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Werner Büttner : undichte Schlüssellöcher

Title
Werner Büttner : undichte Schlüssellöcher / Text, Jesi Khadivi, Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Zdenek Felix.
Publication
Berlin : Contemporary Fine Arts : Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2020.

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Additional Authors
  • Khadivi, Jesi
  • Madsen, Kristian Vistrup
  • Felix, Zdenek
  • Büttner, Werner, 1954-
  • Contemporary Fine Arts (Gallery), host institution.
Description
55 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portrait; 28 cm
Summary
Has Werner Büttner's world of images indeed grown funnier, more colorful? Or should one, following Kristian Vistrup Madsen's observations, consider it to be invariably gloomy and oppressive? The latter certainly applies to a work such as "Brüder (Kain + Abel)" from 1983, but no longer in such exclusivity to his most recent works. Here, the bitter singing of "No-Future" by the protagonists of the 1980s is accompanied by a good portion of ironic melancholy and caustic mockery. His use of color has also changed, the earthy tones giving way to a certain signal-like quality, yet without severing the connection to his earlier works. But what led to such a melancholy softening of his worldview? Is it a general consequence of getting older? Or is it based on the more specific consciousness of now actually being too old for the "not-wanting-to-become-like-the-old-folk" (in the 1980s)? Or does everything have its rather simple reason in the realization: "Alcohol (dis-)solves everything," as Rainald Goetz's protagonist Raspe says in his novel "Irre" from 1983? Incidentally, he added to this a consideration that muddled up Nietzsche ("Become who you are") and a former advertising slogan ("You can stay as you are!"): "I don't want to become who I am!" Self-knowledge outshines everything, but still can hardly prevent that madness and confusion continue to play their games with us. Exhibition: CFA Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin, Germany (30.07. - 29.08.2020).
Alternative Title
Undichte Schlüssellöcher
Subject
  • Büttner, Werner, 1954- > Exhibitions
  • Büttner, Werner, 1954-
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Texts in German and English.
Exhibitions (note)
  • Catalog of an exhibitions held at the Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, January 11 - March 7, 2020; July 30 - August 29, 2020.
Call Number
JQF 21-1035
ISBN
  • 9783864423284
  • 3864423287
LCCN
9783864423284
OCLC
1240702517
Title
Werner Büttner : undichte Schlüssellöcher / Text, Jesi Khadivi, Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Zdenek Felix.
Publisher
Berlin : Contemporary Fine Arts : Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2020.
Type of Content
still image
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
Texts in German and English.
Exhibitions
Catalog of an exhibitions held at the Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, January 11 - March 7, 2020; July 30 - August 29, 2020.
Added Author
Khadivi, Jesi, writer of supplementary textual content.
Madsen, Kristian Vistrup, writer of supplementary textual content.
Felix, Zdenek, writer of supplementary textual content.
Büttner, Werner, 1954- artist.
Contemporary Fine Arts (Gallery), host institution.
Other Standard Identifier
9783864423284
Research Call Number
JQF 21-1035
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