(bilingual edition: English / German)Vertauschte Köpfe is being published in conjunction with the first joint exhibition by the brothers Andreas and Konrad Mühe at KUNSTWERK Sammlung Klein.
About the Author: Konrad Mühe is a sculptor and video artist.
500 Pages
Art, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions
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(bilingual edition: English / German) Vertauschte Köpfe is being published in conjunction with the first joint exhibition by the brothers Andreas and Konrad Mühe at KUNSTWERK Sammlung Klein. How can these siblings--who could hardly be less alike--collaborate on an equal footing, harmonizing their respective artworks? Uniting them is an intensive preoccupation with their family's history. And their differences are mutually complementary: while the first is concerned with the way in which the family history is interwoven with German history, the second addresses the relationship between human and technological bodies, as well as their political subtexts in the contemporary world. Not unlike a family whose members tell divergent stories about one another, the catalog takes up various temporal levels and narrative strands. Vertauschte Köpfe hence encompasses multiple books that refer to and challenge one another: the works of Andreas and Konrad Mühe engage in an interplay with texts by Valeria Waibel, Karsten Ehlers, Monika Maron, Kito Nedo, and a comic strip by Gregor Hinz. Hovering in the air is the question: How solid is the substrate of their shared foundation?
Vertauschte Köpfe erscheint begleitend zur ersten gemeinsamen Ausstellung der Brüder Andreas Mühe und Konrad Mühe im KUNSTWERK Sammlung Klein. Wie können sich zwei Brüder, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, auf Augenhöhe begegnen und ihre Arbeiten in Einklang bringen? Was sie eint, ist die intensive Auseinandersetzung mit der Familiengeschichte. Unterschiede ergänzen sich: Während sich der eine mit der Verwobenheit von Familiengeschichte und deutscher Geschichte beschäftigt, bearbeitet der andere das Verhältnis von menschlichen und technologischen Körpern sowie deren politische Subtexte in der Gegenwart.
Gleich einer Familie, die sich unterschiedliche Geschichten übereinander erzählt, greift der Katalog die verschiedenen Zeitebenen und Erzählstränge auf. So enthält Vertauschte Köpfe gleich mehrere Bücher, die sich aufeinander beziehen und gegenseitig herausfordern: Die Arbeiten von Andreas und Konrad Mühe treten in Wechselbeziehung mit Texten von Valeria Waibel, Karsten Ehlers, Monika Maron, Kito Nedo und einem Comic von Gregor Hinz. Es schwebt die Frage im Raum: Wie fest ist der Untergrund des gemeinsamen Fundaments?
About the Author
Konrad Mühe is a sculptor and video artist. In his sculptures, immaterial projections, physical objects, and video content form a conceptual unity. Since 2017, he has produced the so-called "projection beings" that display expressive human qualities while investigating sociopolitical issues relating to the perception and impact of images, as well as to the construction of identity.
Andreas Mühe achieved international recognition as an artist through his preoccupation with the German past and German identity. Often, there is a certain ambivalence inherent in his analog photographs, which reference the no-longer-visible but nonetheless still palpable aftermath of German historiography. His most recent solo exhibition, "Stories of Conflict", took place in 2022 at the Stadel Museum in Frankfurt am Main.
Dimensions (Overall): 10.6 Inches (H) x 8.1 Inches (W) x 1.4 Inches (D)
Weight: 3.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 500
Genre: Art
Sub-Genre: Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions
Publisher: Jovis Verlag
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Pit Stenkhoff
Language: English
Street Date: May 31, 2022
TCIN: 1000962316
UPC: 9783868597516
Item Number (DPCI): 247-50-9366
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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