Frankfurt/Main, August 3 – 11, 2024, https://www.instagram.com/marsfrankfurt/ A group of befriended artists from Japan and Germany organised a show together. Different styles, different media, different gerenrations. The connecting point seems to have been some kind of residency program, and the motivation the obtaining of some Japanese artist mobility grants to enjoy a European summer culture…
basis, Frankfurt am Main, September 14 to December 10, 2023, https://basis-frankfurt.de A group show that combined a number of China-related artworks by Chinese and China-related artists. Overall it seemed that there was an interest in geopolitical topics. Curated by Antonie Angerer & Anna-Viktoria Eschbach. Artists: Musquiqui Chihying, Elom 20ce, Gregor Kasper, Peng Ke, Xiaoshi Qin,…
Frankfurt am Main, March 11 – May 28, 2023, https://www.portikus.de/ A daughter of Hong Kong emigrants wanders around her new homeland in Sweden and is plagued by nostalgic memories of her parents. The Chinese restaurant of her parents as well as other Chinese restaurants she encounters serve as a kind of medium connecting her to…
Frankfurt am Main, July 7 – September 6, 2020, https://www.portikus.de Hajra Waheed´s installation in Portikus consists of an empty room with a white carpet, where all visitors are required to take their shoes off. From above an array of speakers is suspended in the space. A mellow soundtrack of humming voices is played back. The…
Frankfurt am Main, June 20 – July 14, 2019, https://www.staedelmuseum.de The graduates of the Staedelschule are very blessed to be from a school attached to a large museum, resulting in the wonderful opportunity to have their graduation show in the generous museum space, in immediate proximity to already canonized artists-masters. The “inherited” exhibition architecture of…
Frankfurt am Main, June 30 – September 2, 2018, http://www.portikus.de/ The installation of Arim Rungjang, a Thai artist who made his first biennale appearances in the last few years, consisted of one large dark room with video projections on all walls except the entrance. The room was very dark, especially as one was entering straight…