Übermorgenkünstler

Young artists from 8 academies at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden

11.07.–04.10.2015

Artists

  • Ferhat Ayne
  • Flurina Badel
  • Felix Bolze
  • Elvira Chevalier
  • Eric Cusminus
  • Inga Danysz
  • Lotte Meret Effinger
  • Richard Engel
  • Deniz Eroglu
  • Andrea Györi
  • Anette C. Halm
  • Lina Hermsdorf
  • Jeanette Huss-Varnet
  • Sophie Innmann
  • Olga Jakob
  • Hyun Jin Kim
  • Margarethe Kollmer
  • Nina Laaf
  • Céline Liebi
  • Adrianna Liedtke
  • Martin Lorenz
  • Ann-Kathrin Müller
  • Patricia Murawski
  • Frida Ruiz
  • Raphael Sbrzesny
  • Nadja Schoch
  • Petra Soder
  • Ines Spanier
  • Jens Stickel
  • Peter Strickmann
  • Fabian Treiber
  • Mark Walker
  • Mona Zeiler
  • Jonas Zilius

Curator

  • Johan Holten

Painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, installation, video, performance - all genres that are not new. How do artists find their own formal language in times when the concept of art is expanding extensively? Can forward-looking tendencies be identified?

The Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden and the Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst would like to explore these questions together and offer a platform to the youngest art scene in the triangle of countries in the exhibition Übermorgenkünstler and thus actively contribute to their networking. Students and graduates of the art academies in Basel, Frankfurt, Karlsruhe, Mainz, Mulhouse-Strasbourg, Saarbrücken and Stuttgart have been invited to propose works for the Kunsthalle's exhibition spaces. This will bring young artists to Baden-Baden, a city that has no art academy of its own.

The exhibition will be extended into the urban space of Baden-Baden with site-specific interventions. Installations and sculptures in Lichtentaler Allee expand the sophisticated spa town into an exhibition space for the youngest generation of artists. At the same time, the Society of Friends of Young Art is tracing the roots of the young artists in the rooms of the old steam bath by presenting works by the respective academy professors. This makes it clear once again how since their founding, both institutions have been committed to promoting the very latest trends in contemporary art. This means that works by some of the artists will not only be on display in an institutional exhibition "the day after tomorrow", but already today.

From over 430 applications, 36 artists convinced the jury with their proposals, consisting of Anja Casser (Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe), Chus Martinez (HGK Basel) Petra von Olschowski (SABK Stuttgart), Johan Holten (Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden) and Johannes Hüppi (Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst).

Participating universities: HGK Basel, HFBK Städelschule Frankfurt a. M., AdBK and HFG Karlsruhe, Kunsthochschule Mainz, HEAR Mulhouse-Straßburg, HBKsaar Saarbrücken and SABK Stuttgart

Übermorgenkünstler:innen: Ferhat Ayne, Flurina Badel & Jérémie Sarbach, Felix Bolze, Elvira Chevalier, Eric Cusminus, Inga Danysz, Lotte Meret Effinger, Richard Engel, Deniz Eroglu, Andrea Györi, Anette C. Halm, Lina Hermsdorf, Jeanette Huss-Varnet, Sophie Innmann, Olga Jakob, Hyun Jin Kim, Margarethe Kollmer, Céline Liebi, Nina Laaf, Martin Lorenz, Adrianna Liedtke, Patricia Murawski, Ann-Kathrin Müller, Frida Ruiz, Raphael Sbrzesny, Nadja Schoch, Petra Soder, Ines Spanier, Jens Stickel, Peter Strickmann, Fabian Treiber, Mark Walker, Mona Zeiler, Jonas Zilius

Professors: Reto Boller, Michael Clegg, Tatjana Doll, Felix Ensslin, Vadim Fishkin, Rainer Ganahl, Sabine Groß, Christian Jankowski, Dieter Kiessling, Urs Lehni, Renée Levi, Armin Linke, Tobias Rehberger, Ricarda Roggan, Matthieu Saladin, Susanne Windelen, Georg Winter, Tobias Wootton

Opening on July 10, 2015:

6 p.m. at the Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst im Alten Dampfbad:

Welcome by Karl-Manfred Rennertz (Chairman GFJK)

7.30 pm at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden:

Greeting by Johan Holten and an introduction to the exhibition by Petra von Olschowski, member of the selection jury and rector of the SABK Stuttgart

Activities on the opening evening:

18.30 in the Alte Dampfbad: Prof. Georg Winter, "Pop Role"

20.00 on the Alleeterrasse: Lina Hermsdorf, "The Best Answer You Can Give"

20.30 in the Café Kunsthalle: Felix Bolze, "The Game"

21.00 in the management office: Adrianna Liedtke, "Death of Lolita"

from 22.00 on the terrace and in the café: DJ Paul Gregor