Optik Schröder II

Exhibition |

February 3 to June 3, 2018

Optik Schröder II
Works from the Alexander Schröder Collection

Curated by Karola Kraus

The exhibition Optik Schröder II presents a representative selection from the collection of Alexander Schröder. This includes important works by Kai Althoff, Tom Burr, Bernadette Corporation, Claire Fontaine, Gelitin, Isa Genzken, Anne Imhof, Sergej Jensen, Pierre Klossowski, Manfred Pernice, Martha Rosler, and Reena Spaulings, and is one of the most important German private collections of contemporary art.
These works illustrate some of the key conceptual trends and positions in the development of Western art in the past three decades, including references to social issues, queer lifestyles, the critique of institutions and the economy, critical investigation of public spaces and architecture, poetry, and contemporary forms of critical painting. The prominently represented artists’ collectives exemplify endeavors to challenge and transform the traditional roles and systems of the artist, of art production, and of the sale of art.
This comprehensive overview shows a collection built up consistently since the mid-1990s and based on close proximity to the artists and sensitivity for new developments. The collection illustrates an exemplary philosophy of collecting focusing on the nature of the contemporary, on curiosity, expertise, humor, independence, and outstanding aesthetic judgement.

Participating Artists:

Kai Althoff, Lutz Bacher, Cosima von Bonin, KP Brehmer, Tom Burr, Merlin Carpenter, Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Anne Collier, Bernadette Corporation, Lukas Duwenhögger, Jana Euler, Cerith Wyn Evans, Claire Fontaine, Gelitin, Isa Genzken, Ull Hohn, Karl Holmqvist, Alex Hubbard, Peter Hujar, Anne Imhof, Sergej Jensen, Martin Kippenberger, Pierre Klossowski, John Knight, Michael Krebber, Mark Leckey, Klara Lidén, Lucy McKenzie, Christian Philipp Müller, Henrik Olesen, Paulina Olowska, Dietrich Orth, Manfred Pernice, Josephine Pryde, Martha Rosler, Cameron Rowland, Andreas Slominski, Reena Spaulings, Katja Strunz, Philippe Thomas, Danh Vo, Peter Wächtler

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Exhibition View: Optik Schröder II. Works from the Alexander Schröder Collection, mumok, February 3 to May 27, 2018
In the center: Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Desk on Decline, from the left: Sergej Jensen, Ohne Titel, 2003, Danh Vo, Ohne Titel, 2015, Anne Imhof, Ohne Titel, 2015;
in the background: Henrik Olesen, 1935 1922, 2003 © mumok
Photo: Stefan Korte

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Exhibition View: Optik Schröder II. Works from the Alexander Schröder Collection, mumok, February 3 to May 27, 2018
From the left: Alex Hubbard, Son of Sunset Sam, 2013, Cerith Wyn Evans, In Girum Imus Nocte Et
Consumimur Igni, 2006, Tom Burr, Double Partition Platform, 1997 © mumok
Photo: Stefan Korte

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Exhibition View: Optik Schröder II. Works from the Alexander Schröder Collection, mumok, February 3 to May 27, 2018
Photo: Stefan Korte (c) mumok

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Exhibition View: Optik Schröder II. Works from the Alexander Schröder Collection, mumok, February 3 to May 27, 2018
In the centre: Kai Althoff, Stigmata aus Großmannssucht, 2000 © mumok
Photo: Stefan Korte

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Exhibition View: Optik Schröder II. Works from the Alexander Schröder Collection, mumok, February 3 to May 27, 2018
From the left: Manfred Pernice, exscape 9, 2006, Dietrich Orth, Spiegelbild Attrappe, 1988, Manfred
Pernice, Manfred, Kleiderhaken, 2005 © mumok
Photo: Stefan Korte

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Exhibition View: Optik Schröder II. Works from the Alexander Schröder Collection, mumok, February 3 to May 27, 2018
From the left: Katja Strunz, Ohne Titel, 2001, Lukas Duwenhögger, One Rehearsal for Four Plays
(I. Flair, II. Akimbo, III. The Mauve Brush, IV. Butter Cups), 2001 © mumok
Photo: Stefan Korte

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Exhibition View: Optik Schröder II. Works from the Alexander Schröder Collection, mumok, February 3 to May 27, 2018
© mumok, Photo: Stefan Korte

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Exhibition View: Optik Schröder II. Works from the Alexander Schröder Collection, mumok, February 3 to May 27, 2018
From the left: Philippe Thomas, Jay Chiat, Insight, 1989, Philippe Thomas, Sabine Schütte ® 097130
198028, 1988, Gelitin, Frohes Fest, 2010 © mumok
Photo: Stefan Korte

Cover of the publication Optik Schröder 2

Catalog | 2018

Optik Schröder II. Works from the Schröder Collection

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