ARTISTS
The Assembled Human
In late autumn 2019, Museum Folkwang will present a show that transcends media and epochs to explore the major societal issues and upheavals of the last 150 years. The Assembled Human presents art as a mirror of industrialisation, technologisation and digitisation. It provides a cultural-historical survey that encompasses key works of painting and graphic design, early experiments in photography, installations and films, along with recent works of Post-Internet Art.
The exhibition focuses on the manifold entanglements between human beings and machines, which are explored in several thematic sections. From the Industrial Revolution to the Information Age, generations of artists have dealt with technological innovations and their impact on humankind. The international loans shown in the exhibition range from photographic records of early industrialisation to Modernist art. They cover experiments in video and performance art from the 1960s through to contemporary art – because today more than ever, technological progress is inextricably linked with anxieties over losses of freedom and individuality. Contemporary works reflect current artistic investigations into the new possibilities and impossibilities that the digital age entails.
In late autumn 2019, Museum Folkwang will present a show that transcends media and epochs to explore the major societal issues and upheavals of the last 150 years. The Assembled Human presents art as a mirror of industrialisation, technologisation and digitisation. It provides a cultural-historical survey that encompasses key works of painting and graphic design, early experiments in photography, installations and films, along with recent works of Post-Internet Art.
The exhibition focuses on the manifold entanglements between human beings and machines, which are explored in several thematic sections. From the Industrial Revolution to the Information Age, generations of artists have dealt with technological innovations and their impact on humankind. The international loans shown in the exhibition range from photographic records of early industrialisation to Modernist art. They cover experiments in video and performance art from the 1960s through to contemporary art – because today more than ever, technological progress is inextricably linked with anxieties over losses of freedom and individuality. Contemporary works reflect current artistic investigations into the new possibilities and impossibilities that the digital age entails.
Artists on show
- Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Rodchenko
- Alexander Kluge
- Alexandra Aleksandrovna Exster
- Alexandra Bircken
- Alexey Morgunov
- Alice Lex-Nerlinger
- Anna Uddenberg
- Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven
- Antoine Pevsner
- Arkady Shaikhet
- Avery Singer
- Barbara Hammer
- Bettina von Arnim
- Boris Ignatovich
- Boris Kudoyarov
- Carl Grossberg
- Caroline Mesquita
- Charles & Ray Eames
- Eadweard Muybridge
- Ed Atkins
- Eduardo Paolozzi
- El Lissitzky
- Ella Bergmann-Michel
- Ernesto Thayaht Michahelles
- Erwin Wendt
- Etienne-Jules Marey
- Eva Hesse
- Fernand Léger
- Fortunato Depero
- Franz Wilhelm Seiwert
- Frederick Kiesler
- Friedemann von Stockhausen
- Fritz Kahn
- George Grosz
- George Widener
- Gerd Arntz
- Germaine Krull
- Giacomo Balla
- Goshka Macuga
- Harun Farocki
- Heinrich Hoerle
- Heinrich Kley
- Helen Chadwick
- Herbert W. Franke
- Hilary Lloyd
- Hugo von Werden
- Jean Tinguely
- Joachim Bandau
- Johannes Molzahn
- John Cage
- John Heartfield
- Jon Rafman
- Josh Kline
- Jürgen Klauke
- Katja Novitskova
- Kazimir Malevich
- Kiki Kogelnik
- Konrad Klapheck
- László Moholy-Nagy
- Lenora de Barros
- Lynn Hershman Leeson
- Man Ray
- Marcel Duchamp
- Maria Lassnig
- Mariechen Danz
- Martin Munkacsi
- Max Ernst
- Nam June Paik
- Nicolas Schöffer
- Orlan
- Oskar Schlemmer
- Otto Dix
- Otto Fischer
- Otto Neurath
- Öyvind Fahlström
- Patrick Tresset
- Paul Thek
- Raoul Hausmann
- Raymond Duchamp-Villon
- Rebecca Horn
- Rémy Markowitsch
- Renato Giuseppe Bertelli
- René Magritte
- Richard Hamilton
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Sidsel Meineche Hansen
- Stelarc
- Thomas Bayrle
- Thomas Ruff
- Timm Rautert
- Tony Oursler
- Trevor Paglen
- Umberto Boccioni
- Vilmos Huszár
- Walter Dexel
- Walter Pichler
- Walter Ruttman
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Willi Baumeister
- Xanti Schawinsky
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