The Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany has the pleasure to invite you for the opening of the exhibition

Gregor Schneider. Wall before Wall

Thursday, 1st of December 2016, at 7 pm.

Speakers

Rein Wolfs
Director of Bundeskunsthalle

Ulrich Loock
Curator of the exhibition

Gregor Schneider, born in 1969, is an internationally renowned radical artist whose work frequently gives rise to heated debate. Working in different media, he has developed a complex and self-referential oeuvre that crosses recent German history with the dystopian places of personal existence. In the mid-1980s the artist began building complete rooms inside of existing rooms, the new room replicating the space that houses it. Since then he has created a large body of spatial constructions that divests everyday places of their familiarity. In 2001 he won the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale for his installation Haus u r in the German Pavilion. The installation consisted of a total of twenty-four rooms of his childhood home in Rheydt, which has been central to his creative practice since 1985 and which he has gradually developed in different directions. For the Bundeskunsthalle the artist is designing a display that traces the course of his career in key works: a selection of paintings (1982-1985) and the documentation of early works (1984-1985) are followed by complete rooms from Haus u r as well as recent works involving culturally and historically important buildings. Films, duplicate sculptures and staged situations with actors complete the presentation.

Seats are limited. The opening ceremony will be broadcasted to the foyer while the exhibition can be visited throughout the evening. Please note, the exhibition can only be visited by a small number of people at the same time.

Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland GmbH
Museumsmeile Bonn
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4
53113 Bonn

P +49 228 9171–200
F +49 228 234154
www.bundeskunsthalle.de

Opening hours: Tuesday and Wednesday: 10 am – 9 pm, Thursday to Sunday: 10 am – 7 pm