Hans-Peter Feldmann
Art exhibition
18 September 2025 – 11 January 2026
What is art? Where does it begin and end? Who decides what art is? What makes an artist? These fundamental questions are at the heart of the work of Hans-Peter Feldmann (1941–2023), who is the subject of an extensive exhibition at the Kunstpalast in autumn 2025.
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What is art? Where does it begin and end? Who decides what art is? What makes an artist? These fundamental questions are at the heart of the work of Hans-Peter Feldmann (1941–2023), who is the subject of an extensive exhibition at the Kunstpalast in autumn 2025. The artist’s central themes were already evident in his early works and appear throughout his oeuvre: everyday life, social clichés, voyeurism, private and public spheres, the formation of taste, humour and satire, dreams and projections. From the very beginning of his career, Feldmann also systematically employed strategies of artistic appropriation, alienation and recontextualisation.
Comprising around 120 exhibits, the presentation clearly demonstrates the breadth of Feldmann’s oeuvre, from his early photographs from the 1970s to his sculptures using everyday objects, expansive installations and his more recent works, which will be on display in Düsseldorf for the first time. This is the first retrospective after Hans-Peter Feldmann’s death in May 2023 and the final exhibition in which he was actively involved.
Curator: Felicity Korn, Head of the 20th and 21st Century Art Collection, Kunstpalast
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Hans-Peter Feldmann, Familie mit roten Nasen, undatiert, Courtesy Galerie Mehdi Chouakri & H.-P.-Feldmann Estate, © 2024 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Hans-Peter Feldmann, Brotscheibe, undatiert, C-Print, 100 x 100 cm, Courtesy: Konrad Fischer Galerie & H.-P.-Feldmann Estate, © 2024 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Hans-Peter Feldmann, Zwei weiße Telefone, undatiert, 20 x 60 x 30 cm, Ursula Feldmann – Hans-Peter-Feldmann Estate, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Hans-Peter Feldmann, Zwei Mädchen mit Schatten, 1999, sw Fotografie, teilweise ausgeschnitten, 41 x 27 cm, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Foto Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
Hans-Peter Feldmann, Vorhang, rot, undatiert, Gardinenstange, Stoff, 107 x 160 cm, Ursula Feldmann – Hans-Peter-Feldmann Estate, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Hans-Peter Feldmann, Venus (ohne Arme), 1970er Jahre, Gips, koloriert, 36 cm Höhe, Courtesy Konrad Fischer Galerie, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Hans-Peter Feldmann, Triptychon Sitzende Frauen, undatiert, Klapprahmen, Farbfotos, 165 x 210 cm, Ursula Feldmann – Hans-Peter-Feldmann Estate, © VG Bild-Kunst,
Hans-Peter Feldmann, Stuhl mit Hosenträgern, undatiert, Stuhl, Hosenträger, Kleiderbügel, 90 x 45 cm, Ursula Feldmann – Hans-Peter-Feldmann Estate, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Hans-Peter Feldmann, Schiff auf dem Rhein, 1972, 35 Silbergelatineabzüge, he 10 x 15 cm, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Hans-Peter Feldmann, Giorgione (Venus), undatiert, Sechs Gemälde und ein Digitaldruck auf Leinwand, Rahmen, variable, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Foto: Trevor Good, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Hans-Peter Feldmann, George, undatiert, 13 x 22 cm, Ursula Feldmann – Hans-Peter-Feldmann Estate, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Hans-Peter Feldmann, Blumenbild, undatiert, C-Print, 120 x 85 cm, Courtesy Konrad Fischer Galerie, Foto Achim Kukulies, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Hans-Peter Feldmann, Die Fingerhut-Post, 1980er Jahre, 20 Hefte, Fingerhüte, Privatsammlung, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Hans-Peter Feldmann, Die Büste der Nofretete, 2012, Gips, bemalt, 45 x 25 x 25 cm, Privatsammlung, Foto Ludger Paffrath, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Hans-Peter Feldmann, David, 1970er Jahre, Gips, koloriert, 36 cm Höhe, Courtesy Konrad Fischer Galerie © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Hans-Peter Feldmann (Künstler), Preview der Kunstmesse Art Cologne am 15.04.2015 in der Messe Köln.
Hans-Peter Feldmann, Zollstockhaus, undatiert, Zollstöcke, Draht, 78 x 64 x 47 cm, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Foto: Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf – LVR-ZMB – Annette Hiller, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Hans-Peter Feldmann, Zwei Schwestern, Guss 2014/2015, Gips bemalt, 175 x 90 x 63 cm, Figur 80 x 111 x 80 cm, Sockel, Foto: Kunstpalast – LVR – ZMB – Annette Hiller, Hans-Peter Feldmann, ©2025 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
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