Krefeld (GER) Kunstmuseen Krefeld: Museum Haus Lange und Haus Esters 12/10/08 - 25/01/09
How do you get an elephant into a matchbox? You squeeze him in of course. Or, if the Elephant is actually an oeuvre consisting of giant photo's, you could also make prints the size of stamps.
Atmospheric sketches of architecture and landscapes connected with one another in some mysterious way: Daniel Roth’s extremely varied yet very subdued work is equally megalomaniac and intimate, like only the best of art in the Romantic tradition.
A capricious elusiveness is an essential characteristic of the art of Jutta Koether. Black as night at one moment, shining with joy the next, she offers an oeuvre that appears to consist purely of side-paths. A profesional artistry that attests to great insight and virtuosity is alternated with the muddiest painting in the world: anit-art, anit-beauty, anti-everything. Who is she, and what does she want?
The next Documenta has three leitmotifs. The second is devoted to the question, ‘What is bare life?’ METROPOLIS M asked two critics to give their initial reactions.
