Die Kerze
Subtitle: ein Motiv in der zeitgenössischen Kunst
By: herausgegeben von Helmut Friedel für die Stiftung Frieder Burda ; mit Beiträgen von Helmut Friedel, Katrin Schwarz und Georges Sturm
Contributors: Sammlung Frieder Burda (Museum)
Publisher: Museum Frieder Burda; Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Baden-Baden; Köln
Language: ger
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9783960980339
Subjects: Candles in art; Exhibitions; Candles; Pictorial works; Themes, motives; Modern Art
Description: Taking one of the main pieces in the Frieder Burda collection, Gerhard Richter's 'Kerze' from 1982, as an impulse, the motif of the candle, prominent through the history of art and culture, is pursued by means of paintings, sculptures and installations. The catalogue explores how artists in the 20th and 21st century - Gerhard Richter, Georg Baselitz, Nam June Paik, Jeff Koons and Eric Fischl for example - have picked up this motif, with its manifold image traditions, varied it and placed it within new interpretive contexts. Exhibition: Museum Frieder Burda, Badan-Baden, Germany (22.10.2016-29.01.2017).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, October 22, 2016 - January 29, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references.