{"id":1700,"date":"2012-08-29T18:57:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T16:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lufomuseum.fenomen.de\/?page_id=1700"},"modified":"2026-10-29T16:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T15:24:43","slug":"collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ludwigforum.de\/en\/museum\/collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Classics of Pop Art, Gerhard Richter and Georg Baselitz, graffiti painting and the Leipzig School: throughout their lives, Peter and Irene Ludwig have amassed an incomparable collection of outstanding works since the early 1960s. Donations and permanent loans from their collection are now housed in more than 20 museums worldwide. The home of this unique collection, however, is the Ludwig Forum f\u00fcr Internationale Kunst<\/em> in Aachen, where the industrialist couple lived and from where they directed one of the largest chocolate and confectionery production operations in the former Federal Republic. The Ludwig Forum Aachen<\/em> houses some 3,000 works from the collection.<\/p>

The Ludwigs were among the first collectors of Pop Art. As early as 1968, they showed the new Americans in Aachen. Among them was Andy Warhol, whose unprecedented career is closely linked to the couple. In 1970, Peter Ludwig traveled to Duane Hanson in New York and acquired important groups of figures by the artist, including the Supermarket Lady<\/em>. The early, scandalous presentations made Aachen a highly relevant exhibition venue for contemporary art-even before the photographic and hyperrealism of documenta 5<\/em> in 1972 began its conquest of Europe. Later, purchases by Jeff Koons, Jonathan Borofsky, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and others continued the American line.<\/p>

Beginning in the early 1970s, the Ludwigs expanded their collecting activities into the GDR and Eastern Europe. Works from the “Eastern Bloc” could often only be acquired in groups, and the state sometimes had a say in the selection of works. Thus, historically relevant paintings are lined up with works by Ilya Kabakov and Erik Bulatov. Purchases in the USSR have been followed since 1983 by Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary. Early works by Nedko Solakov and Dan Perjovschi thus entered the collection. Later, China and Cuba attracted the attention of collectors. Chinese and Cuban art in particular are focal points at the Ludwig Forum<\/em> in Aachen.<\/p>

In addition to the works from the Ludwig Collection, the museum’s holdings include a number of works from municipal collections. These include, for example, around 300 top-class video works by Bruce Nauman, Richard Serra, Laurie Anderson, Joan Jonas and Nam June Paik.<\/p>

The following works from the collections at the Ludwig Forum are currently on display<\/strong><\/p>

Hall<\/strong>
Nairy Baghramian<\/strong>, Side Saddle Damenrad<\/em>, 2009
Peter\u00a0Br\u00fcning<\/strong>, Legenden Nr. 16\/64<\/em>, 1964
Peter Br\u00fcning<\/strong>, Stra\u00dfenwand<\/em>, 1968
Chuck Close<\/strong>, Richard<\/em>, 1969
Tony\u00a0Cragg<\/strong>,Subcommittee<\/em>,1991
Jennifer Durrant<\/strong>, Parasol Painting<\/em>, 1979
Hartwig Ebersbach<\/strong>, Graue L\u00f6ffel<\/em>, 1993
Woiciech Fangor<\/strong>, M 19 \u2013 1968<\/em>, 1968
Winfred Gaul<\/strong>, Projekt f\u00fcr einen Platz an der Sonn<\/em>, 1965
Bertram Jesdinsky<\/strong>, Der gro\u00dfe Fischzug<\/em>, 1990
Gabriel Kuri<\/strong>, Items in Care of Items<\/em>, 2008
Roy Lichtenstein<\/strong>, Pow Wow<\/em>, 1979
Roy Lichtenstein<\/strong>, Interior with Cactus<\/em>, 1978
Robert Longo<\/strong>, America on Wheels<\/em>, 1991
Wolfgang Mattheuer<\/strong>, Jahrhundertschritt<\/em>, 1984\/85
Bruce Nauman<\/strong>, John Coltrane Piece<\/em>, 1968
Name June Paik<\/strong>, Earth, Moon, Sun<\/em>, 1990
Michael E. Smith<\/strong>, Butter<\/em>, 2013<\/p>

