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Katrin Mayer / Christo

Shroud or unfold. facing each other #8


Curator Laura Rehme on the interaction of the works. Film by Roman Schauerte Clip from Roman Schauerte

In the series “facing each other” a work from the collection of Kunsthalle Bielefeld meets a selected loan from another institution. This encounter leads to new, often surprising perspectives. In the eighth installment of the exhibition series, “Package” (1963) by Christo from the ahlers collection and “Screens” (2014) by Katrin Mayer from the Kunsthalle’s collection meet.

A unifying element of both works is the use of textiles, which refer to something underneath. Shrouding has a long art-historical pictorial tradition. While in Christo’s “Package” (1963) a tied-up bundle of linen in an ornate frame becomes a work of art and explodes the pictorial space, Katrin Mayer’s “Screens” (2014) as linen fabrics push themselves multilayered in front of the architecture of the Kunsthalle and thematize the history of the museum’s textile wall panels. Both artists play with the viewers’ expectations and make their role in the interpretation of artworks apparent: What do the textiles show us? Do they keep something hidden or do they open up new ways of looking?

The University of Bielefeld also describes the project in more detail in their Uni-Aktuell-Blog.

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.
Kunsthalle Bielefeld installation view, photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

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

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.

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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.

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.
Kunsthalle Bielefeld installation view, photo: Philipp Ottendörfer
Two white hemmed linen fabrics hang from the ceiling, with a label in their lower right corner showing the floor plan of Kunsthalle Bielefeld. Light shines through them and shows that they are woven in different densities.
Kunsthalle Bielefeld installation view, photo: Philipp Ottendörfer
A brown lump of cloth wrapped with twine is mounted in an old picture frame. The background is golden, the wide edge of the frame is blue and gold, with a fine pattern.
Kunsthalle Bielefeld installation view, photo: Philipp Ottendörfer
Two fabric samples with floor plans of the Kunsthalle museum rooms.
Katrin Mayer, Screens (detail), 2014, installation view Kunsthalle Bielefeld

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Feel like meeting new people and sharing art over drinks? Then you’ve come to the right place for our “Blind Date with Art”! In the eighth edition of our exhibition series “facing each other”, two works meet that focus on the viewer’s expectations: Katrin Mayer’s “Screens” (2014) and Christo’s “Package” (1963). What do we see, what do we not see? After a short introduction to both artworks, we invite you to Café Tartes und Törtchen for a lively exchange with changing interlocutors. You can compare your perspectives on art and get to know your counterpart better in a short time.

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Electronic sounds in the middle of the exhibition with “Nummer zu Platz”. With the Sound Collection, Kunsthalle Bielefeld and Volksbank Bielefeld-Gütersloh invite you to an evening at the museum unlike any other. Listen to the electronic sounds of the “Utopia 615 Crew” of Nr. z. P., DJ AN:JA and DJ MARLA, stroll through the exhibitions and spend a relaxing time surrounded by art.

The museum closes at 21:00, but the event will continue until 24:00 at Café Tartes & Törtchen.

anmeldung@kunsthalle-bielefeld.de
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In cooperation with: Volksbank Bielefeld-Gütersloh eG, Volksbank Lobby, No. z. P.

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Screens. The textile walls of the Bielefeld Kunsthalle
A lecture by Katrin Mayer, artist from Berlin

The presentation “miteinander gegenüber # 8” will feature the site-specific work “Screens” (2014) by Katrin Mayer, which refers to the Kunsthalle’s former textile wall coverings and is juxtaposed with Christo’s “Package” (1963). Mayer’s work examines the history of the Kunsthalle and the mostly unmentioned influence that Bauhaus weaver Anni Albers had on the numerous textile elements in Philip Johnson’s architectures.

At the end of this exhibition we will once again offer short tours and creative activities.

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