The Passion: Redux

Originally a fortified dwelling dating back a thousand years, Schloss Derneburg was for centuries an ecclesiastical property and home to various orders of nuns and monks, primarily under the aegis of the Bishop of Hildesheim. By the early 18th century Derneburg had become a large and successful Cistercian monastery, and the current structures date from this time - although now somewhat transformed after a subsequent period of secularization and private use.

Exhilarating pairings of old and new media may come as a surprise to some visitors. Four recently restored, 15thcentury altar panels by the Master of the Hildesheim Madgalene Legend will join Damien Hirst's Rehab is for Quitters (1998-99), a kinetic sculpture comprised of glass, steel and aluminum. Both works are driven by corporeal morality, despite a span of centuries between their creation. The exhibition similarly pairs a 13thcentury wooden Catalonian crucifixion with contemporary interpretations of the cross by Gerhard Richter, Richard Artschwager, and Yoshimoto Nara. While some uses are formally concentrated, others are satirical, including a self-portrait by Martin Kippenberger as a crucified frog.

THE PASSION: Redux includes work by: Richard Artschwager, Dan Attoe, Georg Baselitz, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Francesco Clemente, John De Andrea, Niki de Saint Phalle, Rachel Feinstein, Eric Fischl, Dan Flavin, Lucio Fontana, Jorge Galindo, Master of the Hildesheim Magdalene Legend, Damien Hirst, Jonathan Horowitz, Edward Kienholz, Martin Kippenberger, Guillermo Kuitca, David LaChapelle, Robert Longo, Markus Lüpertz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Marisol, Otto Muehl, Helmut Newton, Justin Liam O'Brien, Alessandro Pessoli, Jack Pierson, Arnulf Rainer, Anselm Reyle, Gerhard Richter, Jacqueline Salmon, Wilhelm Sasnal, Julian Schnabel, Andres Serrano, Peter Stauss, Erich Steininger, Tony Tasset, Bill Viola, Danh Vo and Andy Warhol.