documenta 5 was the fifth edition of documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition. It was held between 30 June and 8 October 1972 in Kassel, West Germany. The artistic director was Harald Szeemann. The title of the exhibition was: Befragung der Realität – Bildwelten heute / Questioning Reality – Pictorial worlds today.[1]

Art & Language, Index 01, documenta 5 1972
Katalog documenta 5 1972

Szeemann's curation is known for establishing a model for future art biennial events, with a central, thematic curatorial idea.[2]

Participants

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A
Vito Acconci Richard Aeschlimann Vincenzo Agnetti Peter Alexander John De Andrea
Giovanni Anselmo Anatol Herzfeld Archigram Siah Armajani Charles Arnoldi
Art & Language Richard Artschwager Michael Asher
B
John Baldessari Robert Barry Georg Baselitz Lothar Baumgarten Monika Baumgartl
Bernd and Hilla Becher Robert Bechtle Gottfried Bechtold Joseph Beuys Natalie Bieser
Karl Oskar Blase Mel Bochner Alighiero Boetti Marinus Boezem Christian Boltanski
Stan Brakhage Claudio Bravo George Brecht KP Brehmer Marcel Broodthaers
Stanley Brouwn Günter Brus Daniel Buren Victor Burgin Michael Buthe
Eugenia Butler James Lee Byars
C
Pier Paolo Calzolari Luciano Castelli Abraham David Christian Christo and Jeanne-Claude Chuck Close
Tony Conrad Ron Cooper William Copley Joseph Cornell Robert Cottingham
Paul Cotton
D
Hanne Darboven Gino de Dominicis Walter De Maria Hermann Degkwitz David Deutsch
Jan Dibbets Herbert Distel Ottomar Domnick Dore O. Marcel Duchamp
John Dugger Stephen Dwoskin
E
Don Eddy Franz Eggenschwiler Ger van Elk Richard Estes
F
Luciano Fabro Hans-Peter Feldmann John C. Fernie Robert Filliou Jud Fine
Joel Fisher Barry Flanagan Y. Fongi Terry Fox Hollis Frampton
Howard Fried Hamish Fulton
G
Barry Gerson Franz Gertsch Vittorio Gigliotti Gilbert & George Ralph Goings
Hubertus Gojowczyk Larry Gottheim Dan Graham Nancy Graves
H
Hans Haacke Duane Hanson Guy Harloff Michael Harvey Haus-Rucker-Co
Birgit Hein & Wilhelm Hein Auguste Herbin Eva Hesse Ernst Hiestand & Ursula Hiestand Rebecca Horn
Jean-Olivier Hucleux Douglas Huebler
I
Jörg Immendorff Will Insley Rolf Iseli
J
Ken Jacobs Neil Jenney Alfred Jensen Jasper Johns Joan Jonas
K
Howard Kanovitz Edward Kienholz & Nancy Kienholz Imi Knoebel Christof Kohlhöfer Jannis Kounellis
Tom Kovachevich Piotr Kowalski
L
David Lamelas Owen Land Jean Le Gac Barry Le Va Alfred Leslie
Sol LeWitt Richard Long Ingeborg Lüscher
M
Inge Mahn Robert Mangold Brice Marden Agnes Martin Donatella Mazzoleni
Étienne Martin Richard McLean David Medalla Dieter Meier Fernando Melani
Jim Melchert Mario Merz Gustav Metzger Russ Meyer Bernd Minnich
Malcolm Morley Ed Moses
N
Bruce Nauman Werner Nekes Hermann Nitsch Andrew Noren
O
Claes Oldenburg Yoko Ono Dennis Oppenheim
P
Robin Page Blinky Palermo Panamarenko Giulio Paolini A. R. Penck
Giuseppe Penone Joachim Pfeufer Elisabeth Pfund & Roger Pfund Vettor Pisani Sigmar Polke
Paolo Portoghesi Stephen Posen Rosa von Praunheim
R
Markus Raetz Arnulf Rainer Gerhard Richter David Rimmer Klaus Rinke
Dorothea Rockburne Peter Roehr Aldo Loris Rossi Ulrich Rückriem Allen Ruppersberg
Edward Ruscha Reiner Ruthenbeck Robert Ryman
S
John Salt Salvo Lucas Samaras Günter Sarée Paul Sarkisian
Jean-Frédéric Schnyder Ben Schonzeit Werner Schroeter HA Schult Armand Schulthess
Rudolf Schwarzkogler Fritz Schwegler Richard Serra Paul Sharits Alan Shields
Katharina Sieverding Robert Smithson Michael Snow Holly Solomon & Bert Spielvogel Irm & Ed Sommer
Keith Sonnier Klaus Staeck Paul Staiger Jorge Stever Robert Strübin
T
Paul Thek Wayne Thiebaud André Thomkins David Tremlett Richard Tuttle
U
Bernd Upnmoor
V
Ben Vautier
W
Franz Erhard Walther Robert Watts William Wegman Bertram Weigel Lawrence Weiner
Roger Welch John Wesley Horace Clifford Westermann Joyce Wieland William T. Wiley
Charles Wilp Rolf Winnewisser Adolf Wölfli Tom Wudl Klaus Wyborny
Y
La Monte Young Peter Young
Z
Marian Zazeela Gilberto Zorio

References

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  1. ^ Ausstellungskatalog: documenta 5. Befragung der Realität – Bildwelten heute. Katalog (als Aktenordner) Band 1: (Material); Band 2: (Exponatliste); Kassel 1972
  2. ^ Morris, Jane (1 May 2019). "Why is the Venice Biennale still so important?". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 4 May 2019.