In conjunction with CoordInates, Mario Rangel Faz

Beuys and Beyond / Coordinates

NAME OF THE EXHIBITION: Beuys and Beyond. Teaching as Art in conjunction with Coordinates, Mario Rangel Faz. PRIVATE MEDIA TOUR: Thursday, 27 January 2011, 11:00 am. EXCLUSIVE MEMBERS OPENING: Thursday, 27 January 2011, 7:30 pm. OPENS TO THE PUBLIC ON: Friday, 28 January 2011 (regular museum hours). CURATORS OF THE EXHIBITION: From Deutsche Bank, Friedhelm Hütte; Liz Christensen; and Christina März. From Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Vicente Rojo Cama and Mariana Elizondo. CONTENTS: The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO) presents Beuys and Beyond. Teaching as Art; with works on paper from the Deutsche Bank Collection by Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) and six of his students: Lothar Baumgarten (1944), Imi Knoebel (1940), Jörg Immendorff (1945-2007), Blinky Palermo (1943 – 1976), Katharina Sieverding (1944) and Norbert Tadeusz (1940). The exhibition documents the accomplished creations of Beuys as an artist and teacher during the postwar period in Germany and shows the very different positions, techniques and mediums he encouraged his students to explore in the one hundred works included in the exhibition. The exhibition is linked to a retrospective of over 30 years of work by the influential Mexican artist, Mario Rangel Faz (1956 – 2009). Coordinates. Mario Rangel Faz, is presented in conjunction with the work of Grupo Suma and Atte. La Dirección, two Mexico City based artist collectives which he founded. GALLERIES: 5 (a,b,c,d) / Ground floor. EXHIBITION DATES: 28 January to 24 April 2011. TECHNIQUES: Drawing, photography, prints, collage, serigraphy, watercolor, ink and oil, among others. NUMBER OF WORKS: Beuys and Beyond: 105 pieces. Coordinates: 136 pieces CATALOGUE: With texts by Friedhelm Hütte, Petra Richter and Christian Viveros-Fauné, the publication will be available at the MARCO Store the day of the opening. We thank the generous support of Deutsche Bank for the presentation of this exhibition.

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BACKGROUND To me, teaching is the most important work of art… Joseph Beuys Art Forum 1969

The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey presents the exhibition Beuys and Beyond. Teaching as Art; a selection of works on paper from the Deutsche Bank Collection by the German artist Joseph Beuys and six of his most accomplished students: Lothar Baumgarten, Imi Knoebel, Jörg Immendorff, Blinky Palermo, Katharina Sieverding and Norbert Tadeusz. Joseph Beuys was a significant teacher and mentor for many students of the post-war generation in Germany and is acknowledged as one of the most relevant artists of the second half of the twentieth century for his innovative contributions to avant-garde movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Beuys encountered a platform in teaching for his ideas about the role of the artist, art as cultural and social capital, and he advocated for a wider and more democratic approach to art. Beuys regarded teaching as integral to his art practice. He also participated with his students in performative actions and public interventions that were often controversial. Beuys and Beyond is also linked to a retrospective of over 30 years of works by the influential Mexican artist, Mario Rangel Faz. Coordinates. Mario Rangel Faz, is presented in conjunction with the work of Grupo Suma and Atte. La Dirección, two artist collectives based in Mexico City, of which Rangel Faz was a founding member. Although Beuys and Rangel Faz were generations apart, there are clear correlations in their devotion to drawing as an extension of one’s being to make “ideas visible.” Both men challenged the status quo and entrenched institutional values through their actions and collaborations.

Beuys and Beyond. Teaching as Art features nearly 100 drawings, prints, and photographs, including watercolors by Beuys, the geometric and colorful abstractions of Imi Knoebel, the figurative watercolors by Norbert Tadeusz, Katharina Sieverding’s conceptual photographs and the historical German analyses by Jörg Immendorff. The exhibition highlights how Beuys clearly encouraged his students to not copy but follow their own individual way. Coordinates. Mario Rangel Faz, is co-curated by Vicente Rojo Cama and Mariana Elizondo, and originates from the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC) in Mexico City. The exhibition includes prints and acrylics by Rangel Faz; diverse mixed-media works by the collective Grupo Suma and video and installations by Atte. La Dirección. Beuys and Beyond. Teaching as Art is the third exhibition of works from the Deutsche Bank Collection that is traveling to leading museums in Latin America. In 2002, MARCO was pleased to present The Return of the Giants. German Painting 1975-1985. Deutsche Bank Collection that explored German figurative painting, and, in 2006, More Than What the Eye Can See. Beuys and Beyond , installed at MARCO until 24 April 2011, has been exhibited already in Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires and Mexico City; after MARCO it will travel to Bogotá, São Paulo and Lima. At each stop of the tour, an exhibition of works by artists from that country has been organized in conjunction with the presentation.

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BIOGRAPHIES JOSEPH BEUYS 1921 Born in Krefeld, Germany. 1943 Fought in Crimea. 1946-1951 Studied sculpture with Joseph Enseling and Ewald Mataré, among others, at the Staatliche Kun stakademie in Düsseldorf, Germany. 1952-1954 Studied at the Meisterschüleratelier, a studio of the Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Germany, for accomplished students. 1953 Had his first solo exhibition at the Haus der Brüder van der Grinten, Kranenburg, Germany; Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal, Germany. 1957 Recovered from several years of depression. 1961 Was a professor at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Germany. 1972 Lost his professorship. 1976 Was a candidate for the German Bundestag. 1986 Passed away in Düsseldorf, Germany.

