Money, Good and Evil

A Visual History of the Economy

05.03.–19.06.2016
A white arcade machine with a digital screen in a minimalist room.
An art gallery displaying various framed art pieces on clean white walls.
A gallery displaying framed artworks on white walls and patterned panels.
An art gallery with gold-framed paintings displayed on a polished dark floor.
An exhibit wall displaying framed documents alongside a central pedestal.
Framed historical book pages arranged in a grid on a museum wall.
A structured row of framed historical manuscripts displayed on a wall.
An art gallery with blue walls displaying historical paintings and open doorways.
A sparsely lit gallery displays various historic framed artworks on blue walls.
A red-walled gallery room with paintings and a golden shopping cart display.
A golden shopping cart on a reflective platform beside a framed portrait on a red wall.
A golden shopping cart displayed on a round pedestal against a red background.
A wall displaying small framed pictures and triangular supports on a red background in a museum.
An art gallery with paintings and a display table in the center. (Dies sind 51 Zeichen inkl. Leerzeichen)
A museum room displays framed artworks and exhibits illuminated by overhead lights.
A spacious gallery displaying several framed paintings on beige walls. (94 Zeichen)
A museum gallery with exhibits featuring text and screens.
A horizontal wooden shelf mounted on a plain white gallery wall.
This gallery displays various small framed artworks on two adjacent walls.
This art gallery features a variety of framed black-and-white photos and a colorful tiled art piece on the floor.
Three framed pieces of art are hung on a minimalist white wall.
Miniature artworks arranged on wall shelves and flooring in a gallery.
Row of small framed papers and illustrations with one framed coin set on the side.
Vintage postage stamps arranged in a large grid pattern on a dark floor.
A hand holding two identical coins, one gold and one silver in appearance.
Miniature bottles cover furniture in an elegant, wood-paneled room.
A colorful sculpture of a couch and ottoman stands in an elegant, wood-paneled room.
Two tables shaped like states covered with colorful stacked objects.
Assorted stacks of colorful poker chips arranged neatly on a table.
An ornate brass sculpture with a maze of metallic and electrical components.
A vintage vending machine display visible in an opulent room with mirrored wall.
A glass display case showcases various banking and currency symbols in an ornately decorated room.
An ATM with signs indicating access for disabled individuals and card compatibility.
An art exhibition room with paintings and a grand chandelier overhead.
A grand room with extravagant chandeliers and elegant furnishings.
A luxurious room featuring opulent furniture and a classical statue.
Books on a golden table next to a green couch in a luxurious room.
A display case with a book, a small device, and a tablet on a velvet background.
A vintage hearing aid lies on a dark red fabric-covered surface.
A bookshelf sculpture with books in a leaning, stacked arrangement on a white base.
A stack of books is balanced to look like a person leaning against a carved mirror.
This elegant room features ornate decor, red walls, and grand chandeliers.
An opulent red room with gold decorations, chandeliers, and antique furniture.
A display case with small, black, fabric-covered objects inside.
An opulently decorated room featuring lavish gold details and an elaborate chandelier.
A framed photograph is mounted on a red wall above an ornate sofa drapery.
An opulently decorated room with mirrors, gold candelabras, and arranged golden boxes on display.
Gold bars piled in front of ornate, sculpted doors.
An ornately decorated room with gold fixtures and a large golden sculpture in the foreground.
Gold bars stacked as a pyramid on a pedestal.
A luxurious room with ornate decorations and an elegant chandelier hanging from the ceiling.
A sculpture on a white pedestal with ornate gold wall panels behind it.
A grand, opulently decorated hall with chandeliers and ornate furniture.
An opulent altar with a golden statue and intricate carvings illuminated in a grand hall.
A grand altar with ornate golden decorations and a large statue centered under a warmly lit niche.
A sculpture of a figure, part of a richly decorated pedestal featuring intricate gold elements.
A white architectural model in an ornate, gold-colored display case.
An elegant room with fine artwork on ornate wallpaper, featuring pink-lit seating.
Two framed artworks with financial symbols hanging in an ornate casino room.
A woman on a large screen surrounded by casino slot machines and chairs.
A modern interior space with a blue art piece on the wall and marble flooring.
Luxurious hallway with reflective mirrors and rich marble trim.
Framed 5 pound and 1 dollar bills with edited faces on a plain wall.
This image shows coins being sorted and moved on an industrial conveyor belt.
A large industrial hopper filled with copper granules placed in a spacious warehouse.
A large indoor space with numbered sections and a covered piece of equipment.
A tall golden pillar in an open plaza with an ornate building in the background.
A small coin rests on textured stone tiles next to a golden post.
A museum room with sculptures and a large game board on the floor.
A large Monopoly-themed board game spread out in an art gallery.
Three performers create an illusion of floating sheets and glowing planets on a dark stage.
A performer inside a large white, lattice-like structure on a stage.
A person in a gold jacket performs on stage surrounded by colorful balloons.

