Modern modern
By: edited by Pati Herling ; with contributions by Stefan Kalmár, Ariane Müller. Jan Verwoert
Contributors: Starship (Berlin); Chelsea Art Museum (New York, N. Y.)
Publisher: STARSHIP; Chelsea Art Museum
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780982397701
Subjects: Modern Art; Exhibitions
Description: Modern modern, is a group exhibition curated by Pati Hertling featuring works by 34 contemporary artists. Modern modern points to an emotional and aesthetic sensibility among the artists in the show, who are living and working mostly between Berlin and New York. Despite strong modernist references, stylistic classifications are of no importance in this show. The works are refreshingly unconcerned with the distinctions between 'figuration', 'abstraction' and the 'conceptual' and find another way to communicate their ideas and feelings about their subjects and the world around them. With colors dirty and drab, the absence of evident political commentary or shocking visuals, and an accent on the melancholic, the show is also reflection of the times we are living in right now.
Notes: Cover is 4 cm. shorter than body of text.

Curated by Pati Herling.

Artists: Amelie von Wulffen, Cecily Brown, Jonas Lipps, Elizabeth Peyton, Birgit Megerle, Dirk Bell, Charline von Heyl, Andro Wekua, Jutta Koether, Peter Kisur, Susanne Winterling, Kitty Kraus, Sergej Jensen, Peter Peri, Hayley Tompkins, Scott Olson, Gregor Hylla, Kerstin Brätsch, Silke Otto-Knapp, Nick Mauss, Paulina Olowska, Simone Gilges, Karl Holmqvist, Isa Genzken, Tobias Buche, Nina Rhode, Michaela Meise, Juliane Solmsdorf, Reto Pulfer, Falke Pisano, Nikolas Gambaroff, Ken Okiishi, John Giorno and The Honey Suckle Company.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the chelsea Art Museum, New York, April 17, 2009 to June 13, 2009.