Barbara Wagner

Melitta Kliege

Staatliche Kunsthalle (Baden-Baden)

Neues Museum (Nuremberg, Germany)

Thomas Schütte

Matthias Winzen

Nicht erst seit dem letzten Jahr, mit der Auszeichnung des Goldenen Löwen der Biennale von Venedig, wird Thomas Schütte als einer der wichtigsten zeitgenössischen deutschen Künstler gesehen, vielmehr genießt er mit seinem vielschichtigen Werk schon seit Abschluß in Gerhard Richters Düsseldorfer Akademieklasse weltweit größtes Interesse. Das mag an seiner überraschenden Art liegen, wie er die unterschiedlichen Medien Skulptur, Installation, Fotografie, Zeichnung, Aquarell, bis hin zur Radierung nutzt, einsetzt und miteinander verbindet, könnte aber auch mit seiner künstlerischen Auffassung zusammenhängen. So sagt er in einem Interview über aquarellierte Blumenmotive: ”Blumen malen - das muß man gemacht haben! Das macht so eine Freude. Es macht vor allem Freude, wenn man allein damit ist, es ist wie ein Gitarrensolo. Da freuen sich die Mutter, die Kinder, alle freuen sich. Man kann noch etwas draufschreiben wie >Kapitulationcapitulation

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Richard Artschwager

Dramatic advances in life expectancy mean that today's retirees must plan on livinginto their eighties, their nineties, and even beyond. Longer life expectancies are the symbol of aprosperous society, but this progress also means that some retirees will need to plan conservativelyand cut back substantially on their living standards or risk living so long that they exhaust theirresources. This book examines the role that life annuities can play in helping people protectthemselves against such outcomes.A life annuity is an insurance product that pays out a periodicamount for as long as the annuitant is alive, in exchange for a premium. The book begins with ahistory of life annuity markets during the twentieth century in the United States and elsewhere. Itthen explores recent trends in annuity pricing and money's worth, as well as the economic valuegenerated for purchasers of these products. The book explains the potential importance ofinflation-protected annuities and stock-market-linked variable annuities in providing more completeretirement security. The concluding chapters examine life annuities in various institutionalsettings and the tax treatment of annuity products.

Richard Artschwager : up and across : Neues Museum Nürnberg, [7. September-18. November 2001] : Serpentine Gallery, London, [12. Dezember 2001-10. Februar 2002] : MAK, Wien, [27. März-16. Juni 2002]

Julian Opie

The art and commentary of Nell Brinkley (1886-1944) ran in American newspapers from 1907 through the 1930s. At the height of her popularity, "The Brinkley Girl" appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies and inspired poems and popular songs. Brinkley's name even sold hair curlers, and her delicate pen work influenced later women cartoonists. As early as 1913, Brinkley was drawing working women, from farm and factory workers to those pursuing careers, using her art to encourage decent pay, pensions, and housing for thousands of young women working for the war effort. This work covers her life and her work, which might upon first glance show pretty girls but on a closer inspection reveals a post-Victorian feminism. It also looks at her rise to popularity, the innocent sexuality of her Brinkley girls, the sugary and sentimental Betty and Billy series, and the beauty of her line drawings.

Melitta Kliege

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