Sunday, April 19, 2009

Art and Representation- Hanne Darboven



Kulturgeschichte (cultural history) 1880-1983, 1980-83

After reading the art and today book i found the installation "kulturgeschichte" by Hanne Darboven really interesting. This artists use of materials and distinct sectioning used to create relationships seen in culture caught my attention. This work comments on reality and culture - reality through representation. An essay by lynne Cooke referred to the work as "Weaving together cultural, social, and historical references with autobiographical documents, it synthesizes the private with the social, and personal history with collective memory."
The detail and size of this work is fascinating, take a look at this link if you want to see more images also the essay i referred to is on the same website.

http://www.diaart.org/exhibs/darboven/kulturgeschichte.html

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