Kaiser Wilhelm Museum
Joseph-Beuys-Platz 1
47798 Krefeld
Haus Lange, Haus Esters
Wilhelmshofallee 91-97
47800 Krefeld
Sharon Ya‘ari
The Romantic Trail and the Concrete House
Haus Esters | March 8–August 30, 2020
The Israeli photographer Sharon Ya’ari (born 1966, lives in Tel Aviv) will be presenting his first solo exhibition in Germany at Haus Esters. Ya’ari is one of the best-known Israeli artists of his generation. His work is characterized by a precise and versatile use of the photographic medium that he regards as a means of cultural and political research. Ya’ari has developed an exhibition for Haus Esters that explores the unique atmosphere and the intellectual history of the site. Together with The Memory of Images at Haus Lange, the exhibition forms a dialogue that highlights the artistic examination of historically charged sites and collective memory.
Curator: Dr. Magdalena Holzhey
The Memory of Images
Haus Lange | March 8–August 2, 2020
Talking about the past is one of the most important means of safeguarding our present and our identity. This is especially true for the works of art that capture history and memory in revealing, yet open and ambiguous images. The exhibition visualizes diverse means of dealing with historical themes through works from the collection. With works by Allora & Calzadilla, Christian Boltanski, Mike Kelley/Paul McCarthy, Käthe Kollwitz, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Anri Sala, Thomas Schütte, Thomas Struth, Luc Tuymans, Jeff Wall.
Curator: Dr. Magdalena Holzhey
Collection Satellite #5
Ignacio Uriarte. Structuring Chance
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum | April 23–August 23, 2020
Krefeld-born, Berlin based artist Ignacio Uriarte (1972) returns to his hometown with the exhibition Structuring Chance that offers a very personal perspective on the museum’s collection. As a child, he visited the KWM, and with this exhibition, he pays tribute to those artists who have especially influenced him and his artistic practice. Uriarte’s interest in seriality and structure originated from what he describes as his minimalistic and structured youth. For Collection Satellite #5, he has chosen works from the collection which adhere to minimalism and conceptual art, reacting upon these through new works.
Curator: Constanze Zawadzky
Enzo Mari
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Haus Lange | October 8, 2020–February 28, 2021
This fall the Kunstmuseen Krefeld are proud to present a major retrospective dedicated to the Italian artist and designer Enzo Mari (*1932, Novara, Italy), one of the world’s most influential designers and theorists. The exhibition was originally developed for the Triennale Milano (April-September, 2020) by the internationally renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. It will then come to the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum and Haus Lange in Krefeld, where—in collaboration with museum director Katia Baudin—it will be adapted and enhanced with additional works resituating Mari in the ZERO context. In addition, selected contemporary artists and designers will create new works reflecting on Mari’s legacy and pertinence. This is the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to Enzo Mari to be shown in Germany.
The exhibition is organized in cooperation with the Triennale Milano.
Curators: Hans Ulrich Obrist, Katia Baudin
Collection Satellite #6
Marcel Odenbach / The Didactic and Model Collection of the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum | November 12, 2020–April 2021
German history and world history incessantly collide in the video works, installations and collages by Marcel Odenbach. He has chosen a rare photo archive in the collection of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld as the starting point for a new work. This analogue photo database dating from 1900 contains hundreds of reproductions of visual and applied arts from around the world.
Curator: Dr. Sylvia Martin
