Vostell, WolfGerman, 1932–199820. Juli Aachen
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The Museum of Modern Art
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Meanwhile, in the life of Vostell, Wolf
The whole life1962
Takes part in the Fluxus festival in Wiesbaden
With Nam June Paik, George Maciunas and other artists he takes part in the Fluxus event “Internationale Festspiele Neuester Musik”; he is counted among the co-founders of the Fluxus movement in 1962.
1963
The happening “9-Nein-dé-coll/agen” in Wuppertal
His happening “9-Nein-dé-coll/agen” takes place in Wuppertal; the same year he takes part in the Fluxus festival “Festum Fluxorum Fluxus” in Düsseldorf.
1967
The happening “Miss Vietnam”
He stages the happening “Miss Vietnam” in Cologne, protesting against US aggression in Vietnam.
January 1970
“Concrete Traffic” in Chicago: a Cadillac in concrete
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago sponsors a happening in which Vostell encases a 1957 Cadillac in concrete in a parking lot near the museum. The work is then moved to the University of Chicago campus, where it remains for nearly four decades.
1974
Discovers Malpartida de Cáceres
He visits the village of Malpartida de Cáceres in Extremadura and the nearby rocky landscape of Los Barruecos: the bizarre granite boulders remind him of his own concrete sculptures, and he declares the place a “work of art of nature”. In the midst of this “surreal” landscape stands the 18th-century Lavadero de Lanas, and Vostell resolves to create a “meeting place of art, life and nature” here.
1974
First major retrospective in Paris and Berlin
His first major retrospective takes place at ARC 2 in the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; an expanded version is shown at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin (other accounts give 1975).
