Glückliche Tage
In the organizer's words:
Based on Samuel Beckett's 1960 play of the same name, the exhibition Happy Days at the Museum unter Tage, Bochum, explores forms of happiness under difficult conditions. A total of 12 artists present around 15 works of film, photography, painting, sculpture and installations. The works on display reflect experiences of happiness or reflect on happiness and were partly created in the context of experiences of war or repression. The spectrum of works on display ranges from 1970 to the present day.
Represented in the exhibition are Yevgenia Belorusets (*1980, Kyiv), Rui Chafes (*1966, Lisbon), Tamara Eckhardt (*1995, Berlin), Nan Goldin (*1953, Washington D.C.), Barbara Hammer (Los Angeles 1939-2019 New York City), Carsten Höller (*1961, Brussels), Ken Lum (*1956, Vancouver), Johanna von Monkiewitsch (*1979, Rome), Yoko Ono (*1933, Tokyo), Felix Gonzalez-Torres (Guáimaro, Cuba 1957-1996 Miami), Heike Weber (*1962, Siegen) and Stefan Wissel (*1960, Hamburg).
The exhibition is curated by Prof. Dr. Markus Heinzelmann, Chair of Museum Practice with a Focus on International Contemporary Art, Institute of Art History, Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), with the collaboration of students from the Institute of Art History.
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