Benjamin Bergmann
Nick Botticher
Christian Engelmann
Beate Engl
Andrea Faciu
Alexander Laner
Florian Morlat
Stephanie Pelz
Michael Sailstorfer
Michael Schrattenthaler
Marco Schuler
Stefan Wischnewski
Martin Wohrl.
Olaf Metzel
The group exhibition presents works by: Benjamin Bergmann, Nick Botticher, Christian Engelmann, Beate Engl, Andrea Faciu Alexander Laner, Florian Morlat, Stephanie Pelz, Michael Sailstorfer, Michael Schrattenthaler, Marco Schuler, Stefan Wischnewski and Martin Wohrl. This new generation of artists, also known as Scuola Bavarese, is remarkably focused on sculpture and broadening the genre’s boundaries and definitions. For that reason no video, photography, drawing or painting will be on view. Curated by Olaf Metzel
Group Exhibition
Curated by Olaf Metzel
Gagosian Gallery Berlin is pleased to present the group exhibition YBA - Young Bavarian Art featuring works by: Benjamin Bergmann, Nick Botticher, Christian Engelmann, Beate Engl, Andrea Faciu, Alexander Laner, Florian Morlat, Stephanie Pelz, Michael Sailstorfer, Michael Schrattenthaler, Marco Schuler, Stefan Wischnewski and Martin Wohrl.
The title of the exhibition, YBA, ironically refers to the Young British Artists - an originally random group of art students - who between 1988 and the end of the 1990s turned into one of the art scene’s most hyped brands.
Curated by Olaf Metzel, the exhibition brings together thirteen primarily Munich-based artists, most of them born in the 1970s. This new generation of artists, also known as Scuola Bavarese, is remarkably focused on sculpture and broadening the genre’s boundaries and definitions. For that reason no video, photography, drawing or painting will be on view. The exhibited objects and sculptures refer to the local situation of the Gagosian Gallery, Berlin and reflect the ambience of the domestic-cum-business space.
For further information please contact: Gagosian Gallery, Berlin, Martin Germann T. +49.(0)30.28 87 90 69
For press inquiries, please contact: Maike Cruse T. +49.(0)30.24 34 59 41 / 42
The 4th berlin biennial for contemporary art is funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and is a project of KW Institute for Contemporary Art.
Gagosian Gallery, Berlin is realized with the support of the Culture 2000 program of the European Union.
Thanks to Bionade and Pilsner Urquell.
Image: Florian Morlat, My Kingdom, 2004
Opening: February 6
Gagosian Gallery Berlin
Auguststrasse 50A - Berlin