Cocker Spaniel and Other Tools for International Understanding, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, 26 October 2009 – 10 January 2010; Ursula Blickle Foundation, Kraichtal-Unterowisheim, 6 September – 11 October 2009
Curated by Dr Dirk Luckow, the exhibition addresses the complexity of the history and the character of the dog with a special focus on contemporary art. It examines the complex significance of the dog as a pedigree pet, hunting hound, and work animal. The works on display give a multifaceted and almost poetic look at the relationship between man and dog and thus also the role and interpretation of the dog in art. Longhurst gave the closing talk of the exhibition with a personal response to other artworks.
Artists: Eija-Lisa Ahtila, Christop Amberger, Carl Frederik Bartsh, Georg Baselitz, Cosima von Bonin, Pierre Bonnard, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Martin Eder, Tracey Emin, Valie Export/ Peter Weibel, Erik Fischl, Lucian Freud, Paul Garrin, Ulrich Gebert, Anthony Gormley, Tue Greenfort, Johann Friedrich Grooth, Thomas Grünfeld, Wenzel Hablik, Duane Hanson, Jochem Hendriks, David Hockney, Jörg Immendorff, Alfred Jacquemart, Anna Jermolaewa, Marta Klonowska, Oleg Kulik, Annika Larsson, Max Liebermann, Jo Longhurst, Nicolaes Maes, Peter Nagel, Constantin Netscher, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Martin Parr, Diego Perrone, Cathie Pilkington, Christian Rohlfs, Bojan Šarcevic, Erik Schmidt, Norbert Schwontkowski, Frans Snyders, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Rosemary Trockel, Wilhelm Trübner, Vladimir Tyulkin, Lucie Valore, William Wegman, Hans Wimmer, Johannes Eduard Wolff, and Santiago Ydáñez.
Work exhibited: Twelve dogs, Twelve bitches, 24 photographs on aluminium; I know what you’re thinking, 4 photographs on mdf
Catalogue: [in German] Cocker Spaniel and Other Tools for International Understanding, Kunsthalle zu Kiel and Ursula Blickle Foundation, edited by DIrk Luckow, including contextual essays by Katharina von der Leyen, Feridun Zaimoglu, Julia Schönfeld, Wolfgang Wipperman, Dörte Zbikowski, Ingo Schulze, and Erika Billeter: Dumont, Köln ISBN 978-3-8321-9267-9