Fridtjof-Nansen-Str. 16
83301 Traunreut
Germany

DASMAXIMUM KunstGegenwart

DASMAXIMUM shows five German and four American artists who have decisively shaped art since the 1960s to the present day. They are among the closest companions of Heiner Friedrich, who since his beginnings as a gallery owner in Munich, Cologne and New York has made the realization of permanent presentations of contemporary art his leitmotif. Internationally active as a mediator between artists and museums and as a co-founder of such important foundations as the Dia Art Foundation, he now also enables repeated and intensive encounters with contemporary art in Traunreut.

For DASMAXIMUM, a previously industrially used building complex on more than 4300m² was converted into a daylight museum on a site in the city centre. In the spacious halls, Georg Baselitz and Uwe Lausenworks from various work phases provide an overview of his oeuvre, while Imi Knoebel and Maria Zerre's large-format series create places of concentration.

A special focus is put on the rich collection of works by American artists. There are more than 20 pictures of Andy Warhol, each with its own halls for the sculptures of John Chamberlain and Walter de Maria, as well as the lighting installation of all the "European couples" by Dan Flavin, which has been the intensive combination of American and German art since the 1960s Years. In Upper Bavaria, this is now the European largest stock of contemporary American art, together with the Pinakothek der Moderne and the museum Brandhorst in Munich and the "Dream House" of La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela in the Regenbogenstadl polling at Weilheim.

The museum DASMAXIMUM is based on an exhibition concept that does not focus on the transfer of knowledge, but rather the immediate art experience. The architecture and presentation contribute significantly to the success of this approach.
DASMAXIMUM is situated away from the tourist itineraries and offers its visitors a central location in the city centre, through the adjacent forest but still a quiet atmosphere. The buildings are part of a historical ensemble that welcomes visitors in spacious halls with the original wooden trusses.
As a pure Daylight museum it offers the opportunity to rediscover the works of art in the changing light of the day and the seasons. Neither display boards nor comparable information intermediaries distract from the works themselves; Group tours take place outside the normal opening hours, if possible.
 
The selection of the artists represented is concentrated on a number which on the one hand allows a representative view of the art between 1960 and today, but also on the works in its original context. This includes the presentation of large and large-scale work groups with the main works of the respective artists. As far as possible, they themselves or their representatives were involved in the suspension.

The main stock is a foundation supplemented only by individual loans to the public.

As a result of these elements, a free, lively dialogue with art emerges.

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