Visitors’ School of the Stiftung Starke, initiated by Mathias Lempart

Press quotations, 1 January 2010 – 8 April 2012

“During his stay on the Ruhr, Mathias Lempart becomes part of a gigantic art project.” (Vangardist Magazine) “There were so-called visitors’ schools, such as the one by Bazon Brock for Documenta 4 forty years ago.” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) “Anyone who wants to can visit him and take part in his daily life, and” (Vangardist Magazine) “Live art! As long as people talk about it, art is taking place, for according to Lempart this is also the dialogue between image and viewer.” (3sat) “You can’t do this alone; you have to recruit a critical mass.” (Brand Eins magazine) “He led groups through the neighbourhood and told the residents’ stories. The exhibition’s visitors were not just to look at the artwork, but themselves” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) “be spurred on to creativity.” (Frankfurter Rundschau) “People have learned to look at art; now they only have to learn to look at reality with that same gaze.” (ARD) “What remained of the artwork” (Welt Online) “and what holds it together at its innermost core is his idea:” (Zeit Online) “The Turned Gaze.” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

3sat, Kulturzeit, 13 December 2010, Benjamin Hensler

ARD, Titel Thesen Temperamente, 10 January 2010, Jochen Gerz

Brand Eins magazine, 24 March 2011, Dirk Meyhöfen

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 30 December 2010, Sarah Elsing

Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper, 29 November 2010, Michael Kohler

Vangardist Magazine, 1 February 2011, Steffen Westermann

Welt Online, 15 September 2011, Sarah Elsing

Zeit Online, 11 March 2010, David Hugendick