Pink—The Exposed Color

Pink—The Exposed Color
The qualities we associate with the pastel color pink are quite diverse. They range from sensitive, tender, youthful, artificial to eccentric,sweet, vulnerable and pleasureable. The color is at home in both “high” and “low” culture. Pink may be perceived as unpleasant, perhaps even embarrassing at times, or as appealing and enjoyable. And it is quite simply associated with the idea of beauty.
One attractive aspect of works with pink is the color’s inherent ambivalence. The driving force behind efforts to come to terms with pink in art is the desire to explore its subtlety and reveal its many distinctive characteristics. With pink artist take a position. (…)

Barbara Nemitz, 2006

Excerpt, Book: Pink—The Exposed Color, edited by Barbara Nemitz, Hatje Cantz, 2006
Archive: Pink/Rosa, since 1984, collection of images, materials, objects, texts

Curatorial projects exhibitions:
Rosa—Die entblößte Farbe, Bauhaus University Weimar
The Exposed Color: Pink, Rosa!, Official project of, Germany in Japan , Chinnretsukan Museum, Tokyo National University, of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, 2005

The Exposed Color: Pink, Rosa!,
 Official project of, Germany in Japan , Chinnretsukan Museum, Tokyo National University, of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, 2005

Presentations, lectures:
Humboldt University, Berlin, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal,
Bauhaus-University Weimar, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan
Museum at FIT, Fashion Institute, New York City, USA

Fallen Cherry Blossom Petals in Ueno Park
Cibachrome print, 120 x 180 cm, 1991
Photo: Barbara Nemitz,
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Pink Ice Rink
concept, color print, 2005
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Pink, used #1
photography series, 2018
Photo: Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz
and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Pink, used wall
2019, photography series
Photo Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz
and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Pink, used and split
2019, photography series
Photo Barbara Nemitz
© Barbara Nemitz
and VG Bildkunst, Bonn

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Presentations, lectures:
Humboldt University, Berlin, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal,
Bauhaus-University Weimar, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan
Museum at FIT, Fashion Institute, New York City, USA