ARTIST TALK
Bjørn Melhus
CAN YOU SEE MY ART?
21/03/2019 – 6.30 p.m.
Pinakothek der Moderne | Auditorium
The German Norvegian artist, born in 1966 and living in Berlin, is the only most successfull and well-known filming artists in Germany who consistently combines social criticism with ironically grotesque stagings.
By exploiting the history of pop culture, mass media and cinema in his short films, he celebrates a unique balance between pessimistic melancholia and hysterical humour. With a very personal signature – Melhus plays all parts himself. Winner of many awards at festivals such as Oberhausen or institutional honors as the German Filmpreis, he has been incarnating many heroes of the Western mass culture, from James Dean or Jim Morrison to Marylin Monroe, Janis Joplin or the philosopher of capitalism Ayn Rand.
For the “Interlude” he presents his most recent works and gives an insight into his film SUGAR, which is still in production. In his talk he will also deal with the relationship of film and installation.
Website Bjørn Melhus
Moderated by Bernhart Schwenk (Curator of Contemporary Art at the Pinakothek der Moderne)
Free admission