr,
Seb Koberstädt,
Jutta Koether,
Jürgen Krause,
Alicja Kwade,
Klara Liden,
Jonas Maas,
Antje Majewski,
Michaela Melian,
Rabih Mroue,
Michael Müller,
Olaf Nicolai,
Emeka Ogboh,
Henrik Olesen,
Michael Pfrommer,
Wolfgang Plöger,
Charlotte Posenenske,
Bettina Pousttchi,
Ricarda Roggan,
Adrian Sauer,
Max Schaffer,
Timur Si-Qin,
Santiago Sierra,
Kathrin Sonntag,
Juergen Staack,
Dirk Stewen,
Hito Steyerl,
Ignacio Uriarte,
Marcel van Eeden,
Erik van Lieshout,
Jeronimo Voss,
Claudia Wieser,
Lily Wittenburg,
Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt,
Tobias Zielony,
David Zink Yi,
Dolores Zinny & Juan Maidagan,
Thomas Zipp
curator
director
press release
Germany is not an Island
Acquisitions 2012–2016
March 8–May 27, 2018
The Contemporary Art Collection of the Federal Republic of Germany seeks to document the development and spectrum of artistic endeavour in Germany. Although there is no permanent exhibition space to house the collection, it is online accessible to the general public through a comprehensive database. The works are on loan to public institutions, ministries, embassies, the Federal Chancellery as well as numerous museums.
Over the years, the Bundeskunsthalle has mounted several presentations of works from the Federal Collection, amongst this Visit in 2008 and, most recently, Only Here in 2013. The current new exhibition presents works purchased by the acquisitions committee over the course of the last five years and includes works by a number of renowned young artists. Fundamental questions and ideas such as political and social relevance, aesthetics and media reflexivity have been of primary importance to the curatorial concept of this exhibition. Germany is not an Island testifies to the high standard of the Federal Collection and shows how the artists’ personal experiences, historical developments, collective viewing habits and societal norms and values translate into cutting-edge contemporary art.
The selection of works reflects a wide range of media and techniques that distinguish contemporary artistic practice and ranges from large-scale installations to drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, video and sound works.
Featured artists:
Ackermann, Adéagbo, Ademeit, Afif, Aladağ, Attia, Baer, Baghramian, Barba, Binschtok, Bool, Braun, Büttner, Canell, Chachkhiani, Clegg & Guttmann, Cramer, Czech, Czerlitzki, Dacey, Denny, Djordjaze, Drescher, Durham, Eberle, Evers, Feifel, Floyer, Fock, Genzken, Gordon, Gröting, Halilaj, Haliti, Hassani, Herold, Holzapfel, Hultén, Imhof, Kelm, Knorr, Koberstädt, Koether, Krause, Kwade, Lidén, Maas, Majewski, Mančuška, Markowitsch, Melián, Mroué, Müller, Nicolai, Ogboh, Olesen, Pfrommer, Plöger, Posenenske, Pousttchi, Roggan, Sauer, Schaffer, Sierra, Si-Qin, Sonntag, Staack, Stewen, Steyerl, Uriarte, Van Eeden, Van Lieshout, Voss, Wieser, Wittenburg, Wolf-Rehfeldt, Yang, Zielony, Zink Yi, Zinny/Maidagan, Zipp
An exhibition of the Bundeskunsthalle in cooperation with the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media
Curator: Susanne Kleine
Director: Rein Wolfs
Managing Director: Patrick Schmeing
Head of Corporate Communications/Press Officer: Sven Bergmann