With his Edition Block, gallery owner René Block created an instrument for the "democratisation and socialisation of the art market" in Berlin in 1966. The 122 editions published by his gallery include milestones such as the sculpture "The Thinker" (1976/78) by Korean media artist Nam June Paik, well-known multiples by Joseph Beuys such as "Schlitten" (1969) and "Filzanzug" (1970), the expansive object "Hubwagen" (2012/13) by Alicja Kwade, after which the exhibition is named, as well as several graphic portfolios with contributions by international artists.
Block, who worked primarily as a curator of large survey exhibitions during the 1980s and 1990s, was artistic director of the Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel from 1997 to 2006.
The current exhibition is a tribute to René Block, who grew up in Goch, for his extensive and ongoing commitment to international contemporary art and Joseph Beuys in particular and is a collaboration between the three Lower Rhine art museums Museum Schloss Moyland, Museum Kurhaus Kleve and Museum Goch.
Artists: Marina Abramović, Joseph Beuys, KP Brehmer, Bazon Brock, Marcel Broedthaers, John Cage, Henning Christiansen, Marcel Duchamp, Richard Hamilton, Erwin Heerich, Dick Higgins, Allan Kaprow, On Kawara, Alicja Kwade, Nam June Paik, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Wolf Vostell and others
Combined ticket
The ticket for all three exhibitions costs €16, reduced €9.
The admission ticket can be used once throughout the entire exhibition period (23 March - 8 September 2024) in all houses and is not limited to a visit to the "Three Pallet Trucks" exhibition.
It is still possible to purchase individual tickets.
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Exhibition catalogue
Three Pallet trucks and a sheet of paper. René Block Editions 1966-2022 Complete catalogue
The exhibition catalogue contains contributions by Hubertus Butin, Michael Glasmeier, Birgit Eusterschulte, Eva Scharrer and Katrin Seemann, among others.
Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 2023
The hardcover catalogue with 352 pages, 676 mostly colour illustrations, some of which are full or double-page, is available in the museum shop at a price of €44.
Gallery
Sunah Choi, Karo, 2020 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024 Foto: Uwe Walter
Sigmar Polke, Wochenendhaus, 1967 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Šejla Kamerić, Frei, 2005 Foto: Nils Klinger
Richard Hamilton, The Critic Laughs, 1968-1971 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024 Foto: Uwe Walter
Marina Abramovic, Count on us, 2005 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024 Foto: Nils Klinger
Mariana Vassileva, The Origin Of Ending, 2015/2016 Foto: Uwe Walter
Marcel Broodthaers, The Manuscript, 1974 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024 Foto: Uwe Walter
KH Hödicke, Römisches Meer Brandung, 1968 Foto: Uwe Walter
Gülsün Karamustafa, Vulnerable, 2017 Foto: Uwe Walter
Bernhard Höke, Anti-Spray, 1967 Foto: Uwe Walter
KH Hödicke, Ponte Vecchio, 1972 Foto: Uwe Walter
En Bloc, 1969-72
Wolf Vostell, Klammerbuch, 1966 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024 Foto: Uwe Walter