Meet the USA
Exhibitions & Events featuring American Art and Artists in Germany
April 23, 2008
Evolution of a Friendship. Selected Documents on the German American Relations
The "Deutsche Atlantische Gesellschaft" invites to an exhibition of "Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt"
18:00, Vertretung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen beim Bund, Hiroshimastraße 12-16, 10785 Berlin more (pdf)
April 8, 2008
Spring Concert of the Jackson
Choir leader: Mr.Todd Chandler
Organ: Mr. Terry Lowry
19:30, Französischer Dom, Berlin-Mitte more
March 28-July 4, 2008
Secret Games - Wendy Ewald
With »Secret Games« the Gallery Parrotta presents the first exhibition of the 1951 born American photographer, conceptual and video artist Wendy Ewald in
February 10-May 25, 2008
Stiftung Niedersachsen's «Spectrum» International Prize for Photography 2008: Helen Levitt
To mark the 2008 »Spectrum« Prize, the Sprengel Museum Hannover will be showing for the first time in Europe the most comprehensive exhibition to date of Helen Levitt's (*1913) great American Phototgraphs. more
February 8-April 27, 2008
Mark Rothko Retrospective
Mark Rothko is one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century. He is famous for his mostly large-format paintings with their horizontally-layered colour planes. Nowadays these meditative abstractions are seen as synonyms of Abstract Expressionism. Under the catching headline New York School, American Abstract Expressionist Art takes over the leading role in the world of arts at the same time that America becomes a leading economical and political world power. more
February 7-17, 2008
58th Berlin International Film Festival
The world premiere of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese’s film “Shine A Light” was selected to open the Berlinale 2008. The eight member international jury includes American sound designer and three-time Oscar winner Walter Murch. In 2004, Murch was a mentor at the Berlinale Talent Campus. more
January 20 - May 18, 2008
Robert Indiana at Museum Wiesbaden
The focus of the exhibition is on Indiana's work of the 1960s through the 1980s. Indiana, who is also known as the "American painter of signs" is best known for his "LOVE" theme, which is shown in the exhibit in various forms, one being in Hebrew. For the first time in Europe, Museum Wiesbaden is able to show Indiana's complete ensemble "Numbers", 10 sculptures showing the numbers 0-9 with a height of about two meters. The ensemble stands at the center of the show. more
December 19, 2007 - February 8, 2008
Urbanizing the Mojave Desert: Las Vegas
The exhibition documents through sixty images many of the recent transitions encountered throughout Las Vegas and the adjoining valleys. Unlike most presentations of the city since the seminal "Learning from Las Vegas", this material avoids the spectacle of the Strip. more
November 2, 2007 - November 2, 2008
World Events. Masterpieces in reportage photography by Associated Press
On the occasion of the ”50 Years of the Saarland” anniversary, the Völklinger Hütte World Cultural Heritage Site is presenting world events from the last 50 years in 72 large-scale photographs. These important historical documents were taken by the best photographers and Pulitzer prizewinners from the Associated Press (AP), the world’s oldest news agency. AP has won 48 Pulitzer prizes for photography, more than any other news agency in the world. more
October 20, 2007 - May 12, 2008
Duane Hanson - Sculptures of the American Dream
Duane Hanson (1925-1996) is one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century indebted to Expressionism. His synthetic, life-size figures are lifelike in every detail and are all directly cast from human models. Hanson was influenced by Pop Art and took his subjects from American everyday life. Housewives, construction workers, waitresses, car salesmen, caretakers, middle and lower class Americans are the models for his sculptures. more
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