Artists

  • Adel Abdessemed
  • Adriana Arroyo
  • Joseph Beuys
  • Bewegung NURR
  • Margaret Bourke-White
  • Benedikt Braun
  • Bartholomaeus Bruyn d. Ä.
  • Ioë Bsaffot
  • Christoph Büchel
  • Giovanni Carlone
  • Edwaert Collier
  • Lucas Cranach d. Ä.
  • Hanne Darboven
  • Pieter de Neyn
  • Pietro della Vecchia
  • Dietisalvi di Speme
  • Abraham Diepraem
  • Dosso Dossi
  • Otto Edmund Günther
  • Maria Eichhorn
  • Öyvind Fahlström
  • Hans-Peter Feldmann
  • Georg Flegel
  • Sylvie Fleury
  • Mark Flood
  • Zachary Formwalt
  • Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts
  • Jim Goldberg
  • Johann Peter Hasenclever
  • John Heartfield
  • Johann Heiss
  • Ernst Henseler
  • Damien Hirst
  • Jochen Höller
  • Karl Wilhelm Hübner
  • Elfriede Jelinek
  • Liu Jianhua
  • Hunter Jonakin
  • Yves Klein
  • Ludwig Knaus
  • Gabriel Kuri
  • Alicja Kwade
  • Christin Lahr
  • Dorothea Lange
  • Cildo Meireles
  • Aernout Mik
  • Pratchaya Phinthong
  • Anahita Razmi
  • Hans Richter
  • Jacob August Riis
  • Theodoor Rombouts
  • RYBN.org
  • Hugh Scott-Douglas
  • Axel Stockburger
  • Superflex
  • David Teniers d. J.
  • Cheyney Thompson
  • Timm Ulrichs
  • Pieter van Anraedt
  • Bartholomeus van Bassen
  • Peeter van Bredael
  • Marinus van Reymerswaele
  • Adriaen van Utrecht
  • Lucas van Valckenborch
  • Jan Verkolje
  • Andy Warhol
  • Jan Wierix

Curators

  • Johan Holten
  • Romina Farkas
  • Luisa Heese
  • Antje Oswald
  • Moritz Scheper
  • Ana Siler

Thanks to

The exhibition is a cooperation project of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden with the Casino Baden-Baden, the Stadtmuseum Baden-Baden and the Theater Baden-Baden and is under the patronage of Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble, Federal Minister of Finance and Winfried Kretschmann, Minister President of the State of Baden-Württemberg.

The work of Benedikt Braun was supported by: Parkgaragengesellschaft Baden-Baden mbH and SV SparkassenVersicherung Holding AG

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Cultural partnership

A Pictorial History of the Economy, the Great State Exhibition 2016, traces how artists have depicted money and how they deal with it with a large number of historical and contemporary works. The diverse emotional, psychological and moral implications of money are thematized through the presentation of a pictorial history of the economy - with more than 120 works from 1264 to 2016. Visitors to the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden can expect an overview of more than 800 years of monetary history.

In the spring of 2016, the exhibition Money, Good and Evil will be on view at Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden Museum, and Casino Baden-Baden. The neighboring Theater Baden-Baden will present »Wirtschaftskomödie« by Elfriede Jelinek.

Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden

Money is not ahistorical and always the same. In one century it appears good, in another evil, then almost invisible. In contrast, the modern view of economics associates money with a neutral and objective concept - outside of historical and social contexts. The Baden-Baden exhibition focuses on money as a social technology and thus not least on the people and artists who make use of this technology.

Artists in chronological order: Dietisalvi di Speme, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Dosso Dossi, Marinus van Reymerswaele, Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder, Jan Wierix, Lucas van Valckenborch, Georg Flegel, Bartholomeus van Bassen, Pieter de Neyn, Theodoor Rombouts, Adriaen van Utrecht, Pietro della Vecchia, David Teniers the Younger, Abraham Diepraem, Peeter van Bredael, Pieter van Anraedt, Giovanni Carlone, Johann Heiss, Edwaert Collier, Jan Verkolje, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Johann Peter Hasenclever, Karl Wilhelm Hübner, Ludwig Knaus, Otto Edmund Günther, Ernst Henseler, Hans Richter, Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Yves Klein, Timm Ulrichs, Hanne Darboven, Maria Eichhorn, Cildo Meireles, Sylvie Fleury, Aernout Mik, Christin Lahr, Pratchaya Phinthong, Zachary Formwalt, Adriana Arroyo, Ioë Bsaffot

Casino Baden-Baden

Founded in 1838 by Jacques Bénazet, the casino has a rich history, which in the broadest sense serves as the starting point for the exhibition on show there. However, the works on display are not so much about gambling for money in the casino. Rather, the works, which are exhibited directly between the gaming tables and in unusual locations, are about how big money is gambled for in the markets today. The focus is on art that takes a self-deprecating look at the art market as well as objects that reflect the casino of the financial markets before and after the last financial crisis in 2008.

Artists in chronological order: Hans-Peter Feldmann, Mark Flood, Liu Jianhua, Gabriel Kuri, Damien Hirst, Christoph Büchel, Hunter Jonakin, Adel Abdessemed, Axel Stockburger, Cheyney Thompson, Jochen Höller, Alicja Kwade, Benedikt Braun, Anahita Razmi, Hugh Scott-Douglas, Bewegung NURR, Superflex, RYBN.org

City Museum

The ambivalent history of the Monopoly game, which originated in the crisis-ridden years of the early 20th century, is recounted in the Stadtmuseum. The game, which was conceived as anti-monopolistic, became increasingly popular over the years, first in the USA and then worldwide. The presentation of the games in the exhibition is accompanied by social documentary photographs from the bleak reality of the "Great Depression".

Artists in chronological order: Jacob August Riis, John Heartfield, Dorothea Lange, Margaret Bourke-White, Öyvind Fahlström, Jim Goldberg

Theater Baden-Baden

Wirtschaftskomödie by Elfriede Jelinek

Theater Baden-Baden is presenting Elfriede Jelinek's Wirtschaftskomödie as part of the Great State Exhibition. What keeps the financial economy going? The desire of small investors to secure a share in the miraculous increase in money, unscrupulous managers who direct the flow of money to their own advantage? And what if the money is suddenly gone? Then money can still be multiplied - just different money. Breathless, perceptive, pointed: Jelinek's language is rich in associations and playfully follows the de-objectification of the value of money and words.