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SUMMARY:Ortswechsel: The art collection of the Deutsche Bundesbank visits
  the Giersch Museum at Goethe University 
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DESCRIPTION:From 8 July 2022 to 8 January 2023\, the Bundesbank's art col
 lection was on display at the Giersch Museum at Goethe University (MGGU)
  in Frankfurt am Main. Entitled ‘Ortswechsel’ (Change of location)\, thi
 s first museum presentation of the important central bank collection pro
 vided a striking overview of the collection from the 1950s to the presen
 t day with a selection of 85 works of art. These included works by artis
 ts such as Georg Baselitz\, Rupprecht Geiger\, Isa Genzken\, Katharina G
 rosse\, Ernst Wilhelm Nay and Jorinde Voigt.\n\nArt collection reflects 
 the history of the Federal Republic of Germany\n\nThe beginnings of the 
 collection\, which now numbers several thousand works and is spread acro
 ss the Bundesbank's various locations throughout Germany\, date back to 
 the 1950s and the acquisition of young informal artists such as Karl Ott
 o Götz and Heinz Kreutz. In the following decades\, the collection was g
 radually expanded to include contemporary positions. The acquisition of 
 paintings\, graphic works\, works on paper\, sculptures and the occasion
 al photograph also reflects the history of the Federal Republic of Germa
 ny: the collection focusses on art from German-speaking countries\; afte
 r reunification in 1990\, artists from the East German federal states we
 re added to the collection.\n\nArtistic dialogues and areas of tension\n
 \nThe thematic arrangement in the rooms of the MGGU creates unusual dial
 ogues and areas of tension. Themes such as ‘Continuation of the Gestural
 ’\, ‘Absolute Colour’ or ‘History and Stories’ throw surprising spotligh
 ts on the works through the confrontation of contemporary and historical
  artistic positions: a work by Anne Imhof with gestural scratches in acr
 ylic paint on aluminium meets Arnulf Rainer's ‘overpaintings’. Rupprecht
  Geiger's bright red colour field meets Monica Baer's ironically connote
 d works. In her examination of German history\, Anselm Kiefer's archaisi
 ng imagery is juxtaposed with Annette Kelm's conceptual photographs. Vis
 itors are invited to engage in these dialogues and enter into conversati
 on with each other. The museum is also presenting two rooms specially de
 signed for the exhibition with new works by Michael Riedel and Frauke Da
 nnert - both of whom are also represented in the Deutsche Bundesbank's a
 rt collection.\n\nFinally\, numerous photographs refer to the ‘change of
  location’ of the art. They show the art in the context of the Bundesban
 k's offices\, corridors and meeting rooms. In a short film produced espe
 cially for the exhibition\, the employees of the Bundesbank themselves h
 ave their say: this makes it possible to experience how the works of art
  characterise the rooms on site and enrich everyday working life.\n\n[EM
 BEDDED]
LOCATION:Museum Giersch of the Goethe University\, (Museumsufer)\, Schaum
 ainkai 83\, 60596 Frankfurt am Main
CONTACT:Dr Cora von Pape\, kunst@bundesbank.de
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