Vanitas – Nothing is Forever Anyway
15/06/2014–31/08/2014
The group show „Vanitas – Nothing is Forever Anyway“ brings together works by 14 international artists who have dealt with the limited nature of all earthly things. The artistic approach ranges from reinterpreted Vanitas symbols to the use of perishable materials up to an including a completely new aesthetic that celebrates disintegration. The artworks all have one thing in common – they comment upon a crisis-torn world. On view are works from 1960 to the present.
Participating artists: Paweł Althamer, Mona Hatoum, Jeppe Hein, James Hopkins, Alicja Kwade, Dieter Roth, Tomás Saraceno, Thomas Schütte, Roman Signer, Daniel Spoerri, Katja Strunz, Kei Takemura, Luca Trevisani, Reijiro Wada
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue.