Katharina Sieverding Meets Joseph Beuys at Schloss Moyland
The Museum Schloss Moyland, located in Bedburg-Hau, North Rhine-Westphalia, showcases an exchange between Katharina Sieverding and her mentor Joseph Beuys, steering clear of a traditional master-student framework. In 1967, Sieverding transitioned from costume and stage design studies in Teo Otto's class at Kunsthochschule Düsseldorf to Beuys's class, motivated by a tumultuous dress rehearsal at the Salzburg Festival and the tragic shooting of student Benno Ohnesorg. The exhibition includes Sieverding's "Love and Peace from Katharina" (1972) alongside Beuys's "We Are the Revolution" (1972). Curated by Alexander Grönert and Antje-Britt Mählmann, it also displays 30 previously unseen sketches from 1963-1967, with a second section highlighting anthropophagy, featuring Sieverding's installation "G.Z. I-VI" (2002) alongside Beuys's drawings.
Key facts
- Katharina Sieverding left Teo Otto's class at the Kunsthochschule Düsseldorf in 1967 to join Joseph Beuys's class
- The exhibition takes place at Museum Schloss Moyland in Bedburg-Hau, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Curator Alexander Grönert co-curated with Antje-Britt Mählmann and Sieverding's children Orson and Pola
- Around 30 costume and stage design sketches from 1963 to 1967 are shown publicly for the first time
- The stairwell pairs Sieverding's "Love and Peace from Katharina" (1972) with Beuys's "We Are the Revolution (La Rivoluzione siamo Noi)" (1972)
- Beuys's "Grassello, CA(OH)2 + H2O" (1981) is shown opposite Sieverding's "Grossfoto III/1975"
- A second section in the exhibition hall focuses on anthropophagy and includes Sieverding's installation "G.Z. I-VI" (2002)
- Sieverding's "Transformer" series of 1973/74 overlays the face of her partner Klaus Mettig
Entities
Artists
- Katharina Sieverding
- Joseph Beuys
- Teo Otto
- Benno Ohnesorg
- Alexander Grönert
- Antje-Britt Mählmann
- Orson Sieverding
- Pola Sieverding
- Klaus Mettig
- Caspar David Friedrich
Institutions
- Museum Schloss Moyland
- Kunsthochschule Düsseldorf
- Salzburger Festspiele
- Studio Sieverding
- Monopol
Locations
- Bedburg-Hau
- Germany
- Düsseldorf
- Salzburg
- Austria
- Rome
- Italy
- North Rhine-Westphalia