MIT HEISSEN NADELN

01.05.08 – 12.05.08

Exhibition duration: 01.05.08 – 12.05.08
Opening hours: Sat/Sun 14.00 – 20.00 – Mon-Fri 16.00 – 20.00

MIT HEISSEN NADELN is the first exhibition in this year’s exhibition series fadenkreuz, which takes place in the rooms of geh8. Within this series, exhibitions will take place (based on the four cardinal points) that refer to different art scenes and cultural spaces in Germany, Europe and beyond. The first exhibition will be MIT HEISSEN NADELN. The focus here is on works by artists who have enjoyed their training in Düsseldorf or Cologne.

In the imaginary “crosshairs” stretched across geh8, they represent the western compass point. In addition to the temporary spatial proximity of the artists within the Cologne / Düsseldorf art scene, they are united by a formal language that attempts to intervene decidedly in the respective exhibition space. Sculptural positions predominate, which understand sculpture or installation as a space of experience and combine within the exhibition as large-scale drawing, media-supported installation and autonomous sculpture. The exhibition space of geh8 with its brittle hall character will be an important reference and starting point as well as the connecting element within the exhibition.

Participating artists

Tina Beifuss, studied sculpture at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Klaus Rinke and Georg Herold, research assistant HfBK Dresden

Anja Kempe, studies at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, art space Maxim Cologne, research assistant HGB Leipzig

Robert Kraiss, studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Georg Herold, Kunstraum Maxim Cologne

Florian Neufeldt, studies at the Academy of Arts Düsseldorf with Tony Cragg

Melanie Schmidt, studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Prof. Megert

Tina Tonagel, studies at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne,

Constantin Wallhäuser, studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Tony Cragg and Georg Herold, Art Prize of the City of Düsseldorf, Villa Romana Scholarship

supported by Landeshauptstadt Dresden, Amt für Kultur und Denkmalschutz