New Helmut Lang exhibition in Hanover

[Faust]

Hmmm.....

Helmut Lang To Stage First Solo Exhibition

Godfrey Deeny

June 12th, 2008 @ 00:07 AM - Paris

Helmut
Lang is to stage his solo art exhibition, the latest example of signs
of life by the man once regarded as the most influential fashion
designer on the planet.



Entitled ?Helmut Lang ? Alles Gleich Schwer,? or All Has Equal
Weight, the solo effort will be staged in Hanover as part of a major
event named Hanover Goes Fashion, with some 10 exhibitions held in
leading museums and institutes. Lang?s show will be staged in the
German city?s Kestnergesellschaft and curated by Neville Wakefield and
Frank-Thorsten Moll.



?The continuity is that I?m expressing what?s important to me with
the appropriate form, content and context through different mediums and
other dimensions,? says Lang.



The Austrian-born designer and now artist intends mixing as diverse
influences as folkloric rites, maypole ceremonies and ?the exploration
of surrogate skin,? according to a press release.



The show will be a series of installations and objects integrating
?an intimate knowledge of the human form with the personal mythologies
and abstract arrangements of the world at large,? it added. This new
artistic effort draws on ideas first exposed in ?Louise Bourgeois.
Jenny Holzer. Helmut Lang? staged in the Kunsthalle, Vienna in 1998.


The presentation will underline Lang?s increasing focus on fine art
rather than frocks. Since exiting the world of style, Lang has lived
quietly in his $15 million oceanfront mansion in East Hampton, Long
Island. In 2005, Helmut Lang established hl-art, a site for further
artistic exploration and experimentation. The fashion business he
launched three decades ago was subsequently sold to Link Theory, and
Lang is no longer involved with the label.



Lang did unveil an art installation named Next Ever After last
December in Brooklyn?s journal Gallery, with a show whose themes were
his ?personal and historical mythologies.? In effect, it was the
culmination of a yearlong collaboration between Lang and the journal,
an independent arts and culture magazine.



However, his opening in Hanover - precisely because it?s a full solo show - takes his endeavors in art to a more intense level.



Long may he Lang.

[xadam]

Re: New Helmut Lang exhibition in Hanover

please. after his paint-it-black crystal ball show at journal i am shocked he has any credibility in the art world.

[kira]

Re: New Helmut Lang exhibition in Hanover

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Hmmm.....

Helmut Lang To Stage First Solo Exhibition

Godfrey Deeny

June 12th, 2008 @ 00:07 AM - Paris

Helmut
Lang is to stage his solo art exhibition, the latest example of signs
of life by the man once regarded as the most influential fashion
designer on the planet.



Entitled ?Helmut Lang ? Alles Gleich Schwer,? or All Has Equal
Weight, the solo effort will be staged in Hanover as part of a major
event named Hanover Goes Fashion, with some 10 exhibitions held in
leading museums and institutes. Lang?s show will be staged in the
German city?s Kestnergesellschaft and curated by Neville Wakefield and
Frank-Thorsten Moll.



?The continuity is that I?m expressing what?s important to me with
the appropriate form, content and context through different mediums and
other dimensions,? says Lang.



The Austrian-born designer and now artist intends mixing as diverse
influences as folkloric rites, maypole ceremonies and ?the exploration
of surrogate skin,? according to a press release.



The show will be a series of installations and objects integrating
?an intimate knowledge of the human form with the personal mythologies
and abstract arrangements of the world at large,? it added. This new
artistic effort draws on ideas first exposed in ?Louise Bourgeois.
Jenny Holzer. Helmut Lang? staged in the Kunsthalle, Vienna in 1998.


The presentation will underline Lang?s increasing focus on fine art
rather than frocks. Since exiting the world of style, Lang has lived
quietly in his $15 million oceanfront mansion in East Hampton, Long
Island. In 2005, Helmut Lang established hl-art, a site for further
artistic exploration and experimentation. The fashion business he
launched three decades ago was subsequently sold to Link Theory, and
Lang is no longer involved with the label.



Lang did unveil an art installation named Next Ever After last
December in Brooklyn?s journal Gallery, with a show whose themes were
his ?personal and historical mythologies.? In effect, it was the
culmination of a yearlong collaboration between Lang and the journal,
an independent arts and culture magazine.



However, his opening in Hanover - precisely because it?s a full solo show - takes his endeavors in art to a more intense level.



Long may he Lang.

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hmmm. i may know quite a bit about this one [79]

[Avantster]

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[quote user="xadam"]please. after his paint-it-black crystal ball show at journal i am shocked he has any credibility in the art world.
[/quote]

this was what I was thinking. how many people are going to take this seriously?

[Faust]

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[quote user="xadam"]please. after his paint-it-black crystal ball show at journal i am shocked he has any credibility in the art world.
[/quote]

I know. Give the fucker scissors and a needle, dammit! [86]

Kira, do tell us more!

