Among Heroes
Pre-Images in Contemporary Art
Quotations and variations, adaptations, samplings and references are central themes in contemporary art. Referencing other artists or other periods in art history is currently a very popular element of art practice.
“Among Heroes. Pre-Images in Contemporary Art” departs on a search for current examples of artistic referencing and illustrates art practices that do not deal with Romantic transfigurations of the past or past art. Instead, these focus on subjective re-interpretations of the myths of art history that display a new and consciously independent quality.
Artists:
Claudia Angelmaier, Hanna Brandes, Jan Dörre, Elmgreen & Dragset, Sabine Gross, Carina Linge, Jonathan Monk, Benjamin Moravec, Klaus Mosettig, Daniel Richter, Norbert Schwontkowski, Stefan Stößel, Veron Urdarianu, Gabriel Vormstein, Mark Wallinger, Martin Wöhrl
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May 2011
ISBN 978-3-86678-560-1
19,50 × 26,50 cm
120 pages
68 colored and 1 b/w illustrations
Hardcover, bound
Languages: German, English
Editor
Kunsthalle Nürnberg im KunstKulturQuartier
preface by Ellen Seifermann
authors Thomas Deecke and Harriet Zilch graphic
design Martin Küchle
Events
Exhibition: “Among Heroes. Pre-Images in Contemporary Art”, 25 May to 24 July 2011, Kunsthalle Nürnberg.