Vostell, WolfGerman, 1932–1998Hradčany Prague
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Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2022.299
In the catalog
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- Harvard Art Museums
- Image: Harvard Art Museums — © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Meanwhile, in the life of Vostell, Wolf
The whole life1965–1969
Collaboration with René Block
Together with René Block he creates exhibitions, happenings, multiples and publications.
1967
The happening “Miss Vietnam”
He stages the happening “Miss Vietnam” in Cologne, protesting against US aggression in Vietnam.
1968
Founds Labor e.V. with Mauricio Kagel
With the composer Mauricio Kagel and others he founds Labor e.V., a group to research acoustic and visual events.
1970
Moves to Berlin
He moves to Berlin; the same year he creates “Heuschrecken” (“Locusts”), an installation with 20 monitors and a video camera, as well as the installations “TV-Schuhe” and “TEK”.
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.
