Currently the museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany is showing an interesting exhibition from work of American artist Wade Guyton. The monochrome planes, stripes and bars, which Guyton has recently begun using very often, are computer-generated. The colour black and the letter X have become signature motifs in his work. These newer paintings by Wade herald the modernist motif par excellence: the monochrome. The classical monochromes by Alexander Rodchenko or Robert Ryman had already served to reduce painting to its essence: color, canvas, and frame. It can be assumed that Guyton’s monochrome bars, even when they appear in larger complexes, have a similar objective to that of Rodchenko and Ryman, namely self-reflective painting. However where other artists have used brushes, light, sounds or even metaphors to paint, Wade started (ab) using an inkjet printer. As medium he started out with paper but moved to canvas. He prints the elementary geometric forms he uses over and over again by feeding the canvas into the printer again and again. This sometimes causes the print head to lose grip. These errors in the printing process produce elisions and streaks.

Guyton follows a strict plan; it is for instance important that the dimensions of each canvas be adapted to the technical details and the space in question. And although the width of all the artist’s works produced on the printer is the same, the length is oriented to the architecture of the exhibition room.

The exhibition in the museum Ludwig is curated by Dr. Julia Friedrich and will run until  22-08-2010

Photos Wade Guyton Maurice Cox | museum Ludwig

Marcel Broodthaers, La robe de maria, mixed media on canvas
120 x 100 x 12 cm
Daled collection

Lawrence Weiner, a bit of matter and a little bit more
language + the materials referred to
original cardboard stencil, 43,5 x 57,5 cm
Daled collection

Belgian collector couple Herman and Nicole Daled refuse to perceive art as decoration. They are considering the concept behind a piece of art more important than its realization and approach art in a fundamentally different way: basis for their activities are their relationships and conversations with artists. in keeping with the aim of conceptual art that places the intellectual content of a work above its realisation, they consider themselves not collectors but communicators and producers: they provide artists with the opportunity to also realise works outside of established market mechanisms. their intense engagement with conceptual art, one of the most important movements in recent art history, goes far beyond usual collecting practices. this is not only apparent in the actual works, but also in the meticulously archived documents containing actions and works.

 James Lee Byars, Robe pour cinq personnes
Textile fabrics
dimensions variable
Daled collection

One of the most important influences for Herman and Nicole Daled was Marcel Broodthaers; more than 80 of his works are in their collection. moreover, the collection holds several works by Daniel Buren, Dan Graham, On Kawara, Sol Lewitt, Niele Toroni, Lawrence Weiner, Cy Twombly and many more.

Less is more is a very inspiring exhibition from the amazing personal conceptual art collection and archives of Herman and Nicole Daled. It will feature pictures, objects, paintings and concepts.The exhibition concentrates on the period between 1966 and 1978, thereby providing a lively portrait of the progressive, international art scene at that time. It will run until the 25Th of July 2010 at the Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany.

On Kawara, Today Series: Oct. 31, 1971.
Oil on Canvas, 20,5 x 25,5 cm.
Daled Collection

On Kawara, I got up
Series of 108 postcards sent to Herman Daled daily between may 18 and september 3
14 x 9 cm
Daled collection

Niele Toroni, Empreintes de pinceau N° 50 répétées à intervalles réguliers de 30 cm
Paint on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.
Daled Collection

Daniel Buren, untitled
12 paintings (acrylic on cloth)
installation view Haus der Kunst
Daled Collection 

Photos: Herman and Nicole Daled collection | VG Bild-Kunst | Tenfinger | Photo bottom: Wilfried Petzi | Video: Jacques Charlier Youtube | Source: Haus der Kunst, München

The conceptual artist Tobias Rehberger is generally known for his 3D installations, this exhibition of 2D work marks a departure for the German artist; it is the first time he shows his wall-based posters and paintings at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst In Frankfurt, The city where he is also professor of sculpture at the Städelschule.

The selection of works in the exhibition will range from posters the artist designed of his own accord for products of personal significance to him – whether sportswear manufacturer “Adidas” or the farmer “Bauer Mann” in the Frankfurt Kleinmarkthalle – to his wild postings as integral elements of exhibitions.

Rehberger has replicated the logos exactly rather than subverting them by altering the iconography of the brands or products. He takes the view that these images stand as his own works of art simply because he has chosen to create them and believes that it is his aesthetic choice, and the subsequent materialisation and destination of the work, that prevents the posters from being viewed as marketing or advertising. This idea is one that Rehberger has explored repeatedly, notably with his installation of a working cafeteria as his contribution to the 2009 Venice Biennale, which won the Golden Lion Award.

As with these posters, he was posing the question “what can be considered art and why?”

The exhibition in the Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt will run until the 2nd of May, 2010

Photo top: Tobias Rehberger, “Was Du liebst, bringt dich auch zum Weinen”, Detail Mixed Media, Venice Biennale 2009 Courtesy: Galerie Neugerriemschneider Berlin; shot by: Wolfgang Günzel, Offenbach | Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt

BLACK. Masters of Black in Fashion & Costume
ZWART. Meesterlijk Zwart in Mode & Kostuum

The current exhibition in the MoMu (Mode Museum Antwerpen) illustrates the historic phases of the colour black, with examples from painting, historic costume and contemporary fashion. It also looks more deeply into the textures and the potentials of black in diverse materials, including fur, leather and lace. In addition, the exhibition includes masterpieces by contemporary designers who, like the city of Antwerp, have a special connection to black.
The exhibition features silhouettes by Belgian designers as well as international couture houses like for example Ann Demeulemeester, Olivier Theyskens and Dirk Van Saene.

The exhibition BLACK. Masters of  Black in Fashion & Costume runs from the 25Th of March till the 8Th of August 2010 in MoMu, Antwerp, belgium.

Photos: MoMu Antwerp, Marjolein Steensma | Mode Museum Antwerpen | Modeblog.nl

Quote on clothes, fashion and the human mind by English author, art historian, museum curator who acted as keeper of prints, drawings and paintings for the Victoria and Albert Museum and pioneering fashion historian: James Laver.