[kira]

Re: New Helmut Lang exhibition in Hanover

[quote user="Faust"]

[quote user="xadam"]please. after his paint-it-black crystal ball show at journal i am shocked he has any credibility in the art world.
[/quote]

I know. Give the fucker scissors and a needle, dammit! [86]

Kira, do tell us more!

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Well... this is one of the many things that I get to work on. The work is not finished yet, so I reserve my opinion. But I know there seems to be a great deal of excitement on the museum end and in that circle. As far as credibility in the art world, that is a tough one. It is hard to determine worth these days...and those that seem to assign worth aren't always in line with my opinion. It is rare that I find work that really knocks me down. I enjoy alot of work but not to the point of awe. I think I am more attached to the artists than their work, dare I say that out loud...There are some though that I really appreciate both them and their work but not many. There is one piece that a friend of mine has made, that I just absolutely [64]. But even if it were discounted I could not afford it right now. [:'(] It's one of those pieces I think about and it brings me a smile.

sorry kind of went on a tangent. will fill you in more when i see more. [51]

[Faust]

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[quote user="kira"][quote user="Faust"]

[quote user="xadam"]please. after his paint-it-black crystal ball show at journal i am shocked he has any credibility in the art world.
[/quote]

I know. Give the fucker scissors and a needle, dammit! [86]

Kira, do tell us more!

[/quote]

Well... this is one of the many things that I get to work on. The work is not finished yet, so I reserve my opinion. But I know there seems to be a great deal of excitement on the museum end and in that circle. As far as credibility in the art world, that is a tough one. It is hard to determine worth these days...and those that seem to assign worth aren't always in line with my opinion. It is rare that I find work that really knocks me down. I enjoy alot of work but not to the point of awe. I think I am more attached to the artists than their work, dare I say that out loud...There are some though that I really appreciate both them and their work but not many. There is one piece that a friend of mine has made, that I just absolutely [64]. But even if it were discounted I could not afford it right now. [:'(] It's one of those pieces I think about and it brings me a smile.

sorry kind of went on a tangent. will fill you in more when i see more. [51]

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Indeed.

[laika]

Re: New Helmut Lang exhibition in Hanover

[quote user="Faust"]


The show will be a series of installations and objects integrating
?an intimate knowledge of the human form with the personal mythologies
and abstract arrangements of the world at large,? it added. This new
artistic effort draws on ideas first exposed in ?Louise Bourgeois.
Jenny Holzer. Helmut Lang? staged in the Kunsthalle, Vienna in 1998.

[/quote]

Talk about lumping together....Helmut Lang and Louise Bourgeois? Really? [^o)]

Thanks for the insights, kira.

[kira]

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The details:


HELMUT LANG
Alles Gleich Schwer
August 31 through November 2, 2008

http://www.kestner.org

The kestnergesellschaft presents helmut lang ? alles gleich schwer, the first institutional solo exhibition of artistic work by Helmut Lang, one of the most prominent and influential cultural figures of our time. Lang?s most recent body of work marks the logical conclusion to a constantly rearranging equation. Turning away from the physical body and its social articulation through clothes, Lang has created a series of objects that address the intersection of public and private experience as it is recorded through mythologies both personal and shared.

?The continuity is that I?m expressing what?s important to me with the appropriate form, content and context through different mediums and other dimensions.? HL

Throughout the institution, new works that explore and develop the social and physical membranes between interior and exterior identities and spaces will be exhibited. Drawing on references as diverse as the folkloric rites of maypole ceremonies and the exploration of surrogate skin, Lang has created a series of installations, objects and possibilities that integrate an intimate knowledge of the human form with the personal mythologies and abstract arrangements of the world at large. Originally conceived for ?Louise Bourgeois. Jenny Holzer. Helmut Lang? (Kunsthalle Wien, 1998), ?Scéance de Travail 1993-1999« combines elements of reflection and projection to confront the viewer with an image of protean identity constantly reformed in the space where individual desire plays out against a background of societal norms. Helmut Lang works in New York and Long Island.

A catalogue will accompany the exhibition with texts by Veit Gorner, Jenny Holzer, Frank-Thorsten Moll, Ulf Poschardt, Alice Rawsthorn, Gisela Vetter-Liebenow, Neville Wakefield and Christian Wulff.

Curated by Frank Thorsten Moll and Neville Wakefield

[philip nod]

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can i write something too for it?

[kira]

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[justine]

I think Helmut is a fan of Bourgeois. I recall something by her at the store. I can't remember if it was a piece of her Art at the store, or something they both designed together, or even if it was for sale....but definitely I've seen those 2 names next to each other, at the HL store at least.

[Faust]

I think Helmut is a fan of Bourgeois. I recall something by her at the store. I can't remember if it was a piece of her Art at the store, or something they both designed together, or even if it was for sale....but definitely I've seen those 2 names next to each other, at the HL store at least.

You are talking about the LED ticker tape columns.

[justine]

You are talking about the LED ticker tape columns.

No, no, I really meant Bourgeois, not Holzer.

[Faust]

No, no, I really meant Bourgeois, not Holzer.

Oops, my bad. Oh, I think it was a necklace they did together for the collection when he did lots of stuff with horsehair.