Opening Reception with Wiebke Bartsch on Friday

Upcoming Friday we will celebrate the Opening Reception of the exhibition “Wiebke Bartsch. Clouds pass by”, the artist will be present. The Master Student of Timm Ulrichs will showcase new drawings, textile wallpieces and installations. More about Wiebke Bartsch Wiebke Bartsch: “Clouds Pass By”. Oct. 2 – Nov. 6, 2010

Andy Scholz at KWI

The “Kulturwisschaftliches Institut” in Essen has shown photographs by Andy Scholz within the series “Kunst im KWI”. The exhibition finished with a discursiv talk between Prof. Dr. Stefan Berg (Director Kunstmuseum Bonn) and Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer (KWI). The main emphasis of their discussion was the latest works by Andy Scholz, his series “Folkwang under …

Start der Art Moscow

Mit einem verkleinerten Feld von ca. 50 Galerien präsentiert sich derzeit die internationale Kunstszene in Moskau. Bei der Art Moscow zeigen Galerien aus 15 Ländern ihr Programm, wobei sicher die russischen Galerien bei weitem den größten Anteil stellen: Mit Aidan, Guelman, XL und Krokin sind denn auch die wichtigsten Moskauer Galerien dabei. Bei der Vernissage …

Vernissage Art Moscow

After today was the preview, tomorrow, Wednesday, 16 o’clock, the official opening of Art Moscow will take place. Thousands of visitors are expected. With Marcela Boehm, Peter Schloer, Shinichi Tsuchiya and Thomas Zika we have set up a broad programme, with a focus on photography, and with Henri Cartier-Bresson we are presenting a real highlight …

Activities of Julia Willms

Media artist Julia Willms, who we will showcase in our gallery in February 2011, will participate in a whole series of art events in the next few months: Audio visual installation of Julia Willms In cooperation with Andrea Bozic and Robert Pravda Sep. 16-18, 2010, 19.30 h at Frascati Theater Amsterdam AND Sep. 23-25, and …

Soon again ART MOSCOW

As the only German gallery we again participate at ART MOSCOW this year. ART MOSCOW is the largest contemporary art fair in Eastern Europe. It was founded in 1995 and today is one of the major art events in Russia. (Sep. 22-26, 2010, Central House of Artists, Moscow)

Thomas Zika and Henri Cartier-Bresson

On Friday, September 3rd, from 7 p. m. we will give a preview of the autumn of 2010 in the gallery under the title *preview*. We’re opening our new “Collector’s Lounge” with a real sensation: we’re showing 13 original photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, including vintages and real rarities. There are portraits of Marilyn Monroe, de …

Thomas Zika shows Butterflies

From 4 September the internationally active photographer Thomas Zika will be showing works entitled “Butterflies – Dem Admiral das Leben gerettet”. in our gallery. In contrast to the sober, objective depiction of butterflies in “Papillons” last exhibition, Zika now finds an opulent and very poetic pictorial language for the depiction of butterflies. In large-format and …

Exhibitionbooklet “Gezeichnet, gepixelt, gedruckt.”

All works of the current exhibition can be found in the following booklet, enjoy browsing: Open publication – Free publishing The opening last Friday was very crowded in spite of holidays and heat. More than 200 visitors came and heard the greeting of Torsten Obrist and the excellent introduction of the curator Dr. Heike Baare. …

Today exhibition opening: “Gezeichnet, gepixelt, gedruckt”

Seven artists from different fields of applied graphics and illustration will be exhibiting together for the first time at GAM. They all studied with Prof. Otto Näscher at the Folkwangschule in Essen at the beginning of the 1990s, and today they have received national and international awards for their work. At the opening this evening, …

Von Mäuseträumen und Reisen ins Schneeland

Für ihre liebevoll gestalteten Kinderbücher erhielt die an der Folkwangschule in Essen ausgebildete Diplom-Designerin Gaby van Emmerich bereits zahlreiche Auszeichnungen. So wurde ihr für die 1998 erschienenen “Mäuseträume” der “Preis der Stadt Hasselt” (Belgien) sowie eine Auszeichnung des Art Directors Club Deutschland verliehen. Ein Verkaufsschlager ist eine ihrer jüngsten Schöpfungen: “Kölsch för et Ströppche” soll …

Film art from Essen

Although he has given cinema successes such as “das Parfum” or “Krabat” a face, his name is usually only found in small print in the credits. Rainer Stock works for nationally and internationally renowned directors such as Roman Polanski, Tom Tykwer and Bully Herbig. As a storyboard draughtsman he designed the scene sequences and camera …

Echt Ruhrpott!

