Friday, September 20, 2013

Facsimile Tribute

Kunsthalle Bern, 1969


In 1969 the Kunsthalle Bern hosted the new art of the day (conceptual art, arte povera, earth art, serial art, minimal, postminimal and otherwise) in a group show called Live in Your Head : When Attitudes Become Form.

In 2013 the Fondazione Prada is sponsoring a reconstruction of this show at Ca’ Corner della Regina in Venice  When Attitudes Become Form : Bern 1969/Venice 2013.  

Original roster of participants in the 1969 show: Alain JacquetAlan SaretAldo WalkerAlighiero BoettiAllen RuppersbergBarry FlanaganBill BollingerBruce NaumanCarl AndreClaes OldenburgDaniel BurenDennis OppenheimEdward Kienholz and Jean TinguelyEmilio PriniEuropeEva HesseFondazione PradaFrank Lincoln Viner,Franz Erhard WaltherFrederick Lane SandbackGary B. KuehnGer van ElkGermano CelantGilberto ZorioGiovanni AnselmoGroup ShowHanne DarbovenHans HaackeInstitutionItalyJan Dibbets,Jannis KounellisJoseph BeuysJoseph KosuthKeith SonnierLawrence WeinerMarinus BoezemMario MerzMarkus RaetzMel BochnerMichael ButheMichael SnowNeil JenneyPaolo IcaroPaul Cotton (Adam II)Philip GlassPier Paolo CalzolariPino PascaliRafael FerrerReiner RuthenbeckRem KoolhaasRichard ArtschwagerRichard LongRichard SerraRichard TuttleRobert BarryRobert MorrisRobert RymanRobert SmithsonRoelof LouwSarkisSol LewittStephen KaltenbachSteve ReichThomas BangThomas DemandVeniceWalter De MariaWilliam T. Wiley


Joseph Beuys, 1969

Joseph Beuys, 1969

Joseph Beuys, 2013
Richard Serra, 1969

Richard Serra, 2013
Alighiero Boetti, 1969

Alighiero Boetti, 2013

Below, additional exhibition views of public and artists in 1969 -






Immediately above, the young Lawrence Weiner creating a 36" x 36" Removal to the Lathing or Support Wall of Plaster or Wallboard from a Wall.