The exhibition “In Light of the Infinite – Romanticism and the Present” explores aspects of Romanticism in contemporary art. In diverse artistic positions, including photographs, installations and videos by artists ranging from Marina Abramovic to José Maria Mellado and Bill Viola, the exhibition will explore contemporary artists’ romantic view of the world, people and art. According to a definition provided by Charles Baudelaire in 1848, “Anyone talking about Romanticism is talking about modern art, i.e. the intimacy, the spirituality, the colour and the search for the infinite - expressed through all of the means available to art”. Although the forms and images, as well as the means and the possibilities, have changed considerably, the desire to create art that can change the world is still just as much alive today as is the desire to personally experience becoming one with nature in an attempt to counterbalance the material world with something transcendental, the functional with something mysterious and the banal with something meaningful.
Francis Alÿs (1959); Benjamin Bergmann (1968); Charles [Charlie] Chaplin (1889 - 1977); David Claerbout (1969); Peter Dreher (1932 - 2020); Mark Formanek (1967); Jochem Hendricks (1959); Martin Honert (1953); Sofia Hultén (1972); On Kawara (1933 - 2014); Thomas Kitzinger (1955); Jürgen Krause (1971); Alicja Kwade (1979); Harold Lloyd; Mark Manders (1968); Christian Marclay (1955); Kris Martin (1972); Horst Müller; Bruce Nauman (1941); Yelena Popova; Bettina Pousttchi (1971); Roman Opałka (1931 - 2011); Jens Risch (1973); Jan Schmidt (1973); Roman Signer (1938); Hiroshi Sugimoto (1948); Ignacio Uriarte (1972); Ben Vautier (1935); Marijke van Warmerdam (1960); Michael Wesely (1963); Rémy Zaugg (1943 - 2005);
[Marina Abramović *1946 & Ulay (Uwe Laysiepen *1943)] Abramović & Ulay (1976 - 1989); Darren Almond (1971); Hans Op de Beeck (1969); Katinka Bock (1976); Guo-Qiang CAI (1957); Peng Chi (1981); Hamish Fulton (1946); Bo HAI (1962); Yan HUANG (1966); Markus Huemer (1968); Dachun JI (1968); Isaac Julien (1960); Nadav Kander (1961); Kitty Kraus (1976); Lei Han; Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997); Maleonn; Kris Martin (1972); Isa Melsheimer (1968); Maki Na Kamura; Youyu Ni; Shi-Hua QIU (1940); Yehudith Sasportas (1969); Nadja Schöllhammer; Richard Serra (1938 - 2024); Julia Steiner (1982); Thomas Struth (1954); William G. Tucker (1935); Anna Vogel (1981); Sonja Vordermaier (1973); Tiande Wang (1960); [Thijs groot Wassink *1981, Ruben Lundgren *1983] WassinkLundgren; Song XUE [WENG Xuesong] (1962); Jie-chang Yang (1956); Minjun Yue (1962); Yun-Fei Ji (1963); Zuzhou Zuoxiao;
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