Countess Reichenbach (86-91) Munich
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Countess Reichenbach (86-91) Munich
"In 1986, Colette made Munich - capital city of baroque fantasy-her headquarters in Europe and mounted a still ongoing project called The Bavarian Adventure, which captivated a large public drawn into such charades a Dial C for Scandal. The Baroque sensibility that permeates all of Colette's work was readily understood by her European audiences".
Alan Jones
Colette as the Countess Reichenbach
Colette as the Countess Reichenbach,Color Photo, Photo Ed, 20" x26"
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Exhibition - It re-appears
The Countess and the Reichenbach palace
Colette as The Countess,
Ludwig Castle, still from performance for German tv, Munich 86
Crystallization.
( triptych, 6ft x 9ft)
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Countess Mixed Media / Photoworks
Countess: Windows / Installations
windows of ludwig beck department store-1986 munich
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Countess: Windows / Installations
The Ludwig Castle series (86 - 89)
Ludwig Castle, Mixed Media, 48" x 76"
Interior of Ludwig Castle colettesized (48 x 76") 86 - 88
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The Ludwig Castle series
Dial C for Scandal
Installation detail "Dial C for scandal" Frauen Museum Bonn Germany 1988.
In Munich as part of her Bavarian adventure Colette established among other things her new services - "Dial C for Scandal", a conceptual business which provided art scandals to be commissioned.
press release for Dial C for Scandal. 1987.
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Dial C for Scandal offices . Photo works. 30" x 40"
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Dial C for Scandal
Love in the Closet
Love in the Closet. Mixed media with light. 6 ft x 5 ft x 10" 1987-91
The secret Life of the Count and Countess
Q: About "The Artist and her Muse - Love in Ruins" your lastest series which includes "The Secret Lives of Count and Countess Reichenbach" how did this series evolve and who are the protagonists?
Q: So the Count and Countess are fictitious characters?
Q: This is an ongoing series yet this is the only time that they will be exhibited as a single body of work, why?
C: I did exhibit a couple of works in Munich in 1990 in my exhibitions at Carol Johnssen's, "Visits to the Normal World," and again a year later in "The Aristocrats," where I made a cameo appearance as the Countess. Perhaps I felt at the time that the whole series was too personal.
quotes and excerpt from interview for cover magazine 1992
Francisco Hernandez
The Figures Look At Art II
Light figure looks at Burntout Light figure.
Photo work, 4 x 8 ft.
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The Figures Look At Art
Paintings / Masterpieces
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Colettesized Masterpieces I
Masterpieces Colletesized
Ecole de Fontainebleau Colettesized, No. 5, mixed media, 1989, 120 cm x 180 cm
Ecole de Fontainebleau Colettesized, No. 2, mixed media, 1987, 120 cm x 180 cm
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Countess Reichenbach : Mixed Media Works
THE REICHENBACH PALACE
View of the New York Living Environment 1989
Another view of the New York Living Env , 1989
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THE REICHENBACH PALACE
Colettesized Fragments
Why don't we start another life together, Colette in her studio with artworks, photo ed, Munich 1986
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Colettesized Fragments
Visits to the Normal World / Olympia beginnings
Installation view of Visits to The Normal World, Room 1, Stage I.
Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich, 1990.
View of one of the rooms in the exhibition 'Visits to the Normal World', stage I. The exhibition consisted of art performances and installations that occurred in alternative and public spaces, for example the Scandal Offices, Fiorucci Windows, Night Club installations etc.
This installation marked the end of The Countess Reichenbach period and unveiled Olympia's beginnings.
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Visits to the Normal World
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