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Peng! is hacking the EU – the collective is causing a deliberate short circuit between EU policy of sealing itself off and hyper-capitalism.
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Contemporary art interferes: The works and actions in the exhibition Beat the System! Provocation in Art feature socio-critical, social, and political elements.
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ArtLab during the exhibition “Beat the System! Provocation in Art”
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Hardcore, punk, and subculture are terms that are associated with the person, but also with the art of Raymond Pettibon. He has been active
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The figure expressively raises a clenched left fist in the air, the right index finger points to the ground, the mouth spits fire, black
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Despite her eclectic oeuvre, Elke Krystufek is best known for the scandalous performances of her early years.
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Pussy Riot is a Russian art-punk band, founded in 2011, known far beyond Russia for their decidedly feminist and government-critical protest performances in public
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Primarily influenced by Jürgen Böttcher’s (Strawalde) circle of artists in Dresden, the painter Peter Herrmann leaves the GDR in 1984 to later settle in
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There are more than 70 border installations similar to the former Berlin Wall worldwide (as of 2019). And the number is rising.
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Christoph Schlingensief investigated political and social conditions in his work, on the basis of a wide variety of media, and thus followed the concept
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The artist collective Chicks on Speed (CoS), founded in Munich in the mid-1990s by Alex Murray-Leslie, Kiki Moorse, and Melissa Logan, is known for
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At first glance, Martin Kippenberger’s artistic gestures appear carefree, almost childlike, and playful. This is intentional because his artistic strategy and his work are
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Annette Wehrmann’s series Blumensprengung (Flower Blast) takes up the pioneer spirit of the early 1970s, which was characterized by the influences of an increasingly
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Cornelia Schleime joined a subversive art scene that opposed the doctrine of socialist realism in the GDR already during her studies at the Dresden
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The work Lehrauftrag from 2000 is the result of a cooperation between the artist Christian Jankowski, RWTH Aachen University and the Neuer Aachener Kunstverein.
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Today, music produces social relationships that no longer require any proprietorship. However, it still cannot operate independently of the system without itself being part
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On June 22, 2016, a group of activists in front of the Audimax of the Ruhr-University Bochum chanted very particular slogans. The protesters shouted
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Through his Word Pictures (1957/1958), Franz Erhard Walther discovered early on, that the graphic appearance of a typeface alone conveys associations, and that it
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Die Tödliche Doris was the name of a punk group active between 1980 and 1987. The members were musicians, photographers, filmmakers, fashion designers, painters,
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The actions are the focus of Joseph Beuys’ artistic work. Here he combines all genres and media: objects, language, noise, actions.
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Franz Gertsch had his international breakthrough with the painting Medici at documenta 5 in 1972. Only three years earlier, he had discovered his own
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In the evening at the museum. An exceptionally great number of guests gather in the “Mulde” of the Ludwig Forum and are eagerly awaiting
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In the 1980s, the urge for progression and provocation in West Germany is also reflected in a new way of figurative painting. Walter Dahn,
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Large black and white photographs are mounted behind metal plates. Who are these women and what is the title of the series about?
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The Kleinbürgerserie, ten large-format works on paper, which includes the work from the collection of the Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation, marks a turning
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*1949 A.R.E. 1980/81 Michael Deistler, A.R.E. 1980/81, 1980/1981, Ball Pentel and polaroid on paper, 90 parts, Courtesy Michael Deistler & Dorothea Schlueter Galerie Hamburg,
