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Alberto Giacometti / Martin Disler

Small and big demons. with each other opposite #7

In our seventh juxtaposition, the sculpture “Petit Monstre II,” 1953, by Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) from the ahlers collection and the painting “Untitled,” 1989, by Martin Disler (1949-1996) from the Kunsthalle’s collection meet. Both artists are concerned with the theme “Man”. One becomes very small in size, the other very large. In addition, sound designer Philipp Randt (Kokelsounds Audioproduktion) has auditorily interpreted both works for comparison purposes and drawn a sonic comparison.

A sculpture of an abstracted human figure. The legs are narrow, the torso is slightly wider. Her eyes are only indicated by large eye sockets. Looks a bit like quickly kneaded.
Alberto Giacometti, Petit Monstre II, 1953, 5/6, Bronze, height 9.8 cm, ahlers collection; Photo: Thomas Ganzenmüller, © Succession Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti, Paris et ADAGP, Paris)
Black paint is used to suggest figures in a wild way. Shades of blue, yellow and red seem to swirl around the figures.
Martin Disler, Untitled, 1989, acrylic on canvas, 295 x 295 cm, Kunsthalle Bielefeld; Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer; © Estate of Martin Disler and Buchmann Gallery

The exhibition is produced in cooperation with the Ahlers Pro Arte Foundation.

The exhibition series is produced in cooperation with the SFB 1288 “Practices of Comparison. Arranging and Changing the World” at Bielefeld University.

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The series “facing each other” focuses on a work from the collection of Kunsthalle Bielefeld that addresses central issues in juxtaposition with a selected external work. The focus is always on a concentrated comparison of the selected works. In 2023, the Kunsthalle is cooperating with the Herford-based Ahlers Pro Arte Foundation, which is providing the external artworks on loan for all three interventions. In the three juxtapositions we show works by Alberto Giacometti, Christo, Paul McCarthy and Katrin Mayer, among others.

The exhibition series is produced in cooperation with the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 1288 “Practices of Comparison. Arranging and Changing the World” at Bielefeld University.

Eine gelb gestrichene Wand in der Kunsthalle Bielefeld, darauf ein quadratisches Gemälde von Martin Disler mit wild wirbelnden Figuren. Rechts davon zwei Kopfhörer. Davor im Raum ein etwa 1,30 Meter hoher Sockel mit einer sehr kleinen Skulptur von Alberto Giacometti.
Alberto Giacometti / Martin Disler, Kleine und große Dämonen, miteinander gegenüber #7, Installationsansicht, Foto: Philipp Ottendörfer
Eine sehr kleine Skulptur von Alberto Giacometti:
Alberto Giacometti / Martin Disler, Kleine und große Dämonen, miteinander gegenüber #7, Installationsansicht, Foto: Philipp Ottendörfer
Mit schwarzer Farbe werden in einer wilden Weise Figuren angedeutet. Blau-, Gelb- und Rottöne scheinen um die Figuren herumzuwirbeln.
Alberto Giacometti / Martin Disler, Kleine und große Dämonen, miteinander gegenüber #7, Installationsansicht, Foto: Philipp Ottendörfer
Eine Skulptur einer abstrahierten menschlichen Figur. Seitenansicht. Der Po steht etwas hervor, der Kopf ist sehr groß. Sieht ein bisschen aus wie schnell geknetet.
Alberto Giacometti / Martin Disler, Kleine und große Dämonen, miteinander gegenüber #7, Installationsansicht, Foto: Philipp Ottendörfer
Ein Gemälde von Martin Disler mit wild wirbelnden Figuren. Davor im Raum ein Sockel mit einer sehr kleinen Skulptur von Alberto Giacometti.
Alberto Giacometti / Martin Disler, Kleine und große Dämonen, miteinander gegenüber #7, Installationsansicht, Foto: Philipp Ottendörfer
Eine Skulptur einer abstrahierten menschlichen Figur. Die Beine sind schmal, der Oberkörper etwas breiter. Ihre Augen sind nur durch große Augenhöhlen angedeutet. Sieht ein bisschen aus wie schnell geknetet.
Alberto Giacometti / Martin Disler, Kleine und große Dämonen, miteinander gegenüber #7, Installationsansicht, Foto: Philipp Ottendörfer

KB Journal

Between color volume, drippings and braiding
German women artists of the Informel after 1945

Black and white photograph of a woman pouring paint from a pot onto the floor.

