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Bernd and Hilla Becher

(German)

Bernd and Hilla Becher

Industrial Landscape, Cwmcynon Colliery, Mountainash, South Wales, GB, 1966

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Bernd and Hilla Becher

Blast Furnace, Longwy-Senelle, Lorraine, F, 1985

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Bernd and Hilla Becher

Coal Bunkers, 1965–1998

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Bernd and Hilla Becher

Blast Furnace, Steubenville, Ohio, USA, 1980

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Bernd and Hilla Becher

Blast Furnace, Braddock/Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 1980

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Bernd and Hilla Becher

Framework House, Heuslingstraße 342, Oberheuslingen, D, 1970

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Bernd and Hilla Becher

Coal Bunkers, 1965–1998

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Bernd and Hilla Becher

Industrial Landscape, Bargoed Powerstation, South Wales, GB, 1966

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Bernd and Hilla Becher

Gas Cleaner, Bous, Saarland, D, 1969

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Bernd and Hilla Becher

Preparation Plants, 1966–1968

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Biography

Timeline

1931: Bernd Becher born in Siegen District, Germany
1934: Hilla Becher born in Berlin, Germany
1953 - 1956: Bernd Becher studied lithography and painting at the Staatliche Akademie der Blidenden Künste, Stuttgart, Germany
1957 - 1961: Bernd Becher studied typography at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
1959: The two artists collaborated for the first time
1961: The two artists got married
1963: Had their first gallery show in Siegen at the Galerie Ruth Nohl
1991: Recipient, the Leone d'Oro award for sculpture at the Venice Biennale
2002: Recipient, the Erasmus Prize
2007: Bernd Becher died in Rostock, Germany

Exhibitions

2013: Schenkung Herbert Lange: Fotografien 1925 - 2009, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
neu gesehen: Sammlung + documenta-Erwerbungen - Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany
2012: Bernd & Hilla Becher: Coal Mines. Steel Mills, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
2011: Bergwerke und Hütten – Industrielandschaften, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
2010: Der Westen leuchtet, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
2009: 1968. Die große Unschuld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Art of Two Germanys / Cold War Cultures 1945-1989, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin/Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg, Germany
Made in Munich, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2008: Die Hande der Kunst, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Second Thoughts, The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hundson, USA
2007: 20 ans du Musee d'Art Moderne - L'art apres 1960 dans les collections, Musee d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
2006: Düsseldorf School of Photography and Contemporary Western Masters, Hannart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
2004: Early works, Andre Simoens Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
2002: The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910-1934, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Augenblick – Foto/Kunst in der Sammlung Essl, Sammlung Ess, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Positionen der Fotografie, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany
documenta 11, Kassel, Germany
2001: Bernd & Hilla Becher, Gallery Zwirner & Wirth, New York, USA (solo)
1999: Photographische Sammlung – SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1994: Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, Germany (solo)
1993: Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, USA (solo)
1991: Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
1990: Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Galerie Max Hetzler, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Dia Art Foundation, New York, USA (solo)
Typologies, XLIV Venice Biennale, Kolnischer Kunstverein, etc. Italy; Germany; Cambridge, USA; Cleveland, USA (solo)

Public Collections

: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL, USA
: Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
: CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
: IAC - Institut d'art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne, France
: Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
: SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium
: Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna, Austria
: Tate Modern, London, England
: Tate Britain, London, England
: Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
: Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, England
: Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
: Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
: MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
: National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo (MOMAT), Tokyo, Japan
: MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY, USA
: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY, USA
: Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
: Indianapolis Museum of Art - IMA, Indianapolis, IN, USA
: Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH, USA
: Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
: Museo D'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina - MADRE, Naples, Italy

Literature

: Wassertürme, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1988
: Klaus Bussmann: Bernd & Hilla Becher – Typologien - Typologies, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1990
: Pennsylvania Coal Mine Tipples, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1991
: Häuser und Hallen, Hrsg. Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt 1992
: Grundformen, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1993
: Fabrikhallen, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1994
: Zeche Hannibal, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1995
: August Sander, Karl Blossfeldt, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Bernd und Hilla Becher – Vergleichende Konzeptionen, Hrsg. Photographische Sammlung, Köln 1997
: Thierry de Duve: Basic Forms, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1999
: Fachwerkhäuser, Hrsg. Martina Doppe, Museum für Kunst der Gegenwart, Siegen 2001
: Industrielandschaften, Schirmer/Mosel, München 2002
: Gasbehälter, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1993/2002
: Hochöfen, Schirmer/Mosel, München 1990/2002

Bernd and Hilla Becher

(German)

Bernd and Hilla Becher

Bernd and Hilla Becher

Bernd and Hilla Becher

Bernd and Hilla Becher

Bernd and Hilla Becher

Bernd and Hilla Becher

Bernd and Hilla Becher

Bernd and Hilla Becher

Bernd and Hilla Becher

Bernd and Hilla Becher

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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