New installment of "Big Picture"
The third installment of "Big Picture" – an overview of the collection’s large-scale installations – centers around the question: What is presentation? On view in the basement level of K21, designed by Stadler Prenn Architekten Berlin, is a concentrated selection of works which articulate ideas about roles, identity, and the self in contemporary art.
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Window Paintings at K20
For centuries, the window has been found among the most favored artistic motifs. The picture of a "room with a view" in which the window marks the threshold between exterior and interior has long fostered reflections on the medium of painting itself. The 100 paintings, drawings, objects, sculptures, photographs, and projections featured in the exhibition "Fresh Widow. The Window in Art since Matisse and Duchamp" exemplify the astonishing variety and diversity of the pictorial models proposed between 1912 and the present.
Roman Ondák at K21 Ständehaus
At the latest since his much-acclaimed work for the Czech and Slovakian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of 2009, Roman Ondák (born 1966, lives in Bratislava) has been regarded as a key figure among younger artists who have taken up and developed the traditions of conceptual, process-oriented, and installation art in strikingly independent ways. The exhibition "Within Reach of Hand or Eye" (until May 28, 2012) at K21 Ständehaus centers on a new installation which was conceived especially for this exhibition, entitled "The Hill Seen from Afar" (2011).
Polish artists at Schmela Haus
The duo of Polish artist, Wojciech Bąkowski and Piotr Bosacki, born respectively 1979 and 1977 in Poznan/Poland, where both still live, have collaborated in particular on literary and musical themes. Typically for their generation, both artists pursue a confrontation with a reality apparently devoid of plan or aim, while at the same time maintaining an existential commitment characterized by philosophical and poetic penetration. The exhibition DA SIĘ WYTRZYMAĆ IT’S BEARABLE is going to be shown at Schmela Haus up to June, 10. Free entrance!
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Preview 2012
In the course of the year, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen will once again be showcasing a provocative and varied exhibition program at our three venues, the K20 Grabbeplatz, the K21 Ständehaus and the Schmela Haus, a former gallery building located in Düsseldorf’s old town. Awaiting visitors will be different projects, ranging from classical modernism to monographic presentations of internationally recognized artists. Playing a central role in our program will be large-scale special exhibitions, as well as active interventions involving works from the permanent collection, along with special foci on film and video art and on artist’s rooms.
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