Daimler Contemporary
Private/Corporate
VI
The Collection Juan and Patricia Vergez, Buenos
Aires, in dialogue with the Daimler Art Collection, Stuttgart/Berlin
Themed Guided Tours and Talks
The guided tours in German are offered on the first Saturday in the month. Each tour lasts for one hour. The first tour deals with selected aspects of the current exhibition, the second with the Daimler Art Collection's large sculptures in Potsdamer Platz. (Venue: Daimler Contemporary).
Interviews and lectures featuring artists, curators and critics will take place in the context of the exhibition. All these events will take place at Daimler Contemporary.
Saturday, 7 May 2011 Guided Tour
4 p.m.
Psyche/Soma - Conceptions of subjectivity in contemporary art.
Absalon, John Bock, Flavia DaRin, Ana Mendieta, Ernesto Neto, Patricia London Ante Paris,
Patricia Pearson
One of the most exciting questions, which contemporary art deals with, is concerned on the relationship between body and soul. Answers were given by the different genres and techniques, like for instance a particular affinity towards documentary staging or reflections on the body space disposition of the artist or spectator in relation to art objects and architectural space.
5 p.m.
Potsdamer Platz sculpture tour part I
Robert Rauschenberg, Keith Haring, Frank Stella, Nam June Paik
Saturday, 4 June 2011 Guided Tour
4 p.m.
Space - Sign - Society. Trends in contemporary art criticism
Absalon, Jaar, Jackson, London Ante Paris, Mendieta, Neto, Olesen, Tiravanija
Some works from our show that are critical of their times touch upon questions relating to social commitment, establishing aesthetic identity and redefining artistic materials. Divergent approaches are discussed, both by established exponents and also younger artists from both collections.5 p.m.
Potsdamer Platz sculpture tour part II
Auke de Vries, Fran?ois Morellet, Marc di Suvero, Jean Tinguely
Tuesday, 7 June 2011 Talk at Haus Huth
7 p.m.
Clash of curators
Curators in conversation with Heike van den Valentyn, Rodrigo Alonso and Renate Wiehager (Ger./Eng.)
Heike van den Valentyn curated the "Radical Shift. Political and social upheavals in Argentine art since the 1960s" exhibition in the Morsbroich Museum this year. This was preceded by exhibitions on the ZERO movement and a Robert Filliou retrospective in the Kunst Palast Museum, Düsseldorf. This view comes from the outside…
Rodrigo Alonso curated the "Tales of Resistance and Change" exhibition in the Frankfurter Kunstverein in 2010. This year he will be taking care the Argentine Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. His view as an Argentine comes from within…
Challenges relating to subject matter, characteristics of Argentine art and questions faced by curators will be discussed with Renate Wiehager.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011,
7 p.m.
Magazine Release - Savvy - art.contemporary.african. - Edition 1
The bilingual, Berlin based Art Journal Savvy introduces its newest issue,
titled "(Re-) Mapping the field: a bird's eye view on discourses" at
Daimler Contemporary. Both editors-in-chief Bonaventura Soh Bejeng Ndikung
and Andrea Heister as well as some contributors will present the main
discourses of the current issue and are available for a Q&A session.
Saturday, 2 July 2011 Guidet Tour
4 p.m.
Painting is dead? A medium under discussion.
Castellani, Fleischmann, Girke, Hildebrandt, Jackson, Majerus, Prior, Renart
Ever since Russian Constructivist Alexander Rodchenko declared in 1921that painting had come to an end, artist have been addressing the role of painting in their day. Approaches from the context of European Zero in the sixties and down to the present day are discussed.5 p.m.
Potsdamer Platz sculpture tour part I
Robert Rauschenberg, Keith Haring, Frank Stella, Nam June Paik
Thursday, 7 July 2011 Talk at Haus Huth
7 p.m.
Clash of matters
Artists' discussion with Gregor Hildebrand, Philip Ursprung and Renate Wiehager
Recorded tapes provide the starting material for much of Gregor Hildebrandt's work. He is fascinated by the ambivalence, the presence and simultaneous absence of content on the tapes. Once viewers are drawn in, the works compel them to shift position between content and material.
Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung holds the chair in history of art and architecture at the ETH Zurich. His list of publications includes some artists featured in the current Private/Corporate VI exhibition. His lecture will be devoted to Olafur Eliasson and his Color Experiments in particular.
Saturday, 6 August 2011 GuidedTour
4 p.m.
Contemporary Minimalism?
Absalon, Arndt, Castellani, Cunningham, Eliasson, Fink, Fleury, Girke, Leinhoß, Neto, Strunz
The early days of Minimal Art in the USA and of minimalist tendencies in Europe were half a century ago. Which artists identify themselves with those times today, how do they distance themselves, which aspects of reduction are still pursued?5 p.m.
Potsdamer Platz sculpture tour part II
Auke de Vries, Fran?ois Morellet, Marc di Suvero, Jean Tinguely
Saturday, 3 September 2011 Guided Tour
4 p.m.
Concept Art - and what became of it.
Absalon, Anüll, Bock, Hildebrandt, Creed, Kosuth, Lambie, Majerus, Leinhoß
Questions about Concept Art from its inception to developing conceptual tendencies in contemporary art are discussed. Aspects of the conceptual are explored in detail using selected examples, and the background to the developments is discussed.5 p.m.
Potsdamer Platz sculpture tour part II
Robert Rauschenberg, Keith Haring, Frank Stella, Nam June Paik
Thursday, 8 September 2011 Talk at Haus Huth
7 p.m.
Clash of concepts
Artist´ discussion with Kirstin Arndt, Martin Creed and Renate Wiehager (Ger./Eng.)
PVC awnings, roof battens or wooden palettes are the materials Kirstin Arndt uses for her sculpture. Her work plays with the idea of a 'building site' relating to questions about structural room plans based on a kind of performative minimalism. Kirstin Arndt introduces her work as it has developed and her current concepts in a conversation with Renate Wiehager.
Martin Creed's work regularly involves a surprisingly playful approach. His complex oeuvre could be described as conceptual minimalism. This artists' discussion offers an opportunity to get to know his theoretical approach and the "Maximalist" Creed.
PLACING
On the occasion of this exhibition students of the Freie Universität Berlin are carefully prepared on it's contents and invite You to ask your question. Whether short questions or extended tours are welcome.
From: 04. June - 11. September
Hours: each Saturday and Sunday 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.