Julia Stoschek

This extensive publication documents new works acquired for the Julia Stoschek Collection in recent years as well as site-specific interventions in its exhibition space. Rather than a thematic concept, the forty-four works by thirty-five artists follow various content-related threads that reflect topical themes of contemporary art. The title, "Cities of Gold and Mirrors", not only refers to the film by Cyprien Gaillard, but is also a metaphor for a confrontation with sociopolitical questions concerning urban development and urbanism, along with the relationship between human beings and architecture as well as their personal desires and vanities.0Exhibition: Julia Stoschek Collection, Du sseldorf, Germany (2.7.2011-7.2012). 0.

Cities of Gold and Mirrors

Number Five

Derek Jarman

Phillip Furnkas

The British painter, film-maker, set designer and author Derek Jarman is well-known to a wide audience, particularly as the director of distinctive films and music videos. Less widely known, yet a decisive part of his oeuvre, are the Super 8 films that Jarman made in the 1970s and 80s. Recorded from the subjective-personal perspective of his handheld camera, the staged compositions convey Jarman's artistic position, in which life and art constantly, and naturally, connect with one another. The stills from Derek Jarman's Super 8 films are published here as a series for the first time. I believe that we need a cinema that includes more of what is called 'self indulgent' and less of theory. We would have a much more vibrant cinema if people actually explored who they were. (Derek Jarman) English and German text.

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