With the exhibition project Regarding Düsseldorf 4, 701 continues the exhibition series begun in spring 2005. Regarding Düsseldorf 1, Regarding Düsseldorf 2 and Regarding Düsseldorf 3 brought together artistic positions from the fields of painting, sculpture, installation, video and photography by young artists whose biographies are closely linked to the Düsseldorf Art Academy.
Regarding Düsseldorf 4
Junge Kunst in Düsseldorf
9. Mai bis 1. Juli 2009
Galerie arteversum, Jahnstraße 71, Düsseldorf
with:
Eli Cortiñas, Anna Friedel, Dietmar Lutz, Kaoli Mashio, Lin May, Christine Moldrickx, André Niebur, Michail Pirgelis, Christoph Westermeier, Alexander Wissel.
Curator:
Pia Witzmann
With the kind support of:
Aengevelt, Galerie arteversum, Julius Bär, National-Bank, WGZ-Bank AG.
With the exhibition project Regarding Düsseldorf 4, Initiative 701 continues the exhibition series begun in spring 2005. Regarding Düsseldorf 1, Regarding Düsseldorf 2 and Regarding Düsseldorf 3 brought together artistic positions from the fields of painting, sculpture, installation, video and photography by young artists whose biographies are closely linked to the Düsseldorf Art Academy.
Regarding Düsseldorf 4 follows on from the great response to the three exhibitions and presents an equally complex concept with new works by 10 artists from the fields of painting, sculpture, installation, video and photography.
The central concern of the exhibition is to present the diversity of artistic potential and the different approaches to visual art. Complex structures of artistic practice become visible and cast a spotlight on local art production. As much emphasis is placed on the interplay of the artistic contributions as on the quality of the individual works. The choreography of the exhibition highlights similarities and contrasts and establishes harmonious but also disharmonious references and connections.
Regarding Düsseldorf sees itself as a platform for young art – a main concern of the 701 initiative, which wants to continue to make Düsseldorf an attractive place for artists to live and produce in the future. Changing exhibition venues are a characteristic feature of 701. Regarding 1, for example, took place in vacant office space of almost 2,000 square metres, while Regarding Düsseldorf 4 – as for the two previous exhibitions – was held in the 750-square-metre hall of the arteversum gallery in Jahnstraße.