Anna & Bernhard Blume
Anna & Bernhard Blume Spiritistische Sequenzen
3 Dec 2016—14 Jan 2017

Anna & Bernhard Blume Spiritistische Sequenzen

3 Dec 2016—14 Jan 2017
Buchmann Box
Press release

The Buchmann Galerie is pleased to present the exhibition Spiritistische Sequenzen by Anna & Bernhard Blume

 

The exhibition concentrates on an important series of the artists called "Spiritistische Sequenzen", 1974 - 1989, which investigates the representation of the supernatural in photography where "everyday objects seem to be endowed with supernatural powers. A table begins to turn, the dresser falls over, plates start flying, a vase begins to levitate slowly, bodies start to contort" (Clément Chéroux on Anna et Bernhard Blume, La photographie transcendantale at Centre Pompidou, Paris).

 

Anna & Bernhard Blume where working as a collaborative couple since the mid 1970's. Anna Blume was born 1937 in Bork, North-Rhine/Westfalia, Germany and lives and works in Cologne; Bernhard Blume was born 1937 in Dortmund, Germany, and died 2011 in Cologne. They studied together at the Staatlichen Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in the 1960s, but didn’t exhibit their joint work until 1977, at documenta VI (1977). Most recently their work was featured in a solo exhibition at the Pompidou. Other venues that have presented exhibitions dedicated to their work include Künstlerhaus, Stuttgart (1984), Kunsthalle Basel (1987), Museum of Modern Art, New York (1989), Wiener Secession, Vienna (1993), Milwaukee Art Museum (1996; exhibition travelled to Joslyn Art Museum, Nebraska and Busch-Reisinger Museum and Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University), among many others. In 2000 they were awarded the prestigious Berliner Kunstpreis.

 

December 3, 2016 to January 14, 2017

Buchmann Box, Charlottenstrasse 75, Berlin, Germany.

For details, visit: www.Buchmanngalerie.com

Anna & Bernhard Blume

Anna & Bernhard Blume

Anna Blume

Born 1937 in Bork/ Westfalen. Died 2020 in Cologne.

 

Bernhard Johannes Blume

Born 1937 in Dortmund. Died 2011 in Cologne.

Education

Anna Blume

1960 - 1965 Studied art at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1966 - 1986   Taught art at various schools in Dusseldorf and Cologne

 

Bernhard Johannes Blume

1960 - 1965 Studied art at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
1967 - 1971 Studied philosophy at Universität Köln
1971 - 1986 Taught art and philosophy at a grammar school in Cologne
1987 - 2011 Professor of Fine and Applied Arts at Hochschule für Bildende Künste HfbK Hamburg

Grants and Awards

2000 “Berliner Kunstpreis - Jubiläumsstiftung 1814/1948”, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
1988 Erster Kölner Video-Kunst-Preis
1987 Kunstpreis der Glockengasse, Köln

Solo Exhibitions

2017
2016
2015
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1984
1982

Group Exhibitions

2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1992
1991
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1980
1977
Selected Collections
Germany
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Art Collection Deutsche Börse
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
Museum Ostwall, Dortmund
MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg
Kunstpalais Erlangen, Erlangen
Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Sprengel Museum, Hannover
ZKM Karlsruhe
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst (GfZK), Leipzig
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
 
Austria
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig (MUMOK), Vienna
 
Canada
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
 
France
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
FRAC - Basse-Normandie, Caen
 
Switzerland
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
 
USA
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, CA