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Gerhard Rühm, EPITAPH AUF MARILYN MONROE, 1962, Collage auf Papier, 43,3 x 24,4 cm, Wien, Belve…

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EPITAPH AUF MARILYN MONROE
Date1962

Künstler*in Gerhard Rühm (geboren 1930 in Wien)

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Object typeCollage
MediumAuf Papier
Dimensions
43,3 x 24,4 cm
Inventory number10506
Locations Derzeit nicht ausgestellt
Credit LineAnkauf aus Mitteln der Galerienförderung des Bundes unter Mitwirkung des Vereines Freunde der Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere
An exponent of concrete poetry in Austria and cofounder of the “Wiener Gruppe” (Vienna Group), Gerhard Rühm made a name for himself at a young age as a poet and visual artist, director and performer, appearing in readings, performative events, and plays together with H. C. Artmann, Friedrich Achleitner, and Konrad Bayer. Writing is a key concern in Rühm’s visual art, which examines the interactions between text, individual word, and graphical representation. For the collage “EPITAPH FOR MARILYN MONROE,” he clipped passages from a newspaper report of the actress’s death in the shapes of two exclamation points. Their arrangement on the black ground inevitably brings to mind the Hollywood icon’s most famous pose, her skirt blowing up around her.

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