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Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM

Site specific sculpture at Kunstmuseum Bochum

  • © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn; Gregor Schneider
    (c) VG Bild-Kunst Bonn; Gregor Schneider
  • © Achim Kukulies
    (c) Achim Kukulies
  • © Achim Kukulies
    (c) Achim Kukulies
  • © Achim Kukulies
    (c) Achim Kukulies

Gelsenkirchen/Bochum, 22nd July 2014 – Gregor Schneider will realise a new work for the Ruhrtriennale at the Kunstmuseum Bochum. Under the title KUNSTMUSEUM he will investigate the location and function of the art museum. Following the cancellation of his planned site specific sculpture totlast for the Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg by the Lord Mayor of the city of Duisburg, realising this work in Bochum is a considerable achievement. The exhibition will open on 29th August, two weeks after the beginning of the festival, but will remain open after the festival in October.

"I am looking forward to closing the main entrance of the museum. Taking us through a new entrance – „a waste pipe“  – into hidden spaces inside the museum, into a remote world within the museum which is not normally accessible.”
(Gregor Schneider in an e-mail to Heiner Goebbels in July 2014)

For KUNSTMUSEUM Gregor Schneider inserts an new construction into the museum in Bochum, thus entirely altering the building’s form, function and appearance. For the duration of the installation KUNSTMUSEUM visitors will enter the museum through a new entrance. Through this “back door”, spaces including existing function rooms will become accessible to visitors which they are not usually allowed to enter.  The sequence of spaces creates a literally inverted architectonic course through a museum in a museum.

Heiner Goebbels, Artistic Director of the Ruhrtriennale: „We are delighted that despite the circumstances Gregor Schneider has been able to develop a large new work for the Ruhrtriennale in KUNSTMUSEUM. That we are able to open the exhibition in such a short time is thanks above all to our partners. In addition to Gregor Schneider I would like to pass on heartfelt thanks to Museum Director Hans Günter Golinski and everyone else of the city of Bochum who has made this possible.”

Gregor Schneider is interested in the effects of socially relevant spaces and in what they communicate beyond the visible. His spaces are reconstructions of existing rooms, in which the observer barely has a chance to view the work in its entirety: walls are built in front of walls, rooms inside rooms, objects are invisibly walled in, or parts of the room move imperceptibly. Things which are hermetically sealed, buried or hidden play a central role in his works.

No other artist has focussed in such a decisive way upon space and the manifold levels on which it can be perceived. Whether in Totes Haus u r (Venice 2001), Die Familie Schneider (London 2004) or most recently Hauptstraße 85 a (Stommeln 2014), Schneider‘s works are characterized by a distorted vision of normality. They are imaginative spaces, which function like catalysts and confront visitors in an existential manner with themselves.

Concept —
Gregor Schneider

Shows

Location
— Kunstmuseum Bochum
Dates
— 29. 30. 31. August 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 30. September 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. October
New Work
Downloads
Tickets
— 8 €
Reduced prices start at 5,00 €

Every 1st wednesday in the month tickets cost 3,00 € / 2,50 €
Children until the age of 14 accompanied by adults get free admission.

What to do with tickets for Duisburg
Tickets which have already been purchased for the Lehmbruck Museum remain valid for the installation in Bochum. Alternatively, they can be returned immediately: Patrons can be refunded for tickets they have already purchased by filling in the form available above under “Downloads”.

August
  • Fri29Aug
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 29. August 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Sat30Aug
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 30. August 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Sun31Aug
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 31. August 2014 at 10.00 AM
September
  • Tue 2Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 2. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Wed 3Sep
    10.00 - 20.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 3. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Thu 4Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 4. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Fri 5Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 5. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Sat 6Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 6. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Sun 7Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 7. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Tue 9Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 9. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Wed10Sep
    10.00 - 20.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 10. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Thu11Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 11. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Fri12Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 12. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Sat13Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 13. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Sun14Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 14. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Tue16Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 16. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Wed17Sep
    10.00 - 20.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 17. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Thu18Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 18. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Fri19Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 19. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Sat20Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 20. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Sun21Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 21. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Tue23Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 23. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Wed24Sep
    10.00 - 20.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 24. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Thu25Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 25. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Fri26Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 26. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Sat27Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 27. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Sun28Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 28. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Tue30Sep
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 30. September 2014 at 10.00 AM
October
  • Wed 1Oct
    10.00 - 20.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 1. October 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Thu 2Oct
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 2. October 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Fri 3Oct
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 3. October 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Sat 4Oct
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 4. October 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Sun 5Oct
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 5. October 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Tue 7Oct
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 7. October 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Wed 8Oct
    10.00 - 20.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 8. October 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Thu 9Oct
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 9. October 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Fri10Oct
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 10. October 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Sat11Oct
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 11. October 2014 at 10.00 AM
  • Sun12Oct
    10.00 - 18.00
    Gregor Schneider: KUNSTMUSEUM on 12. October 2014 at 10.00 AM

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