- Fridericianum
Cosima von Bonin’s 7000 Palmen references not only Joseph Beuys, but also Daniel Buren, a key figure in European conceptual art and institutional critique.
His colorful, striped garlands for documenta 7 marked public space in a way that was both minimalist and decorative. The lecture introduces the French artist, who was born in Boulogne-Billancourt in 1938 and who, since the late 1960s, has been using white and colored stripes, each 8.7 cm wide, to impose a functional yet unmistakable signature on places, spaces, and objects, thereby challenging the conventions of art.
Doris Krystof studied art history, literary studies, and history. She earned her doctorate at the University of Cologne. Since 2002, she has been curator for modern and contemporary art at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, where she has realized numerous solo and thematic exhibitions, most recently including Akram Zaatari, Carsten Nicolai, Hito Steyerl, and Isaac Julien. In addition, she works as a lecturer and author, publishing on modern and contemporary art with a focus on video/film, questions of staging, and literary-theatrical strategies in visual art.
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