Talk: “Nymphs – Muse and Myth” with Prof. Dr. Holger Jacob-Friesen, Director of the Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden, artist Aisté Stancikaitė and curator Dominic Eichler
A key point of reference for Stancikaite's current exhibition Echoes at Kunstverein Dresden is the Nymphenbad at the Dresden Zwinger, one of the most remarkable Baroque fountain ensembles in Europe. Starting from this Baroque masterpiece and Stancikaite's contemporary take, the three will discuss the nymph as a figure in art history—between source of inspiration, projection surface, and an echo of mythological ideas that resonate into the present.
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Elsa Rouy’s collaboration with the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe's production of A Rite Of Spring.
113 years ago, one ballet shook the music and theatre world to its very foundations: Le Sacre du printemps. To shocking, rhythmic music, a young woman was chosen to dance herself to death as a sacrifice for a new spring. Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe reinterprets this iconic piece by composer Igor Stravinsky and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky and sheds his contemporary light on the timeless theme of sacrifice and transformation.
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“Echoes”: Aistė Stancikaitė’s first institutional solo exhibition at Kunstverein Dresden
Mit „Echoes“ präsentiert der Kunstverein Dresden die erste deutsche institutionelle Einzelausstellung der in Litauen geborenen und in Berlin lebenden Künstlerin Aistė Stancikaitė (geb. 1988). Für diesen Anlass entwickelt Stancikaitė eine neue Serie großformatiger figurativer Gemälde – ein vielschichtiges Geflecht aus leuchtenden, androgynen Körpern, imaginären Portalen und visionären Räumen, die in unbekannte Sphären, symbolische Landschaften und parallele Welten führen.
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CURRENT HIGHLIGHT
Kaifan Wang
GNYP Gallery is proud to present the first monograph of Kaifan Wang featuring essays by Xiaoyu Weng, Martin Herbert and Marta Gnyp.
The Chinese artist, living and working in Berlin, stands out through his unique approach to the never ending field of abstraction through fusing Eastern and Western techniques and concepts. During the last years his art has undergone constant transformation – developing his visual language together with the contemplation of various personal and global topics. Having been trained in classical Chinese art and calligraphy before studying Western art in Europe, Wang‘s work is first of all characterised through its high visual intensity.
The book includes works made in the period from 2021 – 2024.
