Alphonse Allais, John Baldessari, Harun Farocki, Jean-Luc Godard, Alfredo Jaar, Sean Snyder, Nedko Solakov, Javier Téllez, Luc Tuymans, David Zink Yi
For The Use of Those Who See

 

 

22 November 09 – 14 February 10

 

 

22.11.2009 - 14.02.2010
Opening: 21.11.2009, 5 - 10 pm
Alphonse Allais, John Baldessari, Harun Farocki, Jean-Luc Godard, Alfredo Jaar, Sean Snyder, Nedko Solakov, Javier Téllez, Luc Tuymans, David Zink Yi

One hand holds an hourglass. The other holds a thermometer. The grains of sand fall as the temperature rises. Time/Temperature (1972–73) is a work by John Baldessari that makes time and temperature visible, solely through the use of measuring equipment. The work exposes and draws attention to the paradox inherent to this process, namely the impossibility of visualizing these non-visible parameters.

The exhibition For The Use of Those Who See presents works that reveal the boundaries of the visual and display a firm belief in the image. The difference between mimesis and reality—inherent to every work of art—is foregrounded in the picture itself. The risk of failing at this point is deeply embedded in the consciousness of these works and yet is also convincingly depicted.

With kind support by the Ernst Schering Foundation and the Capital Cultural Fund, Berlin.

Events

Tue + Thur, 7 – 8.30 pm
Abendschule
Vergleichendes Sehen. Heute
Evening Classes – Comparative Visual Analysis. Today

03.12.2009, 7 pm
Charlotte Klonk: Sehen im Museum (Seeing in the Museum)
Beatrice von Bismarck: Vorher – Nachher (Before – After)

08.12.2009, 7 pm
Mona Schieren: Raster rastern (Rastering rasters)
Jan Verwoert: Motifs of Motion: Lies, Games, Creatures, God, Irony

10.12.2009, 7 pm
Jörg Trempler: Wie im Katastrophenfilm? Die Fernsehbilder von 9/11 (Like in a desaster movie? The televised images of 9/11)
Peter Geimer: Das Unvergleichbare (The Incomparable)

15.12.2009, 7 pm
Michael Diers: Vergleiche hinken, oder: Die Lehre des Teufels (Comparisons mislead, or: The devil's lesson)
Sabeth Buchmann: Vergleichsweise abstrakt (Comparatively abstract)

17.12.2009, 7 pm
Lena Bader: Doppelte Bilder vergleichend gesehen (Double images seen comparatively)
Ursula Frohne: Anamorphosen des Kinos (Anamorphoses of cinema)