BERLIN.- Anna Oppermann (1940–1993) is the author of a large body of work that awaits rediscovery. The Bundeskunsthalle has organized the first comprehensive retrospective of the rich and complex oeuvre by the German conceptual artist. Interest in Oppermann’s work has grown in recent years, and the opening of her solo exhibition exhibition incorporates the latest insights.

A Retroperspective at the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn! The exhibition, curated by Susanne Kleine and Anna Schäffler, was realized in cooperation and in close exchange with Galerie Barbara Thumm and the estate of Anna Oppermann runs until April 1, 2024.

Anna Oppermann (1940-1993) left behind a large body of work that needs to be rediscovered. The Bundeskunsthalle has set itself the task of organizing the first comprehensive retrospective of the rich and complex oeuvre of the German conceptual artist. The results of the research that has been carried out in recent years will also be incorporated into the retrospective.

As a key figure in German conceptual art from the 1960s onwards, Oppermann was in constructive exchange with artists of her time. Through her participation in documenta 6 and 8 in Kassel, among others, she became known in an international context early on. The term "ensemble", which she coined in the early 1970s for her process-based arrangements, encompasses both the installed work and the underlying method. The ensembles of notes, drawings, photographs, printed matter and objects demonstrate her radical understanding of a work: it is open and dialogical, and the process is part of the work. Language is an essential component of the ensembles alongside the pictorial parts of the work.

Exuberant, complex, but also smaller assemblages, rhizome-like constellations allow an immersion in Anna Oppermann's search for and securing of traces.

Galerie Barbara Thumm
Anna Oppermann: A Retroperspective
December 13th, 2023 - April 1st, 2024