Although their handwriting could not be more different, the Essen artists Jamiri, alias Jan-Michael Richter, and Helge Jepsen share not only a passion for drawing but also a love of the Ruhr region. A selection of her works can be seen from 24 July at GAM in the exhibition “Gezeichnet, gepixelt, gedruckt”. Jamiri is one …

A touch of Hollywood. . .

The works of Katrin Assmann and Christian Schellewald, who recently arrived at GAM, have come a long way. . The Essen-born live today in California, near Hollywood. Both attended Prof. Otto Näscher’s drawing class at the Essen Folkwang School. The trained illustrator Christian Schellewald is Art Director of the animation studio Dreamworks in Los Angeles. …

Martin Baltscheit at GAM

As part of the exhibition “Gezeichnet, gepixelt, gedruckt”, GAM will be showing works by the award-winning artist Martin Baltscheit from 24 July 2010. With his illustrations for the new translation of Rudyard Kipling’s “Jungle Books”, Baltscheit has succeeded in creating a true masterpiece. The review of ZEIT particularly emphasized the “sensually wild” quality of his …

Opening Reception “flashback/echo”

Yesterday we held the Opening Reception with our exhibition of Wolfgang Burat and we had more than 30° C: A good-humoured photographer talked about the developement of the pictures in the 80s and about the SPEX founding period. In yesterday’s WAZ Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung Kai Süselbeck reported about the exhibition (photographs Kerstin Kokoska): Wolfgang Burat: …

Photo edition of Wolfgang Burat

For the exhibition “flashback|echo” a photo edition with Burat’s image of “Einstürzende Neubauten” 1982 will be published. This picture will also be seen in the Museum Folkwang for the upcoming exhibition “A Star is Born”. Our edition: Pigment print limited to 15 copies, image size 20,8 x 30 cm, paper size 30 x 40 cm, …

Vor Ort in BASEL

Vorne die Weinberge, hinten die Kunststadt: Bei all dem Trubel, der zur Zeit in Basel allgegenwärtig herrscht und der maßgeblichen Einfluss auf die gesamte Kunstwelt hat, darf doch nicht vergessen werden, dass Basel eigentlich ein beschauliches kleines Städtchen ist… Vorgestern die Eröffnung der Liste, gestern die Art Basel 41, tausende von Menschen strömten, und verdeckten …

Bilder von der Selection Basel

Heute beginnt die Selection Artfair Basel. Hier ein paar Impressionen von unserm Stand mit Marcela Böhm, Dieter Kränzlein und Peter Schlör: Selection Artfair Basel 14.-20. Juni 2010, tgl. 11-21 Uhr Eröffnung:  Montag, 14. Juni 2010, 16 – 22 Uhr Halle 33, Ecke Riehentorstrasse/Claragraben 4058 Basel, Schweiz

Portraits of the 80s scene

Titled “flashback|echo” from 3 Juli to 14 August we will have an exhibition with Wolfgang Burats portraits of the idols of the 80s. In very intensive photographs the Underground of the 80s resurrects: Included are images of Bauhaus, Nick Cave, The Cure, Miles Davis, Andreas Dorau, Dennis Hopper, Einstürzende Neubauten, Ideal, Malcolm MacLaren, Iggy Pop, …

Einladung zur Selection Basel

Von kommenden Montag, 14. Juni bis einschließlich Sonntag, 20. Juni sind wir wir auf der Selection Artfair Basel vertreten. Hier finden Sie die Einladung zur Vernissage, ein einfacher Ausdruck genügt zum Einlass: invitation-selection

Essen als Metropole der Illustrationskunst

Ab dem 24. Juli 2010 zeigen wir unter dem Titel “Gezeichnet, gepixelt, gedruckt” eine Werkauswahl von Zeichnern und Illustratoren, die sich national und international erfolgreich mit ihrer Zeichenkunst behaupten. Katrin Assmann, Martin Baltscheit, Gaby van Emmerich, Jamiri (Jan-Michael Richter), Helge Jepsen, Christian Schellewald und Rainer Stock sind in unterschiedlichsten Sparten der angewandten Grafik tätig. Ihre …