PANAMARENKO For the 45th edition of ART COLOGNE (13-17.04.2011), the entire entrance hall will be dedicated to the work of Belgian Artist PANAMARENKO, providing a strong visual link and focus on the history of the fair and surrounding region. Panamarenko was born as Henri Van Herweghen in 1940 in Antwerp (Belgium). Since 2002 he lives in Michelbeke, in the Flemish countryside. Panamarenko is without doubt THE foremost exponent of the contemporary Belgian art scene. He is one of the most evocative international contemporary artists of the past 50 years. His art appeals to both artists and art professionals and the general public. His unbridled imagination and his very poetic, almost anarchic vision on things are the building blocks of his artistic advocacy for unrestricted freedom of artistic and creative thinking which yielded a very varied and extensive body of works. From the late 60′s, Panamarenko gained fame as the inventor and builder of fantastic aircrafts, powered and propelled by human power or through techniques inspired by the flight of insects. Around 1980, he focused on the possibilities of space travel using the magnetic fields between the celestial bodies. From ’84 onward, he created the so-called Backpacks for which he designed several compact engines and which were meant to enable man to fly; from ’88, he developed the autonomous stepping ‘chicken’ or Archaeoptherix. And in ’91 he introduced the flying car “K2 – The 7000-Meter-High Flying Jungle and Mountain Machine”, to name but a few examples. The exhibition at ART COLOGNE brings some of Panamarenko’s most important works back to North Rhine-Westphalia, the region where, partly thanks to Joseph Beuys, his international career got started. Here, artworks such as “Helicopter” (1973-1986), “V1 Barada Jet” (1991), “Scotch Gambit” (1966-1999) and “Batopillo” (2005) represent both a historical cross section and a brief but exemplary summary of the versatile and imaginative works of the Antwerp artist. 45. ART COLOGNE April 13-17, 2011 Vernissage on Tuesday, April 12th, 5 pm Axa Art Professional Preview on Tuesday, April 12th, 12 pm Exhibiting Galleries: Argentina Ignacio Liprandi Daniel Maman Chez Vautier Austria Johannes Faber Ernst Hilger Konzett Krobath Meyer Kainer Nächst St. Stephan Salis & Vertes Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman Belgium Catherine Bastide Deweer MSSNDCLRCQ Meessen de Clercq Christian Nagel Guy Pieters Canada Blanket China Alexander Ochs Czech Republic Jiri Svestka Denmark Mikael Andersen Bo Bjerggaard Moderne Finland Forsblom France Chez Valentin Karsten Greve Lahumière Lelong Marion Meyer Guy Pieters Jocelyn Wolff Germany Aanant + Zoo Adamski Mikael Andersen ARNDT Aussereuropäische Kunst Dierking Baer Guido W. Baudach Baukunst Beck & Eggeling Jürgen Becker Klaus Benden Berinson Galerie Berlin Andreas Binder Boisserée Isabella Bortolozzi BQ Lena Brüning Daniel Buchholz Buchmann Bugdahn + Kaimer Luis Campana Gisela Capitain Carlier Gebauer Conradi COSAR HMT Dogenhaus Christian Ehrentraut EIGEN + ART Fahnemann fiebach, minninger Figge von Rosen Fischer Max Weber Six Friedrich Klaus Gerrit Friese Vera Gliem Wolfgang Gmyrek Bärbel Grässlin Karsten Greve Barbara Gross Haas Hachmeister Häusler Contemporary Hammelehle und Ahrens Reinhard Hauff Marianne Hennemann Andreas Höhne hoffmann Heinz Holtmann Akira Ikeda Fred Jahn Michael Janssen Johnen Kadel Willborn mike karstens Ben Kaufmann Kewenig Parisa Kind Kleindienst KLEMM’S Bernd Klüser Sabine Knust Koch Koch Oberhuber Wolff Dr. Dorothea van der Koelen Johann König Krobath Kuttner Siebert L.A. Galerie Laden fuer Nichts Galerie für Landschaftskunst Christian Lethert Levy Löhrl Ludorff Linn Lühn M29 Vittorio Manalese & Fils Maulberger Hans Mayer mirko mayer / m-projects Hubertus Melsheimer Metro Kai Middendorf Christian Nagel Georg Nothelfer Alexander Ochs Parrotta Rupert Pfab Karl Pfefferle Produzentengalerie Thomas Rehbein Remmert und Barth Rieder Petra Rinck Stefan Röpke Samuelis Baumgarte Marion Scharmann Scheffel Aurel Scheibler Brigitte Schenk Schlichtenmaier SCHMIDT & HANDRUP Schmidt Maczollek Schönewald Fine Arts Rüdiger Schöttle Schwarzer September Sies + Höke Simonis Sommer & Kohl Springer + Winckler Sprüth Magers Staeck Walter Storms Hans Strelow Jacky Strenz Florian Sundheimer Jiri Svestka Thomas Wilma Tolksdorf Utermann VAN HORN edith wahlandt Michael Werner Eva Winkeler Susanne Zander Thomas Zander Greece Kalfayan Hungary Erika Deák Italy Federico Bianchi Galleria d’Arte Maggiore Gentili Grossetti Dr. Dorothea van der Koelen Studio La Città Luce Japan Base Akira Ikeda Tomio Koyama NANZUKA UNDERGROUND Super Window Project taguchi fine art Luxembourg Nosbaum Reding The Netherlands Delaive Jaski Onrust Fons Welters Martin van Zomeren Norway STANDARD Poland Raster Spain Heinrich Ehrhardt Kewenig Stefan Röpke Sweden Lars Bohman Milliken Wetterling Switzerland Buchmann Karsten Greve Haas Häusler Contemporary Hauser & Wirth Henze & Ketterer Lange + Pult Lullin + Ferrari Salis & Vertes Bob van Orsouw Tony Wuethrich United Kingdom ANCIENT + MODERN CABINET Hauser & Wirth Hollybush Gardens Annely Juda Fine Art Sprüth Magers USA 1301PE AMBACH + RICE Broadway 1602 Foxy Production Jack Hanley Hauser & Wirth Akira Ikeda Leo König Andrew Kreps Lelong Margarete Roeder Team Gallery Michael Werner SUBJECT TO CHANGE