DEEDS CALENDAR: Daniel Spoerri. I LIKE Contradictions – Deichtorhallen – Sammlung Falckenberg (Hamburg) | until 26.04.2026
The exhibition I LIKE Contradictions at the Falckenberg Collection offers a fresh perspective on the work of Daniel Spoerri (1930–2024) and the enduring relevance of his artistic thinking. After his first career as a classical dancer, Spoerri co-founded the Nouveau Réalistes group in Paris in 1960 together with Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, and other fellow artists, becoming a defining figure of object art. Spoerri rose to fame with his snare-pictures (Fallenbilder), in which he glued down fleeting everyday scenes – remnants of a feast with plates, glasses, and food scraps – turning them into assemblages and, in a playful yet subversive way, elevating them to art – or anti-art. This exhibition, the last one developed in close consultation with Harald Falckenberg, presents a comprehensive overview of Spoerri’s work from 1959 to 2018, including lesser-known series, across four floors. Placing his art in direct dialogue with works from the Falckenberg Collection – American and German “counterculture artists” ranging from Ray Johnson to Jonathan Meese, the show situates Spoerri’s oeuvre within a broader cultural and political avant-garde that, since the 1960s, has challenged conventions in art, life, and society.
WHEN?
Opening: Friday, 26. September 2025, from 7 pm
Exhibition period: Saturday, 27. September 2025 until Sunday, 26. April 2026
Opening hours:
Sunday: noon – 5 pm
As part of guided tours on Saturdays: noon + 3 pm
WHERE?
Sammlung Falckenberg, in den Phoenix-Hallen
Wilstorfer Str. 71, Tor 2
21073 Hamburg-Harburg
COSTS?
Sunday: Regular: 11 EUR, Reduced: 7 EUR
Guided tours on Saturdays: Regular: 16 EUR, Reduced: 13 EUR
Image above: Daniel Spoerri, Restaurant Spoerri, 16. November 1972, 1972 Assemblage auf bemalter Hartfaserplatte (Tableau-piège) | Assemblage on painted fiber board, 70 x 70 x 24 cm, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2025. Courtesy Galerie LEVY.
