Heike Weber, Glück, 2014
5 Lichtschläuche à 50 m auf Stahlkonstruktion, 290 x 145 cm
Im Besitz der Künstlerin © 2024 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

(Translated from the original German)

GLÜCKLICHE TAGE
An exhibition by the Art History Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum
in the Museum unter Tage Bochum Weitmar

Based on Samuel Beckett’s play of the same name from 1960, the exhibition GLÜCKLICHE TAGE (Happy Days)  in the Museum unter Tage, Bochum, asks about forms of happiness under difficult conditions. A total of 12 artists present around 15 works of film, photography, painting and sculptural positions as well as installations. Works are shown that reflect experiences of happiness or think about happiness and were partly created in the context of experiences of war or repression. The spectrum of the works on display ranges from 1970 to the present.

Represented in the exhibition are: Yevgenia Belorusets (*1980, Kyiv), Rui Chafes (*1966, Lisbon), Tamara Eckhardt (*1995, Berlin), Nan Goldin (*1953, Washington DC), Barbara Hammer (Los Angeles 1939–2019 New York City), Carsten Höller (*1961, Brussels), Ken Lum (*1956, Vancouver), Johanna von Monkiewitsch (*1979, Rome), Yoko Ono (*1933, Tokyo), Felix Gonzalez-Torres (Guáimaro, Cuba 1957–1996 Miami), Heike Weber (*1962, Siegen) and Stefan Wissel (*1960, Hamburg).

The curator of the exhibition is Prof. Dr. Markus Heinzelmann, Chair of Museum Practice with a focus on international contemporary art, Art History Institute, Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), with the assistance of students of the Art History Institute.