In the 1960s the Rhineland was an important center of a revolutionary development in art: a new, internationally connected generation of artists rebelled against traditional art. They used everyday life as a source of inspiration and everyday objects as the materials for their works.They went out into the urban environment. They broke down the boundaries of art disciplines and worked with musicians, writers, filmmakers, and dancers. At the epicenter of this exciting time, the Cologne restorer Wolfgang Hahn (1924-1987) began to acquire new artworks and assemble them into a multilayered collection with examples of Nouveau Réalisme, Fluxus, Happenings, Pop Art, and Conceptual Art. Exhibition: Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (24.06.-24.09.2017) / mumok - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria (10.11.2017-24.06.2018).
Foreword -- Introduction -- One or several? The diversity of the Hahn Collection / Susanne Neuburger -- "We are in open circuits" (Nam June Paik, 1967). Driven by elemental curiosity: Wolfgang Hahn in the intermedia field of the nineteen-sixties, between aspects of Nouveau Réalism, new music, Fluxus, and Pop Art / Susanne Rennert -- Collecting against the "idyllic world" / Barbara Engelbach -- Work Descriptions. Joseph Beuys: Tür / Dirk Luckow -- George Brecht: The universal machine / Susanne Neuburger -- Marcel Broodthaers: Ohne Titel (Projet pour un texte. Idée pour un mot) / Doris Krystof -- Michael Buthe: Untitled / Ulrich Wilmes -- John Cage. Water music / Ines Gebetsroither -- John Chamberlain: Kootan / Dietmar Rübel -- Christo: Wrapped mannequins on a bed / Matthias Koddenberg -- Bruce Connor: Homage to Jay de Feo / Barbara Engelbach -- Gérard Deschamps. Plaque de blindage II / Ágnes Berecz -- François Dufrêne: Stence no. 0 / Ágnes Berecz -- Öyvind Fahlström: Green seesaw / Diedrich Diederichsen -- Robert Filliou: Galerie Légitime / Susanne Neuburger -- Sam Gilliam: Change / Jonathan P. Binstock -- Nancy Graves: Fifty hair bones and sun disk (To the students of the Aachener Werke-kunstschule) / Annette Lagler -- Raymond Hains: Ainsi bafouée / Ágnes Berecz -- Allan Kaprow: Push and pull. A furniture comedy for Hans Hofmann / Dirk Hildebrandt -- Alison Knowles: Do you remember (for Emmett Williams) / Susanne Neuburger -- Yayoi Kusama: Silver dress; Gold dress; Phallic shoe / Silvia Eiblmayr -- Barry Le Va: Glass shatter scatter: 3x3 superimposed pattern acts / Barbara Engelbach -- Gordon Matta-Clark: Untitled (Bronx floors: floor above, ceiling below) / Michael Wonnerth-Magnusson -- Claes Oldenburg: Ray gun rifle / Stephen Diederich -- Yoko Ono: White chess set / Michael Wonnerth-Magnusson -- Nam June Paik: Klavier intégral / Susanne Neuburger -- Lil Picard: Selfportrait N. II / Silvia Eiblmayr -- Dieter Roth: Geschichte / Felicitas Thun-Hohenstein -- Niki de Saint Phalle: Napolé, Napolé tu as une araignée dans le plafond / Sandra Reimann -- Günter Saree: mög-lich / Barbara Engelbach -- George Segal: Woman in a restaurant booth / Jörg Wolfert -- Set Siegelaub: March 1969 [One Month], New York, Seth Siegelaub / Marlene Obermayer -- Daniel Spoerri: Der Koffer / Susanne Neuburger -- Daniel Spoerri: Hahns Abendmahl / Jörg Wolfert -- Paul Thek: Untitled / Susanne Neuburger -- URSULA: Pelzvogelkasten / Barbara Herrmann -- Wolf Vostell: Elektronischer Papierblock / Michael Wonnerth-Magnusson -- Andy Warhol: Silver clouds / Marianne Dobner -- Robert Watts: In case the grass fails / Michael Wonnerth-Magnusson -- H.C Westermann: Lightning / Barbara Engelbach -- Gil J. Wolman: La mort de André Breton; La mort de Marcel Duchamp / Susanne Neuburger -- Johannes Cladders (ed.): Kassetten-Kataloge / Simone Moser -- Dick Higgins: Symphony dispenser ; Sylvano Bussotti: Pearson piece ; Philip Corner: Quiet work of destruction ; Merce Cunningham: Untitled ; La Monte Young: Untitled (Composition 1960 #9) / Lisa Bosbach -- Catalogue of works -- Authors -- Picture credits -- Imprint.
Art--Private collections--Germany--Exhibitions
Art, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions--Art collections