Kurt Cobain | NATASCHA STELLMACH

COMPLETE BURNING AWAY – The ashes of Kurt Cobain | BENDIGO

September 14, 2013 by nataschastellmach

September 14 – October 20, 2013. Latrobe University Visual Arts Centre Bendigo, Australia. Opened by Kelly Gellatly, Director Ian Potter Museum of Art Melbourne. [Featuring an encore performance of Romitelli’s Trash TV Trance by Mauricio Carrasco] In 2008, Natascha Stellmach sent out an international call, inviting six volunteers to join her in smoking the ashes of the dead rock star, Kurt Cobain, in a private, undocumented ritual. Immediately hype, hysteria and intrigue spread across 58 countries, while the online world erupted […]

Categories: news • Tags: Bendigo, catharsis, installation, Kelly Gellatly, Kurt Cobain, Latrobe University Visual Arts Centre, Mauricio Carrasco, mixed media, photography, solo exhibition, unique, video, vulnerability

COCK & BULL STORIES | BERLIN

January 10, 2013 by nataschastellmach

January 11 – March 3, 2013. Kit Schulte Contemporary Art Berlin | Curated by Kit Schulte & Agnes Hoffmann. This group exhibition celebrates the art of fantastic and delusional ideas. Natascha Stellmach hit the headlines in 2008 when she invited the public to join her in smoking the ashes of Kurt Cobain, which resulted in a massive media response. This evoked a dramatic reaction from the public (what we’d now call a ‘shit storm’), to the extent of sending the […]

Categories: news • Tags: Berlin, catharsis, group exhibition, Kit Schulte Contemporary Art, Kurt Cobain, vulnerability

DOCUMENTA(13) | KASSEL

August 2, 2012 by nataschastellmach

Aug 3, 2012. dOCUMENTA(13), Building 42, Hauptbahnhof Kassel | Curated by Critical Art Ensemble. PERFORMANCE – pen tattoos + installation (works from Complete Burning Away) Informed by the controversy around her major project with the ashes of Kurt Cobain, the “tattooed” statements critique the role of the artist and contemporary art in society. Visitors were invited to choose one of the countless responses to Stellmach’s project, but only from a pool of responses which debated “art”. This was then written […]

Categories: news • Tags: catharsis, Documenta, Kurt Cobain, pen tattoo, performance, photography, vulnerability

AGENT PROVOCATEUR | BERLIN

July 5, 2012 by nataschastellmach

July 6, 2012 from 19:00 | Wagner + Partner Berlin. PERFORMANCE – pen tattoos + installation (from Complete Burning Away) Informed by the controversy around her major project with the ashes of Kurt Cobain, the “tattooed” statements critique the role of the artist and contemporary art in society. Visitors were invited to choose one of the countless responses to Stellmach’s project, but only from a pool of responses which debated “art”. This was then written onto their skin by the […]

Categories: news • Tags: Berlin, catharsis, Kunst Kontakter, Kurt Cobain, Kylie Minogue, pen tattoo, performance, photography, Wagner+Partner

Natascha Stellmach, 2012, Annica & Simon wearing Wiseblood, Lisbon, ink on photo rag, 40 x 60cm

AGENT PROVOCATEUR | MELBOURNE

March 30, 2012 by nataschastellmach

PERFORMANCE – photography, pen tattoos, slide show, photo studio (works from Complete Burning Away) | March 30, 2012 | Anna Pappas Gallery Melbourne

Categories: news • Tags: Anna Pappas Gallery, catharsis, Kurt Cobain, Melbourne, pen tattoo, performance, photography

Natascha wearing GibsonGeek93, USA, 2012, ink on photo rag, 40 x 60cm

PULSE | MIAMI

December 1, 2011 by nataschastellmach

SOLO PRESENTATION & PERFORMANCES – photography, works-on-paper, pen tattoos, photo studio (works from Complete Burning Away) | December 1 – 4, 2011 | Wagner + Partner, Booth Impulse 1–105

Categories: news • Tags: art fair, catharsis, Kurt Cobain, Miami, pen tattoo, performance, photography, solo exhibition, unique, Wagner+Partner, works on paper

PICA SALON | PERTH

June 16, 2011 by nataschastellmach

As a response to our desire for answers and absolutes, the work-on-paper Artist Statement is a framed envelope with Stellmach’s handwritten text (“That’s confidential and kind of magic”) imprinted onto a black wax seal. Inside the sealed envelope is a personal message from the artist. Or is there? Opening the envelope destroys the artwork and renders it worthless on the art market. The work was produced as part of Stellmach’s major project, Complete Burning Away – The Ashes of Kurt […]

Categories: news • Tags: group exhibition, Kurt Cobain, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, works on paper

SET ME FREE – I just wanted you to love me | BERLIN

September 5, 2008 by nataschastellmach

3 PERSON EXHIBITION – photography, mixed media, installation | September 5 – October 11, 2008 | Wagner + Partner Berlin (former location)

Categories: news • Tags: 3 person exhibition, Berlin, catharsis, installation, Kurt Cobain, mixed media, photography, sound piece, unique, Wagner+Partner

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