In the literature on Art Informel, abstract art in Germany after 1945, the role of women in this art movement is rarely mentioned. This is where we begin to fill this void. We present four German women artists of the post-war period and explain the special German cultural scene of the time in which they were active.

Black and white photograph of a woman pouring paint from a pot onto the floor.

More from the archive

A woman has her head tilted to the left. She looks old and emaciated. She holds her chin with a bony hand. Her eyes are closed, her hair looks a bit untidy, it is probably pinned up at the back.

Taking a stand. Käthe Kollwitz, Mona Hatoum
Schwarz-weißes Bild eines mittelalten Mannes mit kurzgeschorenen dunkelgrauen Haaren, breiter Nase und dunklen Augenbrauen. Er blickt schräg nach unten und scheint in Gedanken versunken zu sein. Das Bild ist im unteren Bereich nicht zu Ende koloriert, es sieht unfertig aus.

Viewpoints

View into the collection #7
An empty room with a pink wall and dark tiled floor. A large white circle is drawn on it with chalk.

Paula Modersohn-Becker / Ian Wilson

Brush, line and assertion - face to face and side by side #10
A car is travelling along a country lane. There are some fir trees on the wagon and the driver of the wagon can be seen in the side profile. The car is kicking up dust. There are wind turbines in the background.

Silke Schönfeld

Invented Traditions - Imagined Communities
Abstract forms such as stripes, implied rectangles, egg shapes and surfaces in different colors. Partly the colors overlap, some shapes are painted quickly and look very moved.

Action, Gesture, Paint

Women artists and abstraction worldwide 1940-70
Two pictures hang on a wall with reflective silver foil. On the left is a photo of an old doll with a black head and thick lips. The doll is broken: the right leg lies severed in front of her. Behind her is a dark blue background. On the right, a painting with a pile of toys against a white background: dolls, stuffed animals, cars, on top of which lies a doll with long limbs and a white dress.

Christa Dichgans | Paul McCarthy

Innocent Games? Face to Face and Side by Side #9
A drawing showing two cats, the tail of another cat and some star shapes. Cats and stars look as if they were floating around each other in the air. The colors are contrasting with blue, yellow, red, orange and purple to pink.

Keren Cytter. Hot Lava Night
A structure of a house built of wood. Walkable, quite low for a house, with a gable roof. On some of the wooden posts are colored circular shapes on a white background. In all four corners of the structure are corner benches. In the center of the house a cylindrical stove.

Oscar Tuazon

What we need
Several red houses with trees behind them and a green meadow in front.

Brauchen und Haben

Blick in die Sammlung #6
A brown lump of cloth wrapped with twine is mounted in an old picture frame. The background is golden, the wide border blue and gold, with a fine pattern. A plexiglass hood serves to protect the work. On both sides, white fabric panels hang from the ceiling.

Katrin Mayer / Christo

Shroud or unfold. facing each other #8
A postcard, with fountain pen in old handwriting, from 1914

Hermann Stenner

Letters, sketches, drawings. View of the archive
Eine türkisgrüne Farbfläche. Darauf ein ausgerissenes Stück Pappe in der Form eines Trichters. Diese Form ist grau und am rechtren Rand helltürkis.

Yto Barrada

Bad Color Combos
Eine Landschaft. Bäume, Palmen, ein

Connections

Look into the collection #5
Von unten sind Eisbrocken an der Wasseroberfläche zu sehen. Licht scheint hindurch. Darunter im Wasser ein Taucher in der Ferne. Die Farben nur weiß und graublau.

Aurel Dahlgrün

Summit
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Thomas Ruff, James Welling

Dark Matter
In an exhibition room of the Kunsthalle. In front of the wall-high window is a yellow-green, roundish object, about 1.60 meters high. In front of the window a curtain with an architectural photograph printed on it. Behind it, paintings on two walls.

In(visible)

View into the collection #4