A reference to this exhibition I recently found on the website of Spiegel Online. Here is a qoute from the homepage of Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg which describes this exhibition:
The first strand explores home design and interior decoration as an expression of our inner feelings and moods. Depictions of interiors show people spending time in indoor settings and observe what they do there. Across a range of different media – from the traditional discipline of painting to later forms such as photography, installation art and film – artists have reflected, analyzed and staged the interior as the external dimension of its inhabitants’ inner worlds.
The second strand addresses the question of how we wish to (or how we should) live. Focussing on proposals, ideologies, utopias and convictions developed by architects, sociologists, urbanists and designers with regard to the construction, furnishing, use and style of living spaces and furniture, it presents interior design solutions between the extremes of luxuriously furnished dens and utilitarian, box-like dwellings, and also considers the positive or negative influence our immediate surroundings can have on our lives.
The exhibition “Living in Art. Interior Exterior ” is currently at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg and goes until April 13, 2009.
The following artists are, according to the website of the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg represented:
Henry van de Velde, Felix Vallotton, Henri Matisse, Adolf Loos, Bruce Nauman, Eric Fischl Thomas Demand, Jasper Morrison. Konstantin Grcic.
If you are not sure whether you would like to visit this exhibition or not, I recommend a quick look at the website of the museum. There are some really interessting photos from the exhibition. If you see this photos, you will realize how interessting this exhibition is.