OPEN SPACE AT ART COLOGNE 2008

In 2005 OPEN SPACE was launched as an experimental, project related platform and unique environment, embedded in the very center of the Art Cologne. It was one of the first attempts to rethink and reinvent the framework of an art fair apart from standard booth settings.

The fourth edition of OPEN SPACE at the 42nd ART COLOGNE will present a selection of strong art scenes from global cities with a joint presentation of international galleries, artists and projects of contemporary art.

OPEN SPACE is also continuing as a platform for art related projects. This year OPEN SPACE has invited various projects from different urban contexts. Non profit space „Studio Voltaire“ from London will display their way to work with a presentation by Spartacus Chetwynd. The independent „Para/Site“ Art Space from Hong Kong has involved its founding member, Hong Kong artist Leung Chi Wo, to investigate the Asian Art Knots and to bring them into a joint presentation. The web-based Vernissage TV will open a TV studio on OPEN SPACE to produce a special program from there.

GALLERIES, ARTISTS Adamski, Aachen/Berlin · T. Kelly Mason – BQ, Cologne · Alexandra Bircken – Lena Brüning, Berlin · Alicja Kwade – Sandra Bürgel, Berlin · Thomas Schroeren – Charim, Vienna · Daniel Pitin – Crone, Berlin · Heinz Peter Knes – Croy/Nielsen, Berlin · Wolfgang Breuer – Doggerfisher, Edinburgh · Sally Osborne – Figge von Rosen, Cologne · Anna Malagrida/Liza Nguyen/Sarah Ortmeyer – Carl Freedman Gallery, London · Fergal Stapleton – Vera Gliem, Cologne & Stella Lohaus, Antwerp · Sven ’T Jolle – Hammelehle & Ahrens, Cologne · Thomas Arnolds – The Happy Lion, Los Angeles · Kristian Burford – Johann König, Berlin & Hauser & Wirth, Zurich · David Zink Yi – Kai Hölzner, Berlin · Stephan Gripp – Daniel Hug, Los Angeles · Hanna Mari Blencke – Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne & Maureen Paley, London · Andrew Grassie – Iris Kadel, Karlsruhe & Francesca Minini, Milano · Riccardo Previdi – Joanna Kamm, Berlin · Simon Dybbroe Møller – Ben Kaufmann, Berlin · Andreas Bunte – Dennis Kimmerich, Dusseldorf & Anton Kern, New York · Lothar Hempel/Dirk Stewen – Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles · Adrian Ghenie/Ciprian Muresan/Serban Savu – David Kordansky, Los Angeles · William Jones – Krobath Wimmer, Vienna · Esther Stocker – LayrWüstenhagen, Vienna · Fabian Seiz – Linn Lühn, Cologne · Linder – Madonna Fust, Bern · Jérôme Leuba – Mirko Mayer, Cologne · Boaz Kaizman – Mezzanin, Vienna · Marzena Nowak; Mot International Ltd., London · Richard Forster; Christian Nagel, Cologne/Berlin · Kader Attia – Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg · Marcel Berlanger – Thomas Rehbein, Cologne · Thomas Erdelmeier – Rental Gallery, New York shows: Andrew Kreps, New York, Ritter Zamet, London & Sister Gallery, Los Angeles – Jette Rudolph, Berlin · Natalie Czech – Schmidt & Maczollek, Cologne · Steffen Lenk – Schnittraum/ Lutz Becker, Cologne · Daniel Andersson – Micky Schubert, Berlin & Karma International, Zurich · Alexis Hunter/Stephen Sutcliffe – Gabriele Senn, Vienna & NEU, Berlin · Kitty Kraus – September, Berlin · Nikolaus Utermöhlen – Solway Jones, Los Angeles · Channa Horwitz – Vartai, Vilnius · Kaido Ole – Michael Wiesehöfer, Cologne · Aglaia Konrad – Eva Winkeler, Frankfurt · Matthias Meyer – Workplace Gallery, Newcastle · Eric Bainbridge

PROJECTS ParaSite, Hong Kong ⋅ Texte zur Kunst, Berlin ⋅ Studio Voltaire, London ⋅ Vernissage TV, Basel ⋅ INSTITUTIONS European Kunsthalle ⋅ Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst am Museum Ludwig ⋅ Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne

PROJECT MANAGEMENT Adelheid Teuber and Meyer Voggenreiter PROJECT CONSULTING Christian Nagel (Cologne, Berlin) ARCHITECTURE meyer voggenreiter projekte and Sebastian Hauser Commissioned by ART COLOGNE/Koelnmesse PROJECT IDEA by Neumann Luz, Cologne LOCATION Hall 4 (lower level) DATESApril, 16 – 20 2008 OPENING together with ART COLOGNE on Tuesday, April, 15 2008 at 12 am PROFESSIONAL PREVIEW and VERNISSAGE at 5 pm CONTACT office@openspace-cologne.com INTERNET http://www.openspace-cologne.com , http://www.artcologne.de

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