Kunsthalle Mainz

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Kunsthalle with a green glass curtain wall

The Kunsthalle Mainz is an exhibition center for contemporary art . It is located in the boiler and machine house planned by Eduard Kreyssig in 1887 in the Mainz customs port . The building was rebuilt in 2006 by the Mainz municipal utilities . The former energy center of the customs port has served as an art gallery since it opened on March 1, 2008.

history

The Berlin architectural office was commissioned by Günter Zamp Kelp to convert the boiler house . His design includes a complete renovation and rededication of the elongated, single-storey brick building as well as the closing of a narrow gap in which a tower 21 meters high and inclined by seven degrees is inserted. A distinctive urban accent has been created with the tower. The former engine shed is designed as a café. The Kunsthalle Mainz has 840 m² of exhibition space, divided into three adjoining large rooms in the old building and the three cabinet-like rooms in the tower (new building), one above the other.

Conception

The Kunsthalle Mainz shows changing exhibitions of current art. It makes a name for itself through monographic and thematic exhibitions of international standing. In addition, it offers a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary supporting program. For each exhibition there are communication formats in the form of tours or workshops, which are aimed at adults as well as children and young people. Additional events such as discussions, artist talks or series of lectures also take place. In addition, a screening room for films was set up in September 2012. A series of video screenings will take place there. Films by Joan Jonas , Pipilotti Rist , Anri Sala , Clemens von Wedemeyer , Matthew Barney , Martha Rosler , Maria Lassnig , John Bock and Francis Alÿs , among others, were presented.

organization

The Kunsthalle Mainz Foundation is responsible for the Kunsthalle Mainz. It was brought into being by the Mainzer Stadtwerke and pursues exclusively and directly charitable purposes with the main aim of the foundation to promote and mediate contemporary art. The foundation bodies are the board of directors and the board of trustees. The board of directors is responsible for running the foundation and managing day-to-day business. It consists of a member of the Management Board of Mainzer Stadtwerke AG and a representative of the City of Mainz and the State of Rhineland-Palatinate . The board of trustees, consisting of members of public life, takes on the supervisory function.

Previous artistic directors, responsible for the conception and exhibition program:

Exhibitions

under the direction of Stefanie Böttcher

  • Uriel Orlow - Conversing with Leaves (November 29, 2019 - April 19, 2020)

under the direction of Thomas D. Trummer

under the direction of Nathalie de Ligt

  • km 500 5 - 2011 scholarship holders of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral (25 August - 7 October 2012)
  • Michael Kalmbach. Christopher Doll / My Way. Children and young people exhibit (May 11 - August 5, 2012)
  • Elly Strik. The sight of them gives strength to the angels / Eva Weingärtner. we are one / Trabant: Peter Sauerer (February 3 - April 22, 2012)
  • km 500 4 - 2010 scholarship recipients of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral (November 26, 2011 - January 15, 2012)
  • Nico Krebs vs. Taijo Onorato / Collected Suria. An exhibition by and for children and young people / VideoZone: Kaja Leijon (August 19 - November 6, 2011)
  • The New Mainz School. An exhibition by the Mainz University of Art (May 26 - July 31, 2011)
  • Karsten Bott. Von Jedem Eins / Trabant: Florian Rossmanith / VideoZone: Eric Lanz (February 17 - May 1, 2011)
  • km 500 3 - 2008 scholarship holders from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral (November 20, 2010 - January 16, 2011)
  • Guy Ben-Ner : Film / Drawing / Johannes Spehr . Aquarelle / Installation / VideoZone: Corinna Schnitt (August 20 - October 31, 2010)
  • Stadt im Fluss / Stadt am Fluss - An exhibition and an art project by and for children and young people / fail better 3 - A series by the Academy for Fine Arts Mainz (June 18 - August 1, 2010)
  • Martina vinegar. Watercolors / Jörg Obergfell. Objects / Photographs / VideoZone: Stefan Panhans (March 6 - May 30, 2010)
  • Joachim Brohm. Photography / fail better 2 - A series of the Academy of Fine Arts Mainz / VideoZone: Anna-Lena Gremme (November 27, 2009 - February 21, 2010)
  • David Shrigley. New Powers / New Powers / Trabant: Anna Lea Hucht (August 22 - November 8, 2009)
  • km 500 2 - 2008 scholarship holders from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral (June 27 - August 9, 2009)
  • Matthias Weischer. Room with a view / Trabant: Marieta Chirulescu (March 13 - June 7, 2009)
  • Michal Budny , Annette Gödde , Fritz Panzer , Christine Rusche - Illusion & Consequence (November 21, 2008 - February 15, 2009)
  • km 500 - 2007 scholarship recipients from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral (13 September - 26 October 2008)
  • Nachspiel: Zeit - An exhibition by and for children and young people (July 27 - August 24, 2008)
  • fail better - A project by the Academy of Fine Arts Mainz (June 6th - July 13th, 2008)
  • Lukas Einsele , Thomas Erdelmeier , Thomas Kilpper - The world should initially remain as it is (June 6th - August 24th, 2008)
  • Christian Borchert , Meike Dölp , Angela Fensch , Michael Franz , Hans-Jörg Georgi , Jürgen Krause , Nicholas Nixon , Claus Richter , Jens Risch , Tobias Tragl - All the time in the world - 10 long-term projects (March 1 - May 18, 2008)

Video screenings

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ When avatars curse in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on July 27, 2014, page 31

Coordinates: 50 ° 0 '43.9 "  N , 8 ° 15' 45.4"  E