RAPHAELA SIMON et al.
Friendship. Nature. Culture. 44 Years of the Daimler Art Collection (group show)
Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
23 October 2021 – 28 August 2022
offline Raphaela Simon’s painting Pfeife II (Pipe II), 2021 is included in the group exhibition Friendship. Nature. Culture. 44 Years of the Daimler Art Collection. Works from the Collection 1920–2021, on view at the Daimler Contemporary in Berlin until 29 May 2022.
This anniversary exhibition looks back on the development of an internationally renowned corporate collection. From over 3,000 artworks in the collection, founded in 1977, about 100 works by ca. 70 artists have been selected. Relating, in a broad sense, to contemporary phenomena in the context of friendship, nature and culture, the artistic works from a period of 100 years form networks and explore the interplay between art and human coexistence.
The exhibition shows a cross-section of the collection’s history from its beginnings in the tradition of South German Modernism, through abstract-minimalist approaches, and further to a current focus on international photography and media art. This multifaceted horizon of art history and the diversity of materials and media reflect the profile of the Daimler Art Collection. At the same time, the orientation towards reduced, conceptual, and minimalist tendencies is perceptible throughout. Another focus of the collection’s development since 2000 has been on works by women artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Daimler Contemporary
RAPHAELA SIMON
Die Nachahmung der Rose (solo show)
Oldenburger Kunstverein
16 February – 21 April 2024
Oldenburger Kunstverein will present a solo show with work by Raphaela Simon. Intended to ‘confront the viewer rather than transport them to another world,’ Simon’s large-format paintings are developed layer upon layer, creating views that give shape to the shadowy images of our imagination. The artist’s fabric sculptures complement her paintings, referring to fundamental questions of space, volume, observation and social interaction.
Oldenburger Kunstverein
RAPHAELA SIMON
Es liebt Dich und Deine Körperlichkeit ein Verwirrter (publication)
Published by Verlag Walther & Franz König, 2023
Design: Thomas Spallek
A catalogue, with German and English texts, has been published to accompany the exhibition Es liebt Dich und Deine Körperlichkeit ein Verwirrter, on view at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf from 10 December 2022 to 19 February 2023. In addition to an introduction by director Gregor Jansen and curator Alicia Holthausen, the catalogue features interviews with the artists, with questions from Questionnaire by Max Frisch (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag 1984).
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RAPHAELA SIMON
Paintings and Sculptures 2012–2022 (publication)
Published by Galerie Max Hetzler, Michael Werner Gallery and Hannah Hoffman Gallery
Text by Chloe Stead
This book, jointly published by Galerie Max Hetzler, Michael Werner Gallery and Hannah Hoffman Gallery, features paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by Raphaela Simon from 2012 to 2021, as well as a text by Chloe Stead and conversation with the artist. The book is now available for purchase on the Galerie Max Hetzler publications website.
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