Art Cologne
DEWEER gallery
Hall 11.2 A-040
The 45th edition of ART COLOGNE is scheduled for 13 to 17 April, 2011. The Fair will again be staged in Hall 11 of the Cologne Exhibition Centre. The event will host 200 leading international galleries showcasing classic modern, post-war and contemporary art.
DEWEER gallery will present recent and new works by Stephan Balkenhol, Georg Baselitz, Tony Cragg, Jan Fabre, Tatjana Gerhard, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Enrique Marty, Benjamin Moravec and Panamarenko.
Highlights:
Stephan Balkenhol, Mann, 2008
Georg Baselitz, Ohne Titel, 1981
Tony Crahh, Secretions, 1999
Jan Fabre, Ik men mijn eigen brein II, 2008
Tatjana Gerhard, Ohne Titel, 2010
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, The Thaw #1, 2004
Enrique Marty, Fear and Megalomania in Fifteen Different States (Saint Anthony), 2010
Benjamin Moravec, Eden, 2010
Panamarenko, Arlikoop, 2004
PANAMARENKO @ 45th Art Cologne in collaboration with DEWEER gallery
South entrance hall
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.
Panamarenko, V1 Barada Jet, 1991, Courtesy DEWEER gallery, Otegem (Belgium), photography Claudy Kremer
The exhibition at ART COLOGNE brings in collaboration with DEWEER gallery 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.
The Fair will open its doors to art lovers and collectors from all over the world with a vernissage scheduled for 12 April, 2011 from 5 pm to 9 pm.
More info on http://www.artcologne.com