Self-portrait, 1971

ArtistWolf Vostell, Leverkusen 1932–1998 Berlin

EditorRené Block, Velbert *1942

DepictedWolf Vostell, Leverkusen 1932–1998 Berlin

Screen print (black, lacquer black) on cardboard

Sheet dimensions21 × 23 cm

Status

on display, room 032.2

About the workThe Leverkusen artist Wolf Vostell turned his face into a biographical map, revealing his ties to locations such as Paris, Berlin and New York. In 1971, this self-portrait was included in the "Capitalist Realism" catalogue alongside those of five other artists. Inspired by the art action organised by Gerhard Richter and Konrad Lueg in a Düsseldorf furniture store in 1963 under the title "Living with Pop – A Demonstration for Capitalist Realism", the West Berlin gallery owner René Block turned this slogan into a socially critical artistic brand.

Accession Kemp Collection Foundation 2016

Provenance[...]; 2016 Stiftung Sammlung Kemp im Kunstpalast erworben durch Schenkung Willi Kemp (Köln 1927 - 2020 Düsseldorf)

Inventory numberKemp 1792

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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