{"id":8821,"date":"2024-11-13T16:17:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T15:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/kb-kosmos\/christa-dichgans\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T14:27:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T13:27:33","slug":"christa-dichgans","status":"publish","type":"digitorial","link":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/kb-kosmos\/christa-dichgans\/","title":"Christa Dichgans","content":"","excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":{"alt":"The toys are piled up messily from the bottom edge to the center of the picture. They form a mountain of dolls, cars and building blocks. A doll with a white dress lies on top of red and black vehicles. 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They form a mountain of dolls, cars and building blocks. A doll with a white dress lies on top of red and black vehicles. The background of the picture is a creamy white.' width='716' height='1000'  loading='lazy' ><figcaption class=''>Christa Dichgans, Toy still life (New York), 1967\nCourtesy Contemporary Fine Arts, Nachlass Christa Dichgans, Photo: Jochen Littkemann\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>                        <\/div>\n                                       \n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                                                                                       \n         \n         <div class=\" mb-475 mb-sm-5 mb-lg-55\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-center the-content  font-l sans-serif\">\n\n               <!-- Headings -->\n                                 <div class=\"col-12\">\n                     <p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8821-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dichgans_Spielzeugstillleben_Eulentraum_KB-Kosmos_301124-230225.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dichgans_Spielzeugstillleben_Eulentraum_KB-Kosmos_301124-230225.mp3\">https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dichgans_Spielzeugstillleben_Eulentraum_KB-Kosmos_301124-230225.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Born in Berlin, Christa Dichgans took up a two-year scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in New York in 1966. Accumulation and abundance are the focus of her work in these years. And thus also the topic of the masses: mass society, mass taste and mass consumption. During this time, Dichgans developed his own variant of <a href=\"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/entdecken\/bildung-vermittlung\/kunst-a-bis-z\/#pop-art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pop Art<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/discover\/cultural-education\/art-a-to-z\/#surrealismus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surreal<\/a> echoes.<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n\n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                                                                                       \n         \n         <div class=\" mb-475 mb-sm-5 mb-lg-55\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-center the-content \">\n\n               <!-- Headings -->\n                                                                                          \n                     <div class=\"content-accordion | col-12 py-3\">\n                        <div id=\"content-accordion-2\">\n                                                         <div class=\"akkordeon-item | bg-gray-200 rounded-4 mb-1\" >   <!-- head -->\n      <h3 class='akkordeon-header font-xl py-125 m-0' id='content-accordion-2-head0'>\n      <button class='akkordeon-header__link d-flex w-100 line-height-12-force  shadow-none font-l-force text-start justify-content-between hover-text-shadow-light btn btn-overlay round collapsed' role='button' data-bs-toggle='collapse' data-bs-target='#content-accordion-2-col0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='content-accordion-2-col0'>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__text pe-3 pe-lg-4'>Abundance and need<\/span>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__icon round flex-shrink-0'><\/span>\n      <\/button>\n   <\/h3>\n\n   <!-- body -->\n<div id='content-accordion-2-col0' class='accordion-collapse collapse ' aria-labelledby='content-accordion-2-head0' data-bs-parent='#content-accordion-2'><div class='akkordeon-body'>                              <div class=\"akkordeon__text font-l last-child-mb-0 the-content -btns-black px-325 pt-2 pb-35\">\n                                 <p>For financial reasons, Dichgans buys used household utensils and toys for her son Robert from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heilsarmee.de\/unser-auftrag.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salvation Army<\/a> during her time in New York. The impression of mountains of carelessly discarded toys leads to numerous works in which she criticizes consumerism and superficial lifestyles. In this painting from 1967, the chaotically accumulated and piled up toys become a protest against materialism. It criticizes a society in which some people seem to consume more than they need, regardless of limited supplies, while others lack the bare necessities.<\/p>\n                              <\/div>\n                              <\/div><\/div><\/div>                                                   <\/div>\n                     <\/div>\n                  \n                  <!-- Sonsiges Block (HTML Option) -->\n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                                                                                       \n         \n         <div class=\" mb-475 mb-sm-5 mb-lg-55\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-center the-content \">\n\n               <!-- Headings -->\n                                                                                          \n                     <div class=\"content-accordion | col-12 py-3\">\n                        <div id=\"content-accordion-3\">\n                                                         <div class=\"akkordeon-item | bg-gray-200 rounded-4 mb-1\" >   <!-- head -->\n      <h3 class='akkordeon-header font-xl py-125 m-0' id='content-accordion-3-head0'>\n      <button class='akkordeon-header__link d-flex w-100 line-height-12-force  shadow-none font-l-force text-start justify-content-between hover-text-shadow-light btn btn-overlay round collapsed' role='button' data-bs-toggle='collapse' data-bs-target='#content-accordion-3-col0' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='content-accordion-3-col0'>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__text pe-3 pe-lg-4'>Data about the artwork<\/span>\n         <span class='akkordeon-header__icon round flex-shrink-0'><\/span>\n      <\/button>\n   <\/h3>\n\n   <!-- body -->\n<div id='content-accordion-3-col0' class='accordion-collapse collapse ' aria-labelledby='content-accordion-3-head0' data-bs-parent='#content-accordion-3'><div class='akkordeon-body'>                              <div class=\"akkordeon__text font-l last-child-mb-0 the-content -btns-black px-325 pt-2 pb-35\">\n                                 <p><strong>Artist:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Christa Dichgans (born 6.4.1940 in Berlin, died 14.7.2018 in Berlin)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Title:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Toy still life (New York)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Year:<br \/>\n<\/strong>1967<\/p>\n<p><strong>Material:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Acrylic on canvas<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions:<br \/>\n<\/strong>141 x 103 cm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Entry into the collection:  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2023, purchase with financial support from the state of NRW<\/p>\n                              <\/div>\n                              <\/div><\/div><\/div>                                                   <\/div>\n                     <\/div>\n                  \n                  <!-- Sonsiges Block (HTML Option) -->\n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                                                                                       \n         \n         <div class=\" mb-475 mb-sm-5 mb-lg-55\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-center the-content  font-m g-sm-4 g-md-5 sans-serif\">\n\n               <!-- Headings -->\n                                 <div class=\"col-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6\">\n                     <p>Author: Benedikt Fahrnschon<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n\n                              <!-- End Switch Layout  -->\n\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n","gallerie":null,"subtitle":"Toy still life"},"id_default":8311,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digitorial\/8821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digitorial"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/digitorial"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digitorial\/8821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"digitorialkategorien","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunsthalle-bielefeld.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digitorialkategorien?post=8821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}