Situation art
The situation art (for Max Imdahl) is an art museum in the park of Haus Weitmar in Bochum 's Weitmar district with a permanent exhibition of important works of contemporary art. The building ensemble is designed in such a way that art, architecture and nature relate to one another in a dialogical manner.
History and collection
The project was started in 1988–1990 on the initiative of Alexander von Berswordt-Wallrabe in memory of the founding professor of the Art History Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum , Prof. Dr. Max Imdahl (1925–1988). Paintings, drawings and sculptural objects by Gotthard Graubner , Norbert Kricke , Arnulf Rainer and Jan Schoonhoven can be viewed in building pavilions specially designed for the works of art - designed by the architect Peter Forth . The environments by Richard Serra , Maria Nordman and David Rabinowitch are a particular focus of the facility .
Situation Kunst (for Max Imdahl) was incorporated into the art collections of the Ruhr University Bochum in 1991 . In September 2006, the exhibition space of Situation Kunst was almost doubled with the construction of a new building (structural implementation: SOAN Architects from Bochum). The new collection complex conceived by Alexander and Silke von Berswordt-Wallrabe includes a light-space installation by Gianni Colombo , two neon sculptures by Dan Flavin , painterly and sculptural works by Lee Ufan , a neon space installation by François Morellet , works by Dirk Reinartz , Robert Ryman , Ad Reinhardt and other works by Arnulf Rainer, Jan J. Schoonhoven and Richard Serra.
In addition, the collection of contemporary art was expanded to include non-European objects from past eras. Bronze, stone and clay sculptures by Nok, Sokoto, Esie, Benin , Ife and Tada are presented in a separate room . This part of the collection is under the patronage of the former Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Another room houses a collection of sculptures, ceramics and thangkas from Asia. The spectrum ranges from Neolithic ceramics and jade work from China to Buddhist and Hindu sculptures from the Khmer , Buddha statues from Thailand , China and India to Japanese wooden sculptures and Tibetan scroll paintings ( thangkas ).
Situation Kunst also preserves the archive of Max Imdahl's entire academic estate as well as an extensive video archive with feature films on contemporary art.
In May 2010, another exhibition and event building was completed in the middle of the ruins of the Weitmar House, which was destroyed in World War II: the so-called cube. The cube was a project as part of the RUHR.2010 - European Capital of Culture and was built according to the plans of the architects Pfeiffer, Ellermann and Preckel from Münster. Since then, changing exhibitions as well as scientific and cultural events have taken place in the cube. The international and interdisciplinary program is mainly designed by the Situation Kunst Foundation in cooperation with various institutes at the Ruhr University in Bochum.
For the 50th birthday of the Ruhr University Bochum, the MuT - Museum underground was realized in 2015. The MuT was built underground to protect the landscape and fulfills two essential functions: A third of the exhibition space is to be used for pioneering temporary exhibitions that are already in the art and a. Developed in collaboration with various RUB institutes and usually sent on tour from here to other museums throughout Germany and Europe. Two thirds of the exhibition rooms are intended to permanently present the largest part of the group of world views. This includes around 350 mainly important works of landscape art since the 15th century, from classic oil paintings to room-filling video-sound installations. In a series of exhibitions starting in Bochum, this bundle has already been shown in several German and international museums (including Kiel, Wiesbaden, Chemnitz, Cottbus, Maastricht).
Management and mission
The museum ensemble is run by the Institute for Art History and, since 2006, especially in the area of temporary exhibitions and special events, by the non-profit foundation Situation Kunst as part of the art collections of the Ruhr University Bochum. The Friends of the Situation Kunst-Haus Weitmar eV supports their projects and events, which on the one hand serve the training of students at the Ruhr University Bochum and on the other hand are aimed at an interested general public.
Information for visitors
Situation Kunst's permanent exhibition is accessible from Wednesday to Sunday without an entrance fee. The reference library with a focus on African and Asian art from bygone eras and contemporary art can be used during opening hours. In the underground museum, which is subject to a fee, there are temporary exhibitions, accompanied by scientific and cultural events. The program is mainly designed by the Situation Kunst Foundation in collaboration with various institutes at the Ruhr University Bochum.
See also
literature
general literature on the collection:
- Situation art. The 2006 expansion , inventory catalog, ed. by Silke von Berswordt-Wallrabe and Friederike Wappler, Düsseldorf, Richter Verlag 2008.
- Situation art - for Max Imdahl , inventory catalog, ed. by Jörg van den Berg u. a., Düsseldorf, Richter Verlag 1992.
- Sculptures in the park of Haus Weitmar , ed. from the Situation Kunst Foundation, Bochum 2011.
Catalogs for exhibitions in Situation Kunst:
- Upheavals. Industry - landscape - change. Photographs by Rudolf Holtappel, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joachim Brohm, Jitka Hanzlova , exhib. -cat. Situation Art Foundation, Bochum 2017.
- "Nice art". Art and Politics in National Socialism , exhibition cat. Situation Kunst Foundation, Kunsthalle Rostock, Kunstforum Regensburg, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2016, with texts by Karen van den Berg, Silke von Berswordt, Christian Fuhrmeister, Max Imdahl, Stephanie Marchal and Annika Wienert and a greeting from Bundestag President Norbert Lammert.
- the same and the same and the same and different, Auss.-Kat. Situation Art Foundation, Bochum 2014, Bochum 2015.
- Broken Landscapes. Ger Dekkers, Jan Dibbets, Ger van Elk, Jaap van den Ende , Auss.-Kat. Situation Art Foundation, Bochum 2014, ISBN 978-3-941778-08-5
- Henri - Model - Arbus. Images of people , exhibition cat. Situation Art Foundation, Bochum 2014.
- Abbas Kiarostami. Still and moving pictures , exhibition cat. Situation Art Foundation, Museum Wiesbaden, Chemnitz Art Collections, with texts by Abbas Kiarostami, Silke von Berswordt-Wallrabe, Oliver Fahle and a greeting from Bundestag President Norbert Lammert, Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz, 2012.
- Departure. Painting and real space , exhibition cat. Situation Art Foundation, Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Academy of Arts Berlin, Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg, Kunsthalle Rostock, Bochum / Heidelberg 2011.
- Germany Germany. Photographs from two countries by Thomas Kläber and Rudolf Holtappel , exhibition cat. Situation Art Foundation, Ulmer Museum, Ludwig Museum Koblenz, Art Museum in the Cottbus Diesel Power Plant, Rostock Art Hall, Dillingen Art Association, Bielefeld, Kerber Verlag 2011.
- Worldviews. Landscape in art since the 17th century , exhibition cat. Situation Art Foundation, Kiel Art Gallery, Wiesbaden Museum, Chemnitz Art Collections, Art Museum in the Cottbus Diesel Power Plant, Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht, Bochum / Cologne 2010.
- Positions in modern photography , exhibition cat. Situation Art Foundation, Bochum 2009.
- Original - Copy - Fake? Examining the Authenticity of Ancient Works of Art - Focussing on African an Asian Bronzes and Terracottas , edited by Silke von Berswordt-Wallrabe and Ernst Pernicka, Mainz 2008.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kubus extension building ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Situation art (for Max Imdahl)
- ↑ Museum underground ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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