WELCOME TO OPEN SPACE : A JOINT ART PRESENTATION AT ART COLOGNE
1-5 November 2006
www.openspace06.com
www.artcologne.de
DEVIATIONS OF NOW. The second staging of OPEN SPACE, which will take place at the 40th ART COLOGNE 2006, is a pilot project that attempts to present the public with a new, urban kind of art fair. On an expanded space of 2,500 square metres, 38 galleries from around the world will be presenting different standpoints from the world of contemporary art. Some of these installations and spatial works have either been specifically developed for OPEN SPACE or will be shown here for the first time. OPEN SPACE aims to meet the expectations of a well-informed, networked international public as well as reflecting the contemporary contexts of artistic creation and professional mediation and marketing.
For the first time, OPEN SPACE 2006 will offer a platform for other art-related projects in order to open up a discussion of the urban contexts and networking structures of contemporary art. For example, a-musik and Heimat will represent the positions of experimental music and the young fashion avant garde. Schnittraum and the European Kunsthalle operate as alternative projects that participate in the general discussion of contemporary art. All of this years guests from areas that share an interface with art originated in Cologne. This principle of selection was deliberate, as the aim was to present important reference points of Colognes art scene to an international public. The restaurant, bar and lounge areas have also been expanded and consolidated in a central square that will serve as a stage and a showcase for a daily programme of events. The design of the restaurant and bar has been another art project, which was carried out by Georg Herold and Josef Zehrer.
ARTISTS Douglas Allsop, von Bartha / Sonia Almeida, Galleria T293 / Kai Althoff Lutz Braun, Christian Nagel / Joe Amrhein, Dogenhaus / Klaus Auderer, Christine Mayer / Rosa Barba, Vera Gliem / Julian Berthier, Allsopp Contemporary / Sonja Braas, fiedler contemporary / Koen van den Broek, Figge von Rosen / Annelise Coste, Reinhard Hauff / Keren Cytter, Ellen de Bruijne Projects / Jürgen von Dückerhoff, Frehrking Wiesehöfer / Andrea Geyer, Hohenlohe / Bruno Gironcoli, Karl Pfefferle / Dionisio Gonzales, fiedler contemporary / Owen Gump, BQ / Frank Hesse, Adamski / Siggi Hofer, Kunstbüro / Judith Hopf, Andreas Huber / Benjamin Houlihan, Thomas Rehbein / Michael Kirkham, Aschenbach Hofland / Via Lewandowsky, Michael Schultz / Lodz Kaliska, Program Gallery / Caroline May, The Apartment / Isa Melsheimer, nächst St. Stephan / Wesley Meuris, Annie Gentils / Gregor Passens, Thomas Zander / Mathias Poledna, Daniel Buchholz / Meyer Kainer / Tobias Rehberger, Bärbel Grässlin / Michael S. Riedel, David Zwirner / Eran Schaerf, Barbara Gross / John Stezaker Steven Claydon, Dennis Kimmerich / Frank Thiel, Krinzinger / Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Rupert Pfab / Franz West, Thoman / Winter Hörbelt, Nusser & Baumgart Contemporary / Martin Wöhrl, Sprüth Magers Projekte / Miao Xiaochun, Alexander Ochs
COMMITTEE Daniel Buchholz (Cologne), Bärbel Grässlin (Frankfurt/Main), Friedrich Petzel (New York), Susanne Pfeffer (Künstlerhaus Bremen), Christina Végh (Bonner Kunstverein) PROJECT MANAGEMENT meyer voggenreiter projekte (Cologne) with Adelheid Teuber PROJECT CONSULTING Christian Nagel (Cologne, Berlin) ARCHITECTURE meyer voggenreiter projekte and Sebastian Hauser
Commissioned by ART COLOGNE/Koelnmesse A Project Idea by Neumann Luz, Cologne (2005)
LOCATION Hall 4 (lower level) A10 E11
DATES 1 5 November 2006 | OPENING together with ART COLOGNE on Tuesday, 31 October 2006 at 12 noon | PROFESSIONAL PREVIEW and VERNISSAGE at 5 p.m.
INTERNET www.openspace06.com, www.artcologne.de