4/5/2006
Personal States / Infinite Actives
Portikus, Frankfurt
Portikus is moving into a new space. Designed by architect Christoph Mackler, the new building is located on a small island in the river Main at the very heart of the city. Slovenian artist Marjetica Potrc and Frankfurt-based Argentinean artist Tomas Saraceno will inaugurate the new venue with the their show.
Marjetica Potrc and Tomas Saraceno
Portikus in Frankfurt am Main, the Kunsthalle of the city’s Art
Academy - the Stadelschule, is moving into a new space. After
leaving its original address behind the facade of the destroyed city
library in 2003, the Portikus has staged more than twenty shows in an
architectural structure designed by Tobias Rehberger, professor of
sculpture at the Stadelschule. Now the time has come for the
institution’s third phase: On May 5, Slovenian artist Marjetica
Potrc and Frankfurt-based Argentinean artist Tomas Saraceno will
inaugurate the new venue with the show Personal States / Infinite
Actives. Both artists have an architectural background and will
display new works articulated in the realm between sculpture and
architecture.
Olafur Eliasson’s light lab, located in the building’s large glass
roof and visible only from the outside, is already in operation.
Eliasson’s project will develop over two years and continuously
change the appearance of the building.
Designed by Frankfurt architect Christoph Mackler, the new building
is located on a small island in the river Main at the very heart of
the city. Portikus is an institution that emphasizes on
experimentation and production. Most likely the unusual site and the
exhibition space will trigger unexpected projects by the invited
artists. During the first year in the new venue, Portikus will
realize projects of Dan Perjovschi (July-August), Francis Alys
(September-October), Paul Chan (October-November), a show curated by
Michael Krebber (December-January), John Baldessari (February-March,
2007), Judith Hopf & Henrik Olesen (March-April, 2007), and Paulina
Olowska (May-June 2007).
Portikus re-opens at the new venue with exhibition no. 140.
Since its foundation by Kasper Konig in 1987, the following artists
were presented:
Dieter Roth, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Thomas Struth, Siah Armajani,
Erik Bulatov, Niele Toroni, Franz West, Gerald Domenig, Thomas Ruff,
Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Ilya Kabakov, Allan McCollum, Stephan
Balkenhol, Nam June Paik, On Kawara, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Schutte,
Katharina Fritsch, Lawrence Weiner, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Ettore
Spalletti, Jorg Immendorff, Hanne Darboven, Thomas Bayrle, Ellsworth
Kelly, Raimer Jochims, Sol LeWitt, Matt Mullican, Nicole van den
Plas, Bernhard Hartter, Holger Bunk, Jonathan Borofsky, Bruce Nauman,
Che'ri Samba, Raoul De Keyser, Christian Boltanski, Gerhard Wittner,
Harald Klingelholler, Claes Oldenburg, Mike Kelley, Herbert Hama'k,
Otto Muehl, Leni Hoffmann, Candida Hofer, Rudolf Steiner, Isa
Genzken, Jean-Fre'de'ric Schnyder, Fre'de'ric Bruly Bouabre', Richard
Artschwager, Dennis Adams, John Wesley, Paul-Armand Gette, Lothar
Baumgarten, Ernst Caramelle, Sherrie Levine, Wiebke Siem, Sigmar
Polke, Luc Tuymans, Tony Oursler, Per Kirkeby, Steven Pippin, Luciano
Fabro, Raymond Hains, Christa Naher, Eran Schaerf, Andreas Gursky,
Wolfgang Tillmans, Boris Michajlov, Marlene Dumas, Sarah Lucas,
Ulrike Grossarth, Frantisek Ska'la, Tobias Rehberger, Franz Ackermann,
Dietrich Ohrt, Steve McQueen, Matthew Barney, Gregor Schneider, Tomas
Schmit, Allen Ruppersberg, Udo Koch, Jorg Sasse, Christian Jankowski,
Garry Neill Kennedy, Thomas Hirschhorn, Daniel Buren, Gabriel Orozco,
Maria Eichhorn, Mark Wallinger, Andreas Siekmann, Heimo Zobernig,
Smith & Stuart, Stefan Kern, Manfred Pernice, Jim Isermann, Elke
Krystufek, Hans Haacke, Nikifor, Daniel Hunziker, Michael Elmgreen &
Ingar Dragset, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Jason
Rhoades, Peter Cook, Rivane Neuenschwander, Philippe Parreno, Gilbert
& George, Simon Starling, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Rene'e Green, Janet
Cardiff & George Bures Miller, Louise Lawler, Bas Jan Ader, Henrik
Plenge Jakobsen, Ceal Floyer, Spencer Finch, Kirsten Pieroth, Cildo
Meireles, Carl Michael Von Hausswolff, Inventory / Scott King /
Donald Urquhart, Salla Tykka, Sejla Kameric, Akram Zaatari, Koo Jeong-
A, Sean Snyder, Felix Gmelin, Yoko Ono, Matthew Ritchie, Chung
Seoyoung, Mark Leckey.
New Venue: opening May 5th 2006, 8 p.m.
Portikus
Alte Brucke 2 / Maininsel - Frankfurt am Main