Miniaturbiennale

Mainstation Düsseldorf, Konrad Adenauer Platz 14 

76133 Düsseldorf Germany

The exhibition A World To Work With shows works by twelve artists in the Modellbahnautomat at Düsseldorf‘s main station. In the tradition of sculpture exhibitions in public spaces, works are presented as models on a scale of 1:87, ranging from unrealized to completely newly developed concepts. With works by: Gina Fischli, Alexander Janz, Daniel Kuge, Louise Lawler, Fritjof Mangerich, Isa Melsheimer, Gerardo Nolasco-Rózsás, Lucila Pacheco Dehne, Sophie Pape, Thomas Schütte, Maria Visser and Alex Wissel The exhibition is curated by Alexander Janz and Felix Koberstein. 

Models play an important role in artistic production. Many larger projects are first created on a small scale before they are realized in the size they are intended. This is mostly for pragmatic reasons. Many constraints that exist in reality are undermined in the model. In this way, ideas and thought experiments that cannot be easily realized due to size, cost, safety risks, or other limitations can be vividly put up for disposition. Models are used for experimentation in the studio, but also as a form of presentation for communicating ideas. It is therefore no coincidence that the aesthetics of the model-like, especially since the Neo-avantgardes, has itself become a field of interest for artistic reflection.

LINK miniaturbiennale (site in German)

May 5 freedom concert @ Amstel Amsterdam

Anita Meijer, Why Tell Me Why

The May 5 concert is traditionally the closing event of the national liberation celebration. Opera singer Tania Kross, rapper Fresku and rock band Navarone performed, among others. And the mentioned Anita Meyer of course. She sang her 1981 mega hit Why Tell Me Why. Freedom is something that cannot be taken for granted. I hope freedom remains especially now in Ukraine.

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Lyubov Panchenko (Любов Панченко)

Was a Ukrainian artist and designer known for her influence on Ukrainian culture.

Panchenko came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the Ukrainian Sixtiers, a group of artists and thinkers who advocated for freedom of expression during the repressive Soviet regime. She became known for her fashion design, blending the modern with traditional Ukrainian embroidery and other elements. Her fashion was featured in Soviet Woman, a prominent women’s magazine in Ukraine. Yet her work was also censored by the Soviet Union as it preserved and promoted Ukrainian culture. Panchenko was also a painter who incorporated folk art and traditional symbols if Ukraine into her work, including creating painted pysanky, or Easter eggs. She worked in many other media, including stained glass and sketches. Read more…

LINK: treasures.ui.org.ua