VG Stipendium 2017
11 Mar - 07 May 2017
Claudia Piepenbrock, Seitengang: 2 angepasste Wände, spiegelnd und lautlos, 2016
Schaumstoff und Stahl, 200 x 70 x 530 cm,
Foto: Franziska von den Driesch
Schaumstoff und Stahl, 200 x 70 x 530 cm,
Foto: Franziska von den Driesch
VG STIPENDIUM 2017
11 March – 07 May 2017
Since 1983, the Swiss Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation has traveled throughout Europe to award one of the most highly funded art prizes for young artists under thirty-five. It was not without reason that the Kestner Gesellschaft was selected as the venue for the next award ceremony and a related group exhibition in 2017. Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart (1899–1962), in whose honor his widow Ilse Leda created the foundation in 1977, has a close connection with the history of the Kestner Gesellschaft. On the lower floor of the Kestner Gesellschaft, the group exhibition VG award 2017 will bring together twelve young artists from north Germany, one of which will be selected by the jury as this year’s prizewinner. With various representatives from the fields of painting, photography, installations, performance, and video art, the exhibition will offer a broad overview of the current north German art scene.
At the same time, an exhibition in the upper foyer will showcase Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart’s years at the Kestner Gesellschaft and the reciprocal relationship between the artist and the institution.
11 March – 07 May 2017
Since 1983, the Swiss Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation has traveled throughout Europe to award one of the most highly funded art prizes for young artists under thirty-five. It was not without reason that the Kestner Gesellschaft was selected as the venue for the next award ceremony and a related group exhibition in 2017. Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart (1899–1962), in whose honor his widow Ilse Leda created the foundation in 1977, has a close connection with the history of the Kestner Gesellschaft. On the lower floor of the Kestner Gesellschaft, the group exhibition VG award 2017 will bring together twelve young artists from north Germany, one of which will be selected by the jury as this year’s prizewinner. With various representatives from the fields of painting, photography, installations, performance, and video art, the exhibition will offer a broad overview of the current north German art scene.
At the same time, an exhibition in the upper foyer will showcase Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart’s years at the Kestner Gesellschaft and the reciprocal relationship between the artist and the institution.