LOTHAR BAUMGARTEN 1944 Born in Rheinsberg, Germany. 1968-1973 Studied at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, and at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Germany, with Joseph Beuys. 1972 Had his first solo exhibition at the Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany, and participated in Documenta 5, in Kassel, Germany. 1975-1976 Taught at the Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Germany. 1977-1980 Lived in Venezuela and in the indigenous communities of the Yanomami. 1992 Began his professorship at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, Germany. He currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO DE MONTERREY • BEUYS AND BEYOND / COORDINATES • PRESS RELEASE | DECEMBER, 2O10

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JÖRG IMMENDORFF 1945 Born in Bleckede, Germany. 1961 Had his first solo exhibition in the New Orleans Club, Bonn, Germany. 1963-1964 Studied with Theo Otto at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Germany. 1964 Enrolled in a Joseph Beuys class at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Germany. 1968-1972 Acted at LILDL in Düsseldorf and other cities around Germany. 1968-1980 Was an art professor at the Dumont Lindemann-Hauptschule, Düsseldorf, Germany. 1972 Participated in Documenta 5 in Kassel, Germany. 1981 Guest professor at the Konsthögskolan, Stockholm, Sweden. 1982-1985 Gave classes as a guest professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, Germany; Zurich, Switzerland and in Trondheim, Norway. 1989-1996 Was a professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany. 1996 Was a painting professor at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Germany. 1996 Awarded the Premio MARCO for Accumulation 2, 1996. 1998 Received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. 2007 Passed away in Düsseldorf, Germany.

IMI KNOEBEL 1940 Born Wolf Knoebel in Dessau, Germany. 1962 Studied at the Werkkunstschule, Darmstadt, Germany. 1964 Studied with Joseph Beuys at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Germany. 1966 Shared a studio with his friend, artist Imi Giese. 1968 Had his first exhibition together with Imi Giese, IMI + IMI. 1969 Creation of the IMI artistic duo: Ich mit ihm (me with him). 1972 Participated in Documenta 5, in Kassel, Germany, and in future Documentas (6, 7 and 8). He currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.

BLINKY PALERMO 1943 Born Peter Schwarze in Leipzig, Germany. 1952 Moved to the West Germany. 1961 Studied at the Werkkunstschule, Münster, Germany. 1961-1966 Studied at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Germany, and was one of Joseph Beuys’ accomplished. 1966 Had his first solo exhibition at the Galerie Friedrich & Dahlem, in Munich, Germany. 1972 Participated in Documenta 5, in Kassel, Germany. 1976 Exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Italy. Passed away in Kurumba, Maldives. 1978 His work was shown at the Venice Biennale, Italy.

KATHARINA SIEVERDING 1944 Born in Prague, Czech Republic. 1963-1964 Studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, Germany. 1964-1967 Studied with Theo Otto at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Germany. 1967-1972 Studied sculpture and was an outstanding pupil of Joseph Beuys. 1972 Had her first solo exhibition, The Palace Remained Cold and Closed at the Galleria L’Attico, Rome, Italy. 1972-1988 Studied in the United States, The Republic of China and the Soviet Union. 1990-1992 Was guest professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, Germany. 1992 Began teaching at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, Germany.

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1997 Participated, with Gerhard Merz, in the Venice Biennale, Italy, in the German Pavilion. 1999 Showed at the Venice Biennale. Currently lives and works in Berlin and Düsseldorf, Germany.

NORBERT TADEUSZ 1940 Born in Dormund, Germany. 1960-1961 Studied at the Werkkunstschule in Dormund and painting with Gustavo Deppe. 1961-1966 Studied with Gerhard Hoehme, Joseph Fassbender and Joseph Beuys at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, Germany. 1973-1981 Was a teacher at the Münster, Germany, campus of the Staatliche Kunstakademie. 1983 Received the Villa Romana prize during his stay in Florence, Italy. 1988 Was an invited professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig, Germany. 1988-1991 Gave classes at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, Germany. 1991 Began his professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig, Germany. He currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Braunschweig and Castel-nuovo d’Elsa, Italy.

MARIO RANGEL FAZ He was born in 1956, in Mexico City, and studied at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas of the Universidad Nacional de México. From 1977 to 1982 he formed part of the collective Grupo Suma and in 1983, he was cofounder of the collective Atte. La Dirección. Starting in 1978, his work began to be exhibited with regularity in numerous solo and group shows in both Mexico and abroad.

GRUPO SUMA The Grupo Suma was formed in 1976 at the Academia de San Carlos in Mexico City and as of 1982, it had twenty-two members that were primarily Mexicans. They produced graphic works by way of mimeography, screen images, photocopies and offset employing non-traditional materials. The group was also working directly in the street, painting walls, appropriating and using images and impressions of the urban landscape, participating in marches in support of social movements and creating installations and doing performances. Conceiving art as a process, they took care to register and archive their advances and achievements through photography and through other means of documentation.

ATTE. LA DIRECCIÓN María Guerra (1957-1999). Photographer, video artist, performer and curator. Dominique Liquois (1957). Poet, painter and art critic. Mario Rangel Faz (1956-2009). Painter, printmaker and performer. Vicente Rojo Cama (1960). Electric-acoustic composer, graphic designer and visual artist. Carlos Somonte (1956). Photographer and video director. Eloy Tarcisio (1955). Painter, conceptual artist and performer. Atte. La Dirección was formed in 1982 by six artists interested in multidisciplinary collective work. Through performance, installations, images, texts and sound, their works attacked the structures and relationships between power, society and the art world.

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