Exhibition materials 6 – Functions of fine art in our society
The basic research working group set out to explore the links between the aesthetic and society. Fine art, the group argued, should not be viewed in isolation, set apart from prevailing economic conditions and the ideology of the capitalist system, of which it is part. To accompany the exhibition, the work group published a several collections of materials intended to supplement and document the preceding lectures and events. This is the sixth collection of materials, on the theme of “semiotics – the study of visual signs”. The photocopied folder was prepared by the communication structures working group whose aim was to call traditional graphic design curricula into question. With its many texts and sample images, the publication seeks to offer a starting point for a reorientation.

Work group: Daghild Bartels, Christian Deutschmann, Silvia Kluge, Dieter Ruckhaberle, Barbara Scholtyssek, Monika Sieveking, Krista Tebbe, Gerd Wulff