Julia Stoschek Collection : Number Six

Philipp Fürnkäs, Julia Stoschek, Benny Höhne, Monika Lahrkamp, Marlen Lienkamp

A 'love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration,' is how writer Susan Sontag described the concept of 'camp', which forms the red thread running through this exhibition from the JULIA STOSCHEK COLLECTION. 'Camp' is an exaggerated kind of perception that emerged in the course of aestheticism and dandyism. 'Camp' first came into being at the turn of the 20th century and peaked in the 1950s and 1960s. A key starting point for the exhibition, and one of immense historical importance, is the work of US underground artist, performer and filmmaker Jack Smith (born in 1932. Died in 1989); his scandal-sparking film FLAMING CREATURES (1962-63) is the source of the title of the new presentation. Jack Smith's oeuvre strongly inspired an entire generation of artists such as Andy Warhol, Robert Wilson, Cindy Sherman, John Waters and Mike Kelley. Without him, 'Camp', Punk and...