EDITOR’S RECOMMENDATION
All of the students of Beuys, who was among the founding members of the Green Party in Germany, are politically active.
The Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM) is hosting an exhibition of works by Joseph Beuys, one of the legendary leaders of contemporary art, and his students until 1 November 2009.
Curated by Friedhelm Hütte, Artistic Director of Deutsche Bank and art critic Ahu Antmen, the exhibition contains works done on paper by Joseph Beuys and 350 works by some of his leading students.
From 1961 to 1972, when he was dismissed from his school, Beuys, who had said, “My greatest work is my work as a teacher,” trained more than 300 students at the Dusseldorf Art Academy. One of his students, Martin Hentschel, now Director of the Krefeld Arts Museum, describes his charismatic teacher in the following way: “I was enrolled in Joseph Beuys’
class at the Akademie in 1970. Beuys had accepted all 150 students who had applied, thus irritating the management. I began drawing with the other students. According to the Beuysian understanding, drawings constitute the basis for all art work. We used every kind of paper, from newspaper to toilet paper. Beuys’ style of education was out-of-the-ordinary and inspiring. When a drawing was analyzed, talk would lead from the Steiner School’s political understanding to art and to nature. Beuys was the first artist to emphasize the importance of nature in his work. But in 1972 they fired him from the school. We were furious. We organized protests in Dusseldorf. Beuys did not care about being fired from the Akademie; he continued to teach, without being paid. When the management discovered this, he was prohibited from entering the school.”
EDITOR’S CHOICE SUMMER EXHIBITIONS
İstanbul
• Ghada Amer – Failing Shahrazad - DIRIMART – until 25 October
• Hale Tenger – Garip Meyve (Installation Exhibition) – Galeri NEV – until 24 October
• Sarkis Zabunyan – Site – Istanbul Modern – until 10 January
• Osvaldo Romberg – Yapıların Ayak İzleri Istanbul (Installation Exhibition) – Kasa Galeri – until 24 October
• İrfan Önermen - Panik – Pİ Artworks – until 31 October
• Now New: Yeni İşler yeni Mekan – Proje 4L Elgiz Contemporary Art Museum – until 10 November
• Yüksel Arslan Retrospektifi – Santralistanbul – until 21 March
Ankara
• Darwin Now – Bilkent University, Science Faculty – until 15 October
FROM THE WORLD
New York / MOMA
• The Tim Burton Exhibition: Never-before-seen work by Tim Burton, famous director, producer, illustrator, photographer, author and creator of bizarre characters, will be exhibited at MOMA starting November 22.
• Art On line: The exhibition, which brings together leading names in contemporary art, focuses on the radical change that 20th century art has undergone in relation with the virtual world (21 November – 7 February).
Londra / Tate Modern
• Pop Life: Art in a Material World: The Tate Museum is hosting an exhibit that focuses on the change that pop artists, from Warhol to Takashi Murakami, have brought about in the context of arts and trade. The exhibit will run until 17 January.
Roma / Palazzo delle Esposizioni: The Rome Exhibition Hall is hosting Alexander Calder, famous for his experimental sculptures. The exhibition, which sheds light on work produced by the artist between the ’30s and the ’60s, will continue until 14 February.
• The Tim Burton Exhibition: Never-before-seen work by Tim Burton, famous director, producer, illustrator, photographer, author and creator of bizarre characters, will be exhibited at MOMA starting November 22.
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