ARTISTS
Zwei Sammler - Thomas Olbricht and Harald Falckenberg
Jun 24, 2011 - Aug 21, 2011
Two of the most important collections of contemporary art will be brought together in a joint show this summer at Deichtorhallen. One main feature of the collection of doctor and chemist THOMAS OLBRICHT, who lives in Essen and Berlin, is a clear proclivity for eclecticism, in which context his programmatic focus lies on memento mori depictions. By contrast, Hamburg-based lawyer HARALD FALCKENBERG is more interested in the grotesque, the political and the provocative.
The show presents a good cross section of contemporary art, with both decidedly contrasting themes and others that are placed in mutually complementary juxtaposition, such as death, sexuality, youth, images of women, the child-like, the private, the public, and the various forms of abstract art. The narrative element is very strongly present in the works of both collections. Beauty and horror, humor, everyday life and tragedy, not to mention political aspects all converge here, often in a surprising manner. The exhibition at Deichtorhallen shows both the many different layers to these two private collections and various unknown aspects of them.
The show presents a good cross section of contemporary art, with both decidedly contrasting themes and others that are placed in mutually complementary juxtaposition, such as death, sexuality, youth, images of women, the child-like, the private, the public, and the various forms of abstract art. The narrative element is very strongly present in the works of both collections. Beauty and horror, humor, everyday life and tragedy, not to mention political aspects all converge here, often in a surprising manner. The exhibition at Deichtorhallen shows both the many different layers to these two private collections and various unknown aspects of them.
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Two of the most important collections of contemporary art will be brought together in a joint show this summer at Deichtorhallen. One main feature of the collection of doctor and chemist THOMAS OLBRICHT, who lives in Essen and Berlin, is a clear proclivity for eclecticism, in which context his programmatic focus lies on memento mori depictions. By contrast, Hamburg-based lawyer HARALD FALCKENBERG is more interested in the grotesque, the political and the provocative.
The show presents a good cross section of contemporary art, with both decidedly contrasting themes and others that are placed in mutually complementary juxtaposition, such as death, sexuality, youth, images of women, the child-like, the private, the public, and the various forms of abstract art. The narrative element is very strongly present in the works of both collections. Beauty and horror, humor, everyday life and tragedy, not to mention political aspects all converge here, often in a surprising manner. The exhibition at Deichtorhallen shows both the many different layers to these two private collections and various unknown aspects of them.
The show presents a good cross section of contemporary art, with both decidedly contrasting themes and others that are placed in mutually complementary juxtaposition, such as death, sexuality, youth, images of women, the child-like, the private, the public, and the various forms of abstract art. The narrative element is very strongly present in the works of both collections. Beauty and horror, humor, everyday life and tragedy, not to mention political aspects all converge here, often in a surprising manner. The exhibition at Deichtorhallen shows both the many different layers to these two private collections and various unknown aspects of them.
Artists on show
- AA Bronson
- Adrian Sauer
- Albert Oehlen
- Andre Butzer
- Andreas Slominski
- Andrés Serrano
- Andy Warhol
- Armen Eloyan
- Berlinde de Bruyckere
- Bethan Huws
- Bjarne Melgaard
- Carroll Dunham
- Chantal Joffe
- Christian Jankowski
- Cindy Sherman
- Claus-Otto Paeffgen
- Clay Ketter
- Cosima von Bonin
- Damien Hirst
- Daniel Richter
- Daniela Rossell
- Dawn Mellor
- Dieter Roth
- Donald Baechler
- Ekrem Yalcindag
- Elmgreen/Dragset
- Eric Fischl
- Erwin Wurm
- Floria Sigismondi
- Francis Alÿs
- Franz Gertsch
- Franz West
- Gavin Turk
- Ged Quinn
- Georg Herold
- George Condo
- Gerhard Richter
- Glenn Kaino
- Gregor Schneider
- Gustav Kluge
- Heimo Zobernig
- Herbert Volkmann
- Irving Penn
- Jake & Dinos Chapman
- Jason Martin
- Jean-Jacques Lebel
- Jeppe Hein
- Jimmie Durham
- Johannes Wohnseifer
- John Baldessari
- John Bock
- John Currin
- John Isaacs
- John Miller
- Jonas Burgert
- Jonathan Meese
- Joost van Oss
- Joseph Marioni
- Klaus Staeck
- Kris Martin
- Lee Friedlander
- Manfred Pernice
- Manuel Ocampo
- Marc Brandenburg
- Marc Quinn
- Mark Dion
- Marlene Dumas
- Matthias Weischer
- Maurizio Cattelan
- Mike Kelley
- Nicole Eisenman
- Norbert Schwontkowski
- Paul McCarthy
- Paul Thek
- Peter Land
- Phil Collins
- Ragnar Kjartansson
- Ray Johnson
- Raymond Pettibon
- Richard Artschwager
- Richard Phillips
- Richard Prince
- Robert Longo
- Roman Signer
- Sam Durant
- Sarah Lucas
- Sarah Morris
- Sherrie Levine
- Sigmar Polke
- Sylvie Fleury
- Takashi Murakami
- Taryn Simon
- Thomas Demand
- Thomas Grünfeld
- Thomas Ruff
- Thomas Scheibitz
- Thomas Schütte
- Ulla von Brandenburg
- Valie Export
- Werner Büttner
- William Eggleston
- Wolfgang Tillmans
- Yoshitomo Nara
Contact details
Sunday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday - Saturday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Deichtorplatz 1 Hamburg, Germany 20095
