Exhibition opening and workshop on TRANSITIONS

For the opening of the exhibition "Transitions. On the effects of social upheavals in artistic work" on Friday, 25.10.2024, at 8 pm in the Motorenhalle. Project Center for Contemporary Art, Wachsbleichstr. 4a, 01067 Dresden

with works by Eva Backofen, Klaus Dennhardt, Else Gabriel, Hubertus Giebe, Eberhard Göschel, Peter Graf, Angela Hampel, Günther Hornig, Matthias Jackisch, Petra Kasten, Ralf Kerbach, Gerda Lepke, Stefan Plenkers, Christine Schlegel, Tobias Stengel

We cordially invite you and your friends.

The exhibition shows paintings, works on paper as well as sculptures from the 1980s and 1990s and the early 2000s.
The starting point is the period around 1989/90: suddenly society was upside down. What had just been valid was obsolete. Art, which had just been important, became a minor matter in the face of the upheaval - for most people. Some had already left the country for the West. Those who stayed experienced a system change with profound effects on all areas of life, and both positive and negative points of friction lost their validity from one day to the next.
The exhibition asks how the socio-political upheaval directly shaped and changed the work and practice of artists. Is it even possible to trace the development of an artist's work independently of external influences?

Information and program: www.motorenhalle.de

Curators Gwendolin Kremer, Silke Wagler, Frank Eckhardt

Greetings
Annekatrin Klepsch, Mayor of Culture, Science and Tourism in Dresden
Prof. Dr. Manuel Frey, Director of the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
Claudia Zachow, Social Engagement Officer, Art and Culture Division of the Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden

Exhibition duration October 26, 2024 - March 2, 2025

Opening hours Wed, Thu & Fri 3-7 pm, Sat & Sun 2-6 pm

Lender
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections), Albertinum and Art Fund of the Free State of Saxony
Dresden Municipal Gallery - Art Collection, Museums of the City of Dresden
Art holdings of the Office for Academic Heritage, Scientific and Art Collections of the TU Dresden
Art exhibition Kühl, artists, private property