Skip to main content
0
Info
Theme world

Space

Whether public space, private collection or museum—art appears in many places. What role do location and space play in contemporary art? The dimension and nature of the artwork also play a role. What space does a three-dimensional sculpture occupy as opposed to a work on paper or canvas? How does art change space and space change art?

What can a space be and entail?

Does a space need four walls, a solid floor and a secure roof, or do spaces also emerge with fewer or different forms of infrastructure? What and who shapes places and spaces besides physical conditions? What has an effect on them? Art often plays with different facets of spaces and places—as do the following works and artists.

Artwork Factory

Artwork Wolfgang Tillmans, Buchholz & Buchholz Installation 1993, 1993

This room represents an exact replica of the Buchholz & Buchholz Gallery, where Wolfgang Tillmans exhibited his photographs in 1993. Here the artist tested a form of presentation in which photographs, photocopies, and reproductions of magazine pages stand side by side on an equal footing and are distributed throughout the room.

Creative project Factory

Creative project Explore places

Get to know your surroundings better with various exploration tours.

Creative project Factory

Creative project The museum building of the future

Design a museum building according to your ideas.

What kind of space does art occupy?

Do you find art in parks, in schools, on the streets? What do these places have in common and how do they contribute to a different experience of art? Do you know any artists who work in both public spaces and museums? Can different spaces be connected through art?

Creative project Factory

Creative project Urban and public!

On the trail of public space - set the scene for your agenda.

Artist Factory

Artist Franz West

was born in Vienna in 1947 and died there in 2012.

Artist Factory

Artist Wolfgang Tillmans

was born in Remscheid in 1968. He lives and works alternately in Berlin and London.

How do you feel when you enter a contemporary art museum?

Enter such a museum in your mind. What do you notice about the place? What materials, smells, or sounds? Museums often have unique architecture and furnishings—why do you think that is? What is essential for a contemporary art museum in order for it to function? What does this space enable and what does it exclude?

Creative project Factory

Creative project The museum building of the future

Design a museum building according to your ideas.

Artwork Factory

Artwork Louise Lawler, Plexi (adjusted to fit), 2010/2011

Each of the photographed boxes is covered with a Plexiglas sleeve, protecting it from possible exposure. Louise Lawler’s photograph of packaging is applied as wallpaper in the museum, matching the proportions of the particular wall on which it is seen. The resulting distortion of the image draws the focus not only to the contents, but also to the space. The photograph thus shows what we usually disregard when looking at pictures: the wall and hence the frame in which art is presented.

Creative project Factory

Creative project Space for art

Create a model exhibition space, analog or digital, for an artwork of your choice.

What does art need or take from space? What does the space give to the artworks?

The interactions of space and art influence our experience of art. Can you remember a situation where each communicated with the other, leaving a strong impression on you? In Museum Brandhorst, one room is dedicated to just twelve specific paintings. Does this moment remind you of another architectural situation?

Artist Factory

Artist Louise Lawler

was born in Bronxville, New York State, USA, in 1947

Creative project Factory

Creative project Space for art

Create a model exhibition space, analog or digital, for an artwork of your choice.

Creative project Factory

Creative project Puzzling spaces

Create your own invisible rooms with puzzles, symbols and codes.

Have you ever thought about “invisible” spaces?

Invisible spaces often become visible, or rather conceivable, through special codes. For example, in the work “Rebecca” (2019) by Lucy McKenzie or in the installation “Deep Social Space” (1989) by US artist Cady Noland. By choosing certain materials or methods, both artists refer to mental, cultural, or political spaces that occur elsewhere spatially, geographically, or historically.

Artwork Factory

Artwork Atelier E.B (Lucy McKenzie und Beca Lipscombe), Faux Shop, 2018

“Faux Shop” is a sculptural installation and at the same time a shop window for a fashion collection. The shop window mimics a women's clothing store. Lucy McKenzie painted the marbled parts of the installation herself in an illusionistic manner. Like moving ghosts, the clothes were either pinned to the walls, placed in the display, or suspended dynamically from wires. The clothes are from Atelier E.B, a collaborative fashion label and research studio that Lucy McKenzie runs with designer Beca Lipscombe.

Artist Factory

Artist Cady Noland

was born in Washington, D.C., USA, in 1956.

Creative project Factory

Creative project Puzzling spaces

Create your own invisible rooms with puzzles, symbols and codes.