Opening: Charles Ray

The Fridericianum cordially invites you and your friends to the opening of the exhibition by Charles Ray.

Children’s vernissage, 5.30–7 pm

Charles Ray, born in Chicago in 1953 and now living in Los Angeles, is considered one of the most important artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. For over five decades, he has used a wide variety of disciplines, with sculpture forming the center point of his artistic existence.
Over the course of his career he has expanded the scope of this medium in multiple ways. His innovative manual and mechanical forms of production are inseparable to both conceptual and formal approaches of his art. Ray explores art history, society, consumer worlds, pop culture, and mass media as well as fundamental aspects of the human condition—such as the psychology of identity, mortality, ethnicity, and gender. Following his participation in documenta 9 in 1992, the Fridericianum now has the great honor of presenting Ray’s first institutional solo exhibition in Germany.

Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hoffmann
Managing Director, documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH

Dr. Sven Schoeller
Mayor, Kassel

Eva Claudia Scholtz
Executive Director, Cultural Foundation of Hesse

Moritz Wesseler
Director, Fridericianum

With the generous support of the Hessischen Kulturstiftung, the Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung, the Stiftung Stark für Gegenwartskunst, the LEAP Art Foundation and the Rudolf-August Oetker Stiftung.

Media partner of the show is Monopol Magazin für Kunst und Leben.