Anna Oppermann Myth and Enlightenment

Mythos und Aufklärung / Myth and Enlightenment, since 1985

inventory number: 57

reference ensembles:
Digitalis purpurea
Goosegirl with rising main -- G.M.M.S

images of the ensemble:

goes back to the set of the play "Leonce und Lena" by Georg Büchner

texts from Anna Oppermann on the ensemble:
[1] [2]

thematic plants:
oleander
grass (lily)
tulip

association triggering objects:
1. A human figure (probably male) made of dark green sugar paste, 5 cm high
2. The rough sketch of a princess (probably female), paper, 8 cm high
3. A round paper table mat with the emblem of a Bochum hotel (designer unknown), diameter 8 cm
4. The rough sketch of a king, paper, 10 cm high
5. Several draft sets and props, models, sketches
6. A goosegirl with rising main: the colour photo of a painting from childhood "The Goosegirl" on a basement wall, with a subsequently mounted rising main
7. The fairy-tale "The Goosegirl" by the Brothers Grimm
8. Photograph of a horse
9. Kürdchen
10. Photograph from the "Digitalis purpurea" reference ensemble
11. "The Emperor's New Clothes"
12. Quotations from "Leonce und Lena", Georg Büchner
13. Quotations on Myth
14. Quotations on Enlightenment
i.a.

public presentations:
Bonner Kunstverein 1987
Galerie Philomene Magers Bonn 1987 (reduction)
Galerie Vorsetzen Hamburg 1987
Villa Merkel Esslingen 1988 (reduction)
Galerie Barbara Gross Munich 1989 (reduction)
Brandts Klaedefabrik Odense/Denmark 1994

	Mythos und Aufklärung / Myth and Enlightenment, since 1985
	inventory number: 57		reference ensembles: Digitalis purpurea Goosegirl with rising main -- G.M.M.S
	images of the ensemble:		goes back to the set of the play "Leonce und Lena" by Georg Büchner

	texts from Anna Oppermann on the ensemble: [1] [2]
	thematic plants: oleander grass (lily) tulip
	association triggering objects: 1. A human figure (probably male) made of dark green sugar paste, 5 cm high 2. The rough sketch of a princess (probably female), paper, 8 cm high 3. A round paper table mat with the emblem of a Bochum hotel (designer unknown), diameter 8 cm 4. The rough sketch of a king, paper, 10 cm high 5. Several draft sets and props, models, sketches 6. A goosegirl with rising main: the colour photo of a painting from childhood "The Goosegirl" on a basement wall, with a subsequently mounted rising main 7. The fairy-tale "The Goosegirl" by the Brothers Grimm 8. Photograph of a horse 9. Kürdchen 10. Photograph from the "Digitalis purpurea" reference ensemble 11. "The Emperor's New Clothes" 12. Quotations from "Leonce und Lena", Georg Büchner 13. Quotations on Myth 14. Quotations on Enlightenment i.a.
	public presentations: Bonner Kunstverein 1987 Galerie Philomene Magers Bonn 1987 (reduction) Galerie Vorsetzen Hamburg 1987 Villa Merkel Esslingen 1988 (reduction) Galerie Barbara Gross Munich 1989 (reduction) Brandts Klaedefabrik Odense/Denmark 1994