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Exhibition »respektive Peter Weibel«

A photomontage of three stripes, showing the portrait of Peter Weibel young and old.
@ ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Photo: Joseph Tandl and Felix Grünschloß

On the occasion of Peter Weibel's 75th birthday, the exhibition for the first time provides an overview of the entire oeuvre of the internationally renowned media and conceptual artist.

Based on his twenty years as artistic-scientific director of the ZKM, the exhibition explores topics such as the mechanisms of perception and thought, the intrinsic world of the apparatus, the crisis of representation and the operating system of art, and the relationship between art, politics, and economics.

The exhibition, collectively curated by the ZKM, offers for the first time an overview of the entire oeuvre of a nomad between art and science who has consistently pursued his problems in various materials, forms and techniques to this day. The exhibition shows the unfolding of his artistic creativity from critique of perception to critique of language and media to critique of reality. At the same time, Peter Weibel developed new utopian visions of a free society and individual freedom based on his own technological inventions.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a scientific symposium on Saturday, 28.09.2019. 

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  • Exhibition view »respektive Peter Weibel«
    Peter Weibel, »Self-portrait as a young dog« (left), »Self-portrait as a woman« (right), 1967
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Photo: Felix Grünschloß
  • A black and white photo: It shows Valie Export leading Peter Weibel on a leash through a pedestrian zone.
    Peter Weibel, Valie Export, »Aus der Mappe der Hundigkeit«, 1968

    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Photo: Felix Grünschloß
  • A woman is standing in front of a row of tube screens.
    Peter Weibel, »Gesänge des Pluriversums«, 1986–1988

    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Photo: Felix Grünschloß
  • Exhibition view »respektive Peter Weibel«
    Peter Weibel, »Nivea«, 1966
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Photo: Felix Grünschloß
  • Exhibition view »respektive Peter Weibel«
    Peter Weibel, »Video Lumina«, 1977
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Photo: Felix Grünschloß
  • Everything's black and white. On the left side of on the wall are three and a half framed, hanged portraits. In front, on a chair, a stringless violin. In the middle a white curtain separates the room. On the right a tendril-like black structure.
    Peter Weibel, »Wrought iron flower stand«1990, »music exhibition« 2014
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss
  • The photo shows a section of the exhibition »respektive Peter Weibel«, which shows the life's work of the artist and driving force of Viennese Actionism, Peter Weibel.
    Impressions of the exhibition »respektive Peter Weibel«.
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, photo: Tobias Wootton
  • On the left a photo camera. in the middle at eye level a television screen. On the display the inscription: »Ich bin ein Apparat« (I am an apparatus). On the right there is a brown-haired woman, looking at the screen, her back to the viewer.
    Peter Weibel, »Meta-Photographie«, 1989
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss
  • Three photos of vending machines arranged one above the other show Peter Weibel as part of the exhibition »respektive Peter Weibel«.
    Peter Weibel, »Self-portrait as a woman«, 1967
    © Archive Peter Weibel
  • The portrait shows Peter Weibel in the context of the exhibition »respektive Peter Weibel«. In the photo the artist opens his right eye with his fingers.
    Peter Weibel, »Self-portrait as a young dog«, 1967
    © Archive Peter Weibel, Photo: Joseph Tandl
  • The portrait shows Peter Weibel in the context of the exhibition »respektive Peter Weibel«. In the photo, the artist carries a book with his mouth.
    Peter Weibel, »Self-portrait as a young dog«, 1967
    © Archive Peter Weibel, Photo: Joseph Tandl
  • The portrait shows Peter Weibel in the context of the exhibition »respektive Peter Weibel«.
    Peter Weibel, »Self-portrait as a young dog«, 1967
    © Archive Peter Weibel

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