International art
Frankfurt would not be the international city it is known for if it did not also offer a variety of global perspectives to discover during the season opener, which starts tomorrow at 6 pm.
Galerie Heike Strelow presents "Luna Park - Shadow of Amusement", the second solo exhibition by Venezuelan artist Starsky Brines, who will also be present in Germany for the first time.
Global will be with Heike Strelowwhere Venezuelan artist Starsky Brines ' paintings and works on paper transport us to a world that captures the dazzlingly nostalgic flair of fairgrounds and amusement parks, but also allows their darker features to shine through. The artist, performer and activist Kubra Khademi, who was born in the Afghan capital Kabul in 1989 and has been living in exile in Paris since 2015, on the other hand, celebrates her work with Anita Beckers in drawings and paintings on paper, Kubra Khademi celebrates the female body, which she depicts in all its facets.
Takashi Murakami is known worldwide for his extraordinary works that fuse traditional Japanese art with modern pop art elements. On show at the Raphael Gallery
Samuel Baah Kortey, who studied at Kwame Nkrumah University and the Städelschule, presents his first solo exhibition at Galerie Sakhile&Me in the Westend. Furthermore, under the title "PAS DE DEUX Tradition and Modernity of Africa", the Gallery von Miller traditional works of art from the first half of the 20th century and paintings by Sheikh Diagne (Senegal/Frankfurt a.M.). In the EULENGASSE exhibition space two exhibitions of young Albanian art will be curated as part of the EUROPEAN CITIES ART NETWORK project at the start of the season.
Swiss Städelschule graduate Cyril Tyrone Hübscher examines the development of the Frankfurt skyline with a focus on US influences. On display in the 1822 - Forum of the Frankfurter Sparkasse.
In the 1822-Forum of the Frankfurter SparkasseCyril Tyrone Hübscher examines the development of the Frankfurt skyline with a focus on US influences. This is not only a historical urban planning analysis, but also a personal view of the city in which the Swiss Städelschule graduate has been living and working for two years. In the Raphael Gallery the Japanese artist Takashi Murakami transports us into a world full of color and fantasy in his graphic work, which blends traditional Japanese art with modern pop art elements.
