Artists Space

An evening of films surrounding
the work of Charlotte Posenenske

Screening
August 6, 2010, 7pm

Artists Space presents three films offering a glimpse into the work of Charlotte Posenenske and her contemporaries with rare footage of discussions between artists, gallery owners, and craftsmen about the possibilities of producing art as a serial good, performance documentation from Posenenske’s 1967 show at Galerie Dorothea Loehr, and a silent film shot by Posenenske herself.

Black and white image of a crowd of people gathered in a large open space. Several hollow, metal sculptures composed of geometric components are installed in the space. Some performers interact with the sculptures—one figure walks across one of the metal forms that lays on the ground.
Dies alles Herzchen wird einmal dir gehören (All This Darling Will Once Belong To You). Performance organized by Paul Maenz and Peter Roehr, Galerie Dorothea Loehr, September 9, 1967. DVD transfer, 6 mins, 55 secs. [Black and white image of a crowd of people gathered in a large open space. Several hollow, metal sculptures composed of geometric components are installed in the space. Some performers interact with the sculptures—one figure walks across one of the metal forms that lays on the ground.]

Gerry Schum, Kunstkonsum-Konsumkunst, 1969,
DVD transfer, 29 mins. 26 secs.

Dies alles Herzchen wird einmal dir gehören (All This Darling Will Once Belong To You), Performance organized by Paul Maenz and Peter Roehr, Galerie Dorothea Loehr. September 9, 1967,
DVD transfer, 6 mins. 55 secs.

Charlotte Posenenske, Monotonie ist Schön (Monotony is Nice),©Estate Charlotte Posenenske,
DVD transfer, 14 mins. 22 secs.

Charlotte Posenenske (1930-1985) was a German minimalist prior to leaving contemporary art behind in 1968 in order to devote her efforts to the study of sociology. Her work was shown in solo exhibitions at Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf (1967), Galerie Dorothea Loehr, Frankfurt am Main (1961, 1966, and 1968), and Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne (1986). Her work was recently featured in documenta 12, Kassel (2007) and In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960-1976, at MoMA (2009). Posthumous solo shows include Galerie ak, Frankfurt am Main (1999/2000), Wolfgang Tillmans' exhibition space Between Bridges, London (2007), Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin (2007 and 2008), and Peter Freeman Inc., New York (2008). Her monograph was published by Hatje Cantz in the Fall of 2009.

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