15 December 2007 – 30 March 2008

Paul Thek in the Context of Today's Contemporary Art

Paul Thek is not only known as a legendary founder of installation art, but his precarious environments have had an influence on lifestyle. Later generations of artists who put subjectivity at the center of their works have followed Paul Thek not only in their excessivity with overflowing installations spanning space and material. Like him, they have pushed the question of the interpretability of art to its limits. Thek broke the mold of canonization and convention. Therefore, it is no wonder that Susan Sontag dedicated her book »Against Interpretation« to Paul Thek.

Address

ZKM | Museum für neue Kunst
Lorenzstrasse 19
76135 Karlsruhe
phone +49 721 810 00
http://www.zkm.de

Opening Hours

Wednesday-Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday- Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., closed on Monday and Tuesday.

Description of the Museum

The Museum for Contemporary Art (ZKM) shows works from private collections in Baden-Württemberg together with exhibits from the stocks of the ZKM collection, that give a insight in the evolution of art from 1960 until to today.

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