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draught vessels prove that the nobility cultivated exquisite dining customs. Technical glass vessels and ceramics found at the castle point to the existence of an alchemical laboratory. 26 20 th Century Archaeology Archaeological preservation entails documenting, salvaging and preserving the remains of even the most recent past. This may be surprising to those who associate archaeology with excavating sites of antiquity rather than World War II bunkers. Yet despite the comprehensive documentation available on the history of the 20 th century, archaeological excavations may still serve to clarify individual aspects and events. Hoffmann's Tales-Recollections of a Well-Known Pub in Berlin Until it was destroyed in a bomb attack at the end of 1944, the wine pub ‘Lutter & Wegner’ - established in 1811 and made famous by the opera ‘Hoffmann's Tales’ - was situated on the corner of Französische Strasse and Charlottenstrasse. The property was left vacant until 1993, when archaeological excavations were to determine whether historical building fragments still existed under the surface. A cellar was uncovered in which the remains of an overturned and burned shelf was found containing dishes, glasses and cutlery carrying the name of the restaurant. These artifacts, carrying the mark of the firebombs, are the last material witness to this well-known site. Concentration Camps - Traces of A Dark Time The tendency to suppress unpleasant historical facts or even wipe them completely from collective memory is a widespread phenomena. Except for a few which were later established as memorials, the infamous concentration camps were all bulldozed after the war. As a result, archaeologists must treated them like sites of a very distant past. Because of construction work, in the year 2000 archaeological research had to be undertaken at Rathenow in Brandenburg, where between 1944 and 1945 the Sachsenhausen concentration camp had built an outpost. Prisoners interned there were put to work at the ARADO-works, which produced military aircrafts. One of the many small artifacts found at the excavation site is an interesting aluminum box belonging to a prisoner, in which his name and prison number was scratched. Especially impressive are other aluminum containers that prisoners risked their lives to produce by smuggling the metal plate they needed from the aircraft works. 28
Preview 2003 / 2004 subject to alteration Paul Klee in the Rhineland 07.03.2003 – 09.06.2003 Herbarium der Blicke 04.04.2003 – 29.06.2003 Selection of Works by Members of Deutscher Künstlerbund (Artists Association of Germany) Tony Cragg – Signs of Life 23.05.2003 – 05.10.2003 Press conference, 22.05.2003, 11:00 a.m. From May 23rd, 2003, 20 large sculptures by the British sculptor Tony Cragg will enliven the roof garden of the Art and Exhibition Hall during the summer. Outdoor sculptures from the years 1999 – 2003 are featured in the presentation, displaying the outstanding versatility of this artist, who has worked in a great variety of different materials and subjects. After thirty years of working in the field of sculpture, Tony Cragg is recognized today as one of the most significant sculptors of our time. His works are based on an understanding and knowledge of the organic character of our world. In a variety of ways they merge aspects of nature, science and art. Tony Cragg’s sculptures are formally diverse, but always very lively. They evoke images or make images disappear, their skin is permeable, their bodies are highly sensual. A presentation of small sculptures and works on paper related to the outdoor works will permit closer insights into Cragg’s fascinating sculptural world. On the occasion of the exhibition, a comprehensive monograph will be published in association with the Richter Verlag, Düsseldorf. This book will contain 500 illustrations of the artist’s various bodies of work. It is organized in 8 sections, each introduced by a text from the artist. An anthology of critical writings on Tony Cragg by 20 international writers from 1981 - 2002 – amongst them Germano Celant, Thomas McEvilley, Peter Schjeldahl, Lynne Cooke, Carla Schulz-Hoffmann, Demosthenes Davvetas, Ulrich Wilmes and Danilo Eccher – illuminates the complex interrelations of this outstanding oeuvre and its cultural context. Soul and Beauty of Japan 29.08.2003 – 26.10.2003 Masterpieces from the Tokyo National Museum The Great Collections Press conference, 28.08.2003, 11:00 a.m. The artistic identity of Japan was formed essentially during the Muromachi and Momoyama periods, from the 15th to the early 17th centuries. From the highly cultivated lifestyle of the shoguns and the samurai / bushi, the noblemen and the warlords, a unique aesthetics emerges. It manifests itself in architecture, painting, and sculpture, but also in weapons, ceramics and the “way of tea” and the Noh-theatre with their manifold accessories. The exhibition visualizes the complexity of this golden age of Japanese art with important objects from the collection of the Tokyo National Museum and with reconstructions of traditional tea-rooms and a shoin study room. The tensions between a concept of indirect, discreet beauty – yugen – and magnificent splendour – kenran – between rural and urban life, between the intimacy of a tea ceremony and the public splendour of a noble residence permit intriguing new insights into the great tradition of the art of Japan. Aztecs 26.09.2003 – 11.01.2004 Press conference, 25.09.2003, 11:00 a.m. 29
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