Catherine Bertola: 'From Trash to Treasure' Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany

Catherine Bertola, After the Fact, 2006, Found dust and sound, Dimensions Variable, Courtesy the artist and Workplace Gallery From Trash to Treasure Kunsthalle zu Kiel 5th November 2011 - 5th February 2012 Arman Catherine Bertola Joseph Beuys Karsten Bott George Brecht Jürgen Brodwolf Pavel Büchler Peter Buggenhout Christo Tony Cragg Jürgen Drescher Marcel Duchamp Sylvie Fleury Gilbert & George Natascha Sadr Haghighian Tina Hauser Jan Henderickse Robert Jacobsen Ray Johnson Asger Jorn Arthur Køpcke Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky Korpys/Löffler Alicia Kwade Urs Lüthi Gordon Matta Clark Olaf Metzel Bruno Mouron & Pascal Rostain Wilhelm Mundt Vik Muniz Raffael Rheinsberg Gerd Rohling Dieter Roth Karin Sander HA Schult Kurt Schwitters Daniel Spoerri Johann Strandahl Philip Topolovac Jacques de la Villeglé Wolf Vostell Robert Watts Diet Wiegman Markus Zimmermann The state of a civilization may be read from the way it deals with trash, as Jean Jaques Lacan put it. We are, so to speak, what we throw away. Degrading an object, a topic or a situation by labeling it trash, is a long-established strategy affecting all layers of society, and it is also a part of our contemporary everyday culture. The recent financial crisis was accompanied by talk about trash papers, there is talk about trash slicks on the oceans, of space trash and trash culture. At the same time, issues like recycling, revaluation and diversified use of these residues are moving more and more into focus. The exhibition From Trash to Treasure. The Value of the Worthless within Art presents a selection of artistic strategies dating from the early 20th century until today,  altogether dealing with trash - a topic equally hot politically, economically and  culturally - with its definition, its potential and its utilization. http://www.kunsthalle-kiel.de/ausstellungen/trash.html