Our Present
The Collections of the MGKSiegen
The artistic perspectives of the Rubens Prize winners in the Lambrecht-Schadeberg Collection are brought together with works from the collection of Contemporary Art. This new presentation of the MGKSiegen collections can be understood as bringing the past to mind in the present. The exhibition conveys a multi-perspective on diverse ideas about the contemporary.

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Works by Maria Lassnig, Yvonne Rainer and Lucian Freud, © Maria Lassnig Foundation, Vienna 2020, Yvonne Rainer and The Lucian Freud Archive/Bridgeman Images, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Works by Maria Lassnig, Die Falknerin, 1979, Selbstportrait mit Schwein, 1975, Ritter mit Krücken, 2005, Die Astronautin, 1968/69, © Maria Lassnig Foundation, Vienna 2020, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Work by Lena Henke, My Trust, 2019, Courtesy the artist, Work by Maria Lassnig, Die Falknerin, 1979, © Maria Lassnig Foundation, Vienna 2020, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Work by Lena Henke, My Trust, 2019, Courtesy the artist, Work by Simone Forti, Solo No. 1, 1974, Courtesy the artist, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Works by Lucian Freud, Woman Holding Her Thumb, 1982, Naked Man on Bed, 1992, © The Lucian Freud Archive/Bridgeman Images, Foto: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Charles Atlas, Hail the New Puritan, 1985/86, Courtesy the artist, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Work by Isaac Julien, Encore, 2003, Courtesy der Künstler, Work by Dan Graham, Rock my Religion, 1983-85, Courtesy der Künstler, Work by Stephen Willats, Fifteen Feet by Eight Feet and there are Two of us Here, 1980, Courtesy der Künstler, Foto: Philipp Ottendörfer

Stephen Willats, Fifteen Feet by Eight Feet and there are Two of us Here, 1980, Courtesy the artist

Francis Bacon, Small Study for Portrait, 1955, Study for Portrait (Pope), 1957, Man at Curtain, 1949-50, The Lambrecht-Schadeberg Collection, © The Estate of Francis Bacon/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Work by Francis Bacon, Study for Portrait, 1962, © The Estate of Francis Bacon/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Work by Joan Jonas, Vertical Roll, 1972, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Works by Andrea Robbins/Max Becher, Black Cowboys, 2009-2015, Courtesy the artists, Works by Jochen Lempert, Vogel in der Hand, 1998, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Work by Bridget Riley, Quiver, 2014, Courtesy the artist, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Bernd and Hilla Becher, Watertowers, 1988, Contemporary Collection, MGKSiegen, © Estate Bernd und Hilla Becher, represented by Max Becher, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Works by Aglaia Konrad, Shaping Stones (Mexico City), 2008-2009, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Work by Gordon Matta-Clark, Program Six: Splitting, 1974, © Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark/ARS, N.Y., Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Giorgio Morandi, Natura Morta, 1960, Natura Morta, 1962, Natura Morta, 1962, The Lambrecht-Schadeberg Collection and Collection of the City of Siegen, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Works by Vajiko Chachkhiani, The other life, 2014, Hunters, 2014, Courtesy the artist, Work by Lucian Freud, Children´s Playground, 1975, © The Lucian Freud Archive/Bridgeman Images, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Work by Charlotte Posenenske, Vierkantrohre Serie DW 1967, © Estate Charlotte Posenenske/Burkhard Brunn, 2020, Work by Sol LeWitt, Serial Project No. 1 (ABCD), 1966, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer


Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Work by Antoni Tàpies, Cap i vernis, 1990, © Fondation Antoni Tàpies Barcelona/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Works by Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1967, Untitled, 1957, © Cy Twombly Foundation, N.Y., Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Work by Hans Haacke, Blue Sail, 1965/2001, © Hans Haacke/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Work by Rupprecht Geiger, 399/63, 1963, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Works by Arbeiten von Fritz Winter, Kristall, 1933, Ineinander, 1933, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Work by Hans Haacke, Fotonotizen documenta 2, 1959, © Hans Haacke/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Works by Bridget Riley, Studies, Tracings, 1980-2009, Clepsydra I, 1976, Courtesy the artist, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Work by Bruce Nauman, Slow Angle Walk, 1968, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Works by Bridget Riley, Studies, Tracings, 1980-2009, Courtesy the artist, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Works by Bridget Riley, Tremor, 1962, Untitled (Study for Tremor), 1961, Courtesy the artist, Work by Bruce Nauman, Slow Angle Walk, 1968, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer


Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Work by Candida Höfer, Antica Tessiture Luigi Bevilacqua Venezia II, 2003, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Work by Hans Hartung, T1956–8, 1956, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Work by Katharina Grosse, Ohne Titel, 2019, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Hans Hartung, T1956-13, 1956, T1956-8, 1956, The Lambrecht-Schadeberg Collection, MGKSiegen, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer

Our Present, Exhibition view, MGKSiegen, Work by Niele Toroni, Falsches Bild. Wahre Malerei. Pinselabdrücke Nr. 50 in regelmäßigen Abständen von 30 cm, 2017, Courtesy the artist, Work by Hans Hartung, T1957-7, 1957, © 2020 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer