Arthur Koepcke
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exhibition history
- Barbara Wien Berlin
'Arthur Köpcke Bilder Bücher Filme' (November 11, 2004-February 2005).
- Phoenix Kulturstiftung Hamburg

'Art and Politics. Erró, Fahlström, Köpcke, Lebel' (May 10, 2003-February 15, 2004). The exhibition travelled to the Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen (February 21-April 30, 2005), the Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig (December 11, 2005-February 26, 2006), the Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz (April 8-June 5, 2006).
- [catalogue] Claus Mewes (ed.), Art and politics : Erró, Fahlström, Köpcke, Lebel ; Phoenix Art 2003, Phoenix Kulturstiftung, Sammlung Falckenberg, 10. Mai 2003 - 15. Februar 2004 ... / texts Harald Falckenberg, Roberto Ohrt, Waltraud Brodersen and Jean Jacques Lebel (Christians : Hamburg 2003).
- Hamburger Kunsthalle
'Arthur Köpcke - Art is Work is Art - Retrospektive', Hamburger Kunsthalle (26.09. – 30.11.2003). Exhibition curator Marvin Altner.
- [catalogue] Marvin Altner (Hrsg.), Art is work is art. Arthur Köpcke zum 75. Geburtstag / mit Beitr. von Marvin Altner und Susanne Rennert (Hamburger-Kunsthalle : Hamburg 2003). Reviewed by C. Herstatt for Kunstforum International Band 167 (2003) and in Das Kunst-Bulletin nr. 1-2 (Zürich 2004) 56.
- Galerie und Edition Hundertmark Köln.
- Kunstraum München München
'Arthur Køpcke - Retrospektive' (1996).
- Galerie Aurel Scheibler Köln
'Arthur Köpcke – Retrospektive' (1996).
- Barbara Wien Berlin
'Arthur Köpcke - begreifen erleben' (November 29-December 1994) [publication].
- Galerie Berndt + Krips Köln
'Arthur "Addi" Köpcke' (January 23-March 7, 1990).
- [catalogue] Arthur "Addi" Köpcke (Berndt Kunstverlag : Köln 1990).
- Galerie des Beaux-Arts Brussels
'Cadere, Köpcke, Palermo' (Septembre 1987).
- [catalogue] Cadere, Köpcke, Palermo. Septembre 1987 = September 1987 (Galerie des Beaux-Arts : Bruxelles 1987).
- DAAD Galerie Berlin
"Arthur Köpcke - Bilder und Stücke" at the Daadgalerie, Berlin (12 December 1987-24 January 1988).
Other exhibition venues: Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund (15 February-10 April 1988), the Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague (Autumn 1988) and the Kunsthalle Kiel (Autumn 1989).
- [catalogue] Arthur Köpcke. Bilder und Stücke / [Hrsg. Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD und Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund; Katalog, René Block] (DAAD Galerie etc. : Berlin 1987).
- Aarhus Kunstmuseum Aarhus
'Fra Galerie Køpcke til i dag'. Exhibition of works by Addi Køpcke and others owned by the Aarhus Kunstmuseum (June 6-August 15, 1982).
- [catalogue] Fra Galerie Køpcke til i dag. En linie i dansk nutidskunst og dens udenlandske relationer / Kristian Jakobsen. Aarhus Kunstmuseum billedbog 2 (Aarhus Kunstmuseum : Aarhus 1982).
- Galerie René Block Berlin
'Arthur Koepcke. Continue ... ' () [edition].
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The exhibition at the Hamburger Kunsthalle unites examples of all of Köpcke’s ways of working and thinking in the period between the early 1960s and the mid-70s. His artistic treatment of images from glossy magazines, advertising and television is particularly topical when viewed from today’s perspective with the widespread modification of everyday life by high technology. Köpcke focused all his attention on the media images and consumer goods of the time. This engenders a new respect for things that would otherwise be given only a fleeting glance; mass-produced articles that are cheaply acquired, quickly worn-out and then often thoughtlessly thrown away, are transformed by Köpcke into collages and montages and – following in the Dada tradition – given greater value in the artwork. "fill: with own imagination" was Köpcke’s motto, one which to this day invites the viewer to encounter art and everyday life in an inventive, creative manner.
- The exhibition features around 40 works on paper, paintings, sculptures and objects. It will subsequently be shown in the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf (14.12.2003 - 07.03.2004) and the Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel (27.03-2.05.2004).