Centenary of the Collection. Twenty Years of the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart Double Cheese Platter
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Artwork by Anton Stankowski with various colours and patterns.

Double Cheese Platter: Centenary of the Collection. Twenty Years of the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart

In 1925, works from the City of Stuttgart art collection, then called the Städtische Gemäldesammlung (Municipal Painting Collection), were shown to the public for the first time in the Villa Berg. As the Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart (Stuttgart City Gallery), the collection was on display for many years in the Kunstgebäude, before finally moving in 2005 to a new building constructed especially for it at the Schlossplatz. 

To mark this double anniversary, the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart is presenting an exhibition featuring solely works from its own collection—including numerous acquisitions and donations from recent years. 

The exhibition was inspired by and takes its title from Dieter Roth’s monumental food picture “Doube Cheese Platter.” It consists of various types of cheese whose surface structure soon changed due to decomposition and mold processes. The work quickly grew—and matured. In his use of perishable materials, Roth’s piece poses programmatic questions about the production, reception, and momentum of art. This is precisely where the current exhibition has its point of departure: what does the municipal collection look like after a century? What sort of maturation processes does the collecting of art undergo? How does its perception and authority change over the years? 

Structured into seven thematic rooms that bear the individual signatures of the Kunstmuseum’s curators, the exhibition highlights both the historical context of the collection and its relevance to today’s real-life issues. The juxtaposition of works that have not been on view for a long time, if ever, with recent donations and new acquisitions, creates a fascinating display. 

Admission is free of charge for the entire duration of the exhibition. 

Artists

Frank Ahlgrimm, Albrecht/d., atelierJAK, Yael Bartana, Tim Berresheim, Gerda Brodbeck, Andrea Büttner, Otto Dix, Karl Duschek, Simone Eisele, Dietrich Fricker, Peter Granser, Dana Greiner, Vivian Greven, Susanne Hofmann, Christian Jankowski, Anne Marie Jehle, Ida Kerkovius, Fritz Lang, Josephine Meckseper, Markus Oehlen, Dieter Roth, K.R.H. Sonderborg, Anton Stankowski, Kara Walker, Ina Weber, Ben Willikens, Lambert Maria Wintersberger, André Wischnewski, Sonja Yakovleva, Haegue Yang, Hannah Zenger

Artwork by Anton Stankowski with various colours and patterns.
Anton Stankowski, SEL-Zeichen, 1958
Room in the anniversary exhibition with only works by Anton Stankowski in a dense and meter-high hanging
Works by Anton Stankowski
Artwork Doppelkäseplatte by Dieter Roth
Dieter Roth, Double Cheese Platter [Doppelkäseplatte], around 1968
Photo of the Villa Berg
Villa Berg, Eastside
Painting by Hermann Pleuer showing a woman at a river
Hermann Pleuer, At the Neckar, 1898
Two works by Gerda Brodbeck in the anniversary exhibition, a woman in front looks at the works
Gerda Brodbeck, Untitled, 1998–2000; Untitled, 2006–2007
Room view of the anniversary exhibition with works by Ida Kerkovius, Dana Greiner and Markus Oehlen
Ida Kerkovius, Symphonic Composition, 1957; Dana Greiner, Jamais-vu [Never seen], 2022–2023; Markus Oehlen, The Ride of the Seven Hookers—That Was My Century, 1999
Artwork by Markus Oehlen
Markus Oehlen, Untitled, 2005
A couple sits in front of an illuminated glass window designed by the artist Ida Kerkovius
Ida Kerkovius, Glass window for the Stuttgart Social Welfare Office, 1951
Plastik von Anne Marie Jehle
Anne Marie Jehle, Untitled, without year
View with paper cuttings by Sonja Yakovleva
Sonja Yakovleva, Panties, 2022–2023
Installation view of Kara Walker's work
Kara Walker, For the Benefit of all the Races of Mankind (Mosʼ Specially the Master One, Boss) An Exhibition of Artifacts, Remnants, and Effluvia EXCAVATED from the Black Heart of a Negress IV, 2002
Digitally generated image by Tim Berresheim
Tim Berresheim, Red Blue III, 2007
Interactive sound object by the artist Haegue Yang
Haegue Yang, Sonic Rotating Triovular Geometric Triplets – Copper and Silver #17, 2021
Painting by Vivian Greven with the title Ico II
Vivian Greven, Ico II, 2019
Photograph by Peter Granser showing a pool in which two people are floating
Peter Granser, Couple in the Pool (Sun City), 2001

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Anton Stankowski Conversation projekt

A joint project between the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart and the Wüstenrot Foundation has enabled 110 paintings and 78 prints from the estate of Anton Stankowski (1906–1998) to be restored and conserved. A selection can be seen in the exhibition "Double Cheese Platter". The aim is to preserve and secure this culturally significant collection in the long term. The project is part of the Wüstenrot Foundation’s “Cultural Assets in Archives and Museums” program. 

To provide the public with an insight into the work of conservators and Stankowski’s artistic approach, the restoration work was accompanied by a film crew.

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