Daddy YoU can’t make a cactus...this has been done ! / Grimmuseum


Grimmuseum 
Daddy YoU can’t make a cactus...this has been done !/ curated by cato J. Dibelius
Presented artists: Seb Koberstädt, Michael Sailstorfer, thomas behling, Rodrigo oliveira, Roman
lang, Martin Pfeifle, Djuneid Duloo, Jakub Moravek, Kristof Kintera, Emanuel fanslau, Daniel
Man, Michael Zheng, Julien berthier, Michel de broin
January 18, 2013- february 17, 2013


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At the age of 10, cato J. Dibelius’ first show will appear at the Grimmuseum in January 2013. having grown up in San francisco, Munich and berlin, cato has visited over four hundred exhibitions
with his father, the artist Robert barta.
With this cato developed a sophisticated approach to confronting art works. he learnt to look
closely at art, remembering small details and cultivating vivid associations with individual works.
from this the idea emerged to put a show together in which his favourite works were exhibited in
the same space.
children’s perception is direct, associative and without expectations, based intuitively on elements
such as size, form, colour. this exhibition engages with the question of how this influences their
reception of art. What art appeals to a child’s mind; their personal preferences and immediate responses? by presenting a show curated by a ten-year old, this exhibition questions the criteria with
which a young mind evaluates art.
cato’s favourite works stimulate the senses: they smell, they move, they are loud, they are colourful, some you can even eat. he likes art works that are humorous, works, where the original
function of the object makes way for a peculiar re-interpretation.
this exhibition is not a theoretical confrontation with art and artistic production, but rather one in
which intuition determines the selection of works and their relationship to one another. from this
exhibition, based on seeing the world from a different angle, we can also learn about our own perception of art: how do we see art, how much has our taste changed, and why these changes have
occured with every individual?