Getty Presents Museum of Obsessions

Harald Szeemann (seated) on the last night of documenta 5: Questioning Reality–Image Worlds Today at Museum Fridericianum, 1972. The Getty Research Institute, 2011.M.30. Photo: Balthasar Burkhard

The new exhibition dedicated to Harald Szeemann, the most influential curator of his generation.

From avant-garde movements of the 1960s and 1970s to early 20th-century modernism—Harald Szeemann has left his notable mark in the art world over his five-decade-long curatorial career. Harald Szeemann: Museum of Obsessions explores the life and career of the groundbreaking curator, and  will be on view at the Getty Research Institute for 3 months starting February 6th, before embarking on an international journey. 

Museum of Obsessions comprises one of the largest collections the Getty Institute has ever acquired including extensive research and records, letters with artists, photographs, proposals, and many objects that Szeemann collected.

Oase No. 7 (Oasis No. 7), Haus-Rucker-Co (Laurids Ortner, Manfred Ortner, Klaus Pinter, and Günter Zamp Kelp), 1972. Part of documenta 5: Questioning Reality–Image Worlds Today at Museum Fridericianum, 1972. The Getty Research Institute, 2011.M.30. Photo: Balthasar Burkhard

这次新的展览献给了他那个时代最有影响力的策展人——哈拉尔·泽曼。

从20世纪60年代和70年代的先锋派运动到20世纪早期的现代主义，在长达50年的策展生涯中，哈拉尔·斯齐曼在艺术界留下了他的显著印记。哈罗德·泽曼：痴迷博物馆探索这个开创性的策展人的生活和事业，从2月6日开始，将在盖蒂研究所进行为期3个月的展览，然后开始一次国际旅行。

痴迷博物馆是盖蒂研究所所收藏的最大的收藏之一，包括大量的研究和记录、与艺术家的书信、照片、建议书以及泽曼收集的许多物品。

Postcards from Harald Szeemann’s collection of pataphysics material. The Getty Research Institute, 2011.M.30