Art from Leipzig to Düsseldorf
Benjamin Burkard "Flüsterscherben" Burkard's painting searches for entanglements and condensations between the past and contemporary points of view (galerie . mühlfeld + stohrer)
The German art academies have been shaping the discourse for decades, often across generations. At the Saisonstart , their signatures are reflected in the Exhibitions of the Frankfurt galleries - and provide insights into current trends in painting that are regionally rooted and at the same time nationally networked.
At Rothamel, Hjördis Baacke and Jörg Ernert, two graduates of the Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts, show how strong the tradition of painterly observation still is there - analytical, atmospheric and at the same time open to the present. Leipzig also resonates in the Leuenroth Gallery: Under the title Silent Days, Janosch Dannemann unfolds delicate works on paper that combine introspection and reduction.
Arno Beck strikes a completely different tone at Schierke Seinecke. Trained by Markus Lüpertz and Eberhard Havekost at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, he takes up the tradition of woodcuts in large-format acrylic paintings - formally strict, but radically transferred to the present day with airbrush technique and digital motifs.
The Kunsthochschule Mainz is represented by Sebastian Meschenmoser. Under the programmatic title Ich erinnere mich nicht (I don't remember), he takes stock, looks back on various phases of his oeuvre and reinterprets them. At the same time, the exhibition marks the twentieth anniversary of his collaboration with Galerie Greulich - a rare sign of continuity.
The figurative is also being renegotiated: At the E30 Gallery, Klara Landwehr (Düsseldorf Art Academy) and Noah Kauertz (Alanus University, Alfter) enter into a dialog that opens up classical imagery to contemporary issues. Finally, mühlfeld + stohrer will be showing the works of Benjamin Burkard (Landau University), which play with art-historical allusions and yet create their own, peculiarly contemporary visual worlds.
