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Wolf Vostell "E.d.H.R. Elektronischer dé-coll/age Happening Raum", 1968. Exhibition "Moving in every direction" on view at Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin, March - September 2017
Exhibition view VOSTELL CONCRETE/ Smart Museum of Art, Chicago January - June 2017
40 Jahre Museum Vostell Malpartida 1976-2016
Ausstellung mit zahlreichen Events vom 14.Oktober 2016 bis 14. Januar 2017
Wolf Vostell's "Concrete Traffic" arrived last weekend after a 20-mile-long procession through Chicago with Cadillacs, cement mixer, and performances on campus and was installed Saturday, October 1st, 2016 in the entrance to the parking garage.
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The History of Wolf Vostell’s Concrete Traffic (1970)
Concrete Traffic is a large-scale outdoor public sculpture consisting of a 1957 Cadillac, which, save for its undercarriage and whitewall rubber tires, is encased in several tons of concrete. Conceived by the German Fluxus artist Wolf Vostell (1932-1998) as an “instant happening” and an “event sculpture,” Concrete Traffic was commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago (MCA) under its first director, Jan van der Marck. Over the course of several weeks in late December 1969 and into January 1970, local artisans made the molds for the sculpture according to the artist’s instructions. On January 16, 1970, during the morning commute, local contractors poured concrete into the molds of the sculpture, in the middle of an active parking lot on Ontario Street at North St. Clair near the original MCA building. Several days later, the molds were removed, revealing a monumental concrete sculpture bearing the contours of the Cadillac embedded within. Given several months of parking fees along with the MCA’s status at the time as a non-collecting institution, the artist and the museum gifted the sculpture to the University of Chicago. On June 13, 1970, construction crews transported the sculpture via a flatbed truck to its new location just outside the University’s Midway Studios, at the southern side of 60th Street, near Ingleside Avenue.
The sculpture remained in this location for nearly 40 years, when in 2008 it was moved to make way for the construction of the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. Since 2008, the sculpture has been stored at a facility managed by Methods and Materials, specialist in large-scale fine art rigging and installation, located in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. On April 29, 2015, Robert J. Zimmer, President of the University of Chicago, approved a new home for the sculpture on the University’s campus, in the University’s main parking garage situated between Ellis and Greenwood Avenues and 55th Street, adjacent to the Department of Art History and the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art. Zimmer’s decision has now made it possible for conservation work to move forward
"30 Second Portrait: Nam June Paik“ © Joan Logue, 1980 / Exclusive Distributor & Sales Representative: Rafael Vostell Art Trust ®
Rafael Vostell Art Trust is pleased to inform we got the exclusive distribution and sales rights for the Film "30 Second Portrait: Nam June Paik“ which give us the possibility to offer this rare and unique Film to interested collectors and museums. It is a film by the American video artist Joan Logue. She was a good friend of Nam June Paik. In 1980 she produced this video portrait of Paik.
The Performance was done by Paik specially for this Film Portrait. The short film length of 30 seconds is intentional and part of the concept. This nearly 40 year old film is entirely unknown and classified as a historical value, but it shows the great artist Paik as he was; Very personable, ironic, thoughtful and genial. This unique video portrait should be not missing in any Paik collection.
The film is available on DVD, for private collectors and archives without public performance rights, at a reduced price.
Public collections and museums can acquire additional public performance rights.
Don’t hesitate to contact us for any question you have.
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Wolf Vostell
Video-Films 1963-1994
Werkverzeichnis der Videofilme
1. Edition 2016
Beschreibung aller Video-Filme mit Fotos
70 Seiten
Texte in englisch.
60 Abbildungen in Farbe und schwarz/weiß
Edition The Wolf Vostell Estate & rooster gallery
Lieferung ab 01. Juni 2016
€ 20,- / kostenloser Versand / Bestellen Sie jetzt über das Kontakt Formular
Delivery after June 1st. 2016
€ 20,- / free shipping. Order now.
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Fundación Juan March, Palma de Mallorca
KLANGKUNST IN SPANIEN
1961-2016
Unter Anderen mit Werken von Wolf Vostell
Ausstellung in Palma
Februar bis Mai 2016
Fundación Juan March, Madrid
"Nie gesehen"
1945- 1965.
Unter Anderen mit Werken von Wolf Vostell.
Ausstellung in Madrid Februar - Juni 2016
© Boris Lurie Art Foundation
KEINE KOMPROMISSE
DIE KUNST DES BORIS LURIE
Ausstellung im Jüdischen Museum, Berlin
Februar - Juli 2016
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