Library<\/strong><\/div>
Sighard Gille<\/strong>, Reifer Holunder<\/em>, 1991<\/div>
J\u00f6rg Immendorff<\/strong>, Zu Naht: die Sockelidee kam<\/em>, 1985<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Climate Wing<\/strong><\/div>
Anton Egloff<\/strong>, Totales Environment, <\/em>1969\/70
Nancy Graves<\/strong>, Mongolian Bactrian (To Harvey Brennan)<\/em>, 1969
Nancy Graves<\/strong>, Kenya Dromedary (To Peter Ludwig)<\/em>, 1969
Nancy Graves<\/strong>, Izy Boukir<\/em>, 1970
Nancy Graves<\/strong>, 200 Stills at 60 Frames<\/em>, 1970
Nancy Graves<\/strong>, Installationsanleitung, \u201cMongolian Bactrian\u201d (1969)<\/em>, 1969
Nancy Graves<\/strong>, Pleistocene Camelus<\/em>, 1971
Nancy Graves<\/strong>, Installationsanleitung \u201eCalipers\u201c<\/em>, 1970
Nancy Graves<\/strong>, Obviation of Similar Forms, Third Variation<\/em>, 1979
Nancy Graves<\/strong>, Carapace of Convention 4-11-95<\/em>, 1995
Nancy Graves<\/strong>, Confo<\/em>, 1981
Nancy Graves<\/strong>, Weipa (Australia Series)<\/em>, 1985
Nancy Graves<\/strong>, Bathymet-Topograph<\/em>, 1978\/79
Nancy Graves<\/strong>, Nefertiti and Archeological Map<\/em>, 1981
Nancy Graves<\/strong>, Proposal to Control the Current Brush Invasion in the Western United States and Mexico or the Reintroduction of the Camel to Refill a Niche Left in the Pleistocene<\/em>, 1968
Nancy Graves<\/strong>, Reflections on the Moon<\/em>, 1974
Michael (Mike) Heizer<\/strong>, Art before Life (A Relationship on the Land), <\/em>1969
Richard Long<\/strong>, Oxshott near London<\/em>, 1968
Robert Morris<\/strong>, Untitled (Alteration of a landscape by artificial interventions), <\/em>1969
Robert Smithson<\/strong>, Six Photographic Documents of Spiral Jetty, <\/em>1970
Robert Smithson<\/strong>, Spiral Jetty<\/em>, 1970
Alan Sonfist<\/strong>, Hand and Leaf, <\/em>1976
Alan Sonfist<\/strong>, Aus der Serie: Animal Markings, My Markings, <\/em>1972\u201373
Alan Sonfist<\/strong>, Looking at the Milky Way Through a Seed, <\/em>1974
Alan Sonfist<\/strong>, Latitude 41\u00b035\u2032 42\u00b040\u2032 Longitude 73\u00b025\u2032 75\u00b020\u2032, <\/em>1946-1972<\/div>
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Basement<\/strong><\/div>
Margit Palme<\/strong><\/div>

Quartett zu zweit, 1979
Retusche, 2005
Messerscharf<\/em>, 2015
Auf dem Podest<\/em>, 2017
Retusche<\/em>, 1973
Fischbeinb\u00e4nder<\/em>, 1989
Waffe<\/em>, 2010
Ma\u00dfnahme<\/em>, 2018
Kontrolle<\/em>, 2018
Aus meiner Sicht<\/em>, 2006
Balkonlekt\u00fcre<\/em>, 1973
Leda l\u00e4sst den Schwan schwimmen<\/em>, 1979
Ohne Titel, 1981
Fl\u00fcgge<\/em>, 1988
Schlange und Krokodil<\/em>, 2002
Schlaflos<\/em>, 2019
Nixe<\/em>, 1989
Bardame<\/em>, 1972
Pose II<\/em>, 1971
Ohne Titel, 1996
Gr\u00fcner Veltiner<\/em>, 2019
Mit dem Kopf gegen die Wand\u2026<\/em>, 2022<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

First Floor<\/strong>
Marina Abramovi\u0107<\/strong> and Ulay<\/strong> (Frank Uwe Laysiepen), Ausatmen \/ Einatmen<\/em>, 1977
Marina Abramovi\u0107<\/strong> and Ulay<\/strong> (Frank Uwe Laysiepen), Hell \/ Dunkel<\/em>, 1978
John Baldessari<\/strong>, Folding Hat<\/em>, 1971
Ron Hays<\/strong>, Space for Head and Hands<\/em>, 1976
Joan Jonas<\/strong>, Disturbances<\/em>, 1974
Hakud\u014d Kobayashi<\/strong>, Jikyo Jutu<\/em>, 1975
Robert Morris<\/strong>, Neo-Classic<\/em>, 1971
Bruce Nauman<\/strong>, Wall\/Floor Positions<\/em>, 1968
Jacques-Louis Nyst<\/strong>, Le Robot<\/em>, 1975
Ulrike Rosenbach<\/strong>, Sorry Mister<\/em>, 1975<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Courtyard and Loggia
<\/strong>Jonathan Borofsky<\/strong>, Ballerina Clown, 1990
Lars Breuer<\/strong>, Zero history, 2011
Wolfgang Nestler<\/strong>, Rastplatz f\u00fcr die Windstille, 1999
Claes Oldenburg<\/strong>, Colossal Ashtray, 1975<\/p>

Park<\/strong>
Maija Balti\u0146a<\/strong>, Tantasdziesma [Volkslied], 1983
Gruppe Blaustich<\/strong>, GRUNDSTEIN mit BLAUSTICH, ca. 1976-2005
Thomas Virnich<\/strong>, Ludwigs Gartenhaus, 1991-93
Thomas Virnich<\/strong>, Rosentor, 1991
Artur \u017bmijewski<\/strong>, Bild der Lebenszeiten, Kunst der Roboter, lange Arbeit, Kunst der Lebensfreude, Gold, lebendige Gesichter, <\/em>2013<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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