Art from Leipzig to Düsseldorf
Benjamin Burkard "Flüsterscherben" Burkard's painting seeks connections and intersections between the past and contemporary perspectives (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, demonstrate how strongly the tradition of painterly observation still influences their work—analytical, atmospheric, yet open to the present. Also at Galerie Leuenroth , Leipzig resonates: under the title Stille Tage (Quiet 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 Mainz Academy of Fine Arts 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 the Greulich Gallery —a sign of continuity that has become rare.
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.
