Markus
Schinwald, like his "date" Oskar
Schlemmer, is interested in an interdisciplinary synthesis between
art, dance, theater, and film. In the 16-part photographic work Diarios
(to you), modernist architecture functions as a background for
Schinwald’s mysterious figures. In many of his works, the Austrian artist
plays with masks, disguises, and precisely choreographed body movements –
an interest that he shares with the creator of the Triadic
Ballet.
Whether it’s Marlene
Dumas encountering Kara
Walker or Kiki
Smith encountering James
Lee Byars, the show’s unusual combinations guarantee inspiring
dialogues the viewer can further expand upon. Thus, Blind Date
continues the tradition of 25
and Tokyo
Blossoms, the anniversary exhibitions of the Deutsche Bank
Collection. In both Berlin and Tokyo, there was a departure from a
conventional chronological or purely art historical presentation.
Watercolours
by Hans-Peter Feldmann in the prelacy
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And in Seligenstadt, as well, the Deutsche Bank Collection
shows itself to be an organically growing network of art consisting of
individual works connected to one another through a multiplicity of
references. Just how promising for the future this approach proves to be
will be demonstrated by the exhibition at the Deutsche
Guggenheim in Berlin; scheduled for May of 2007, it will form another
highlight of the Blind Date exhibition series. On the occasion of
the tenth anniversary of the exhibition space at Unter den Linden, the
joint venture between Deutsche Bank and the Guggenheim
Foundation will be celebrated in a unique way. The year’s new
acquisitions for the Deutsche Bank Collection will be juxtaposed with
highlights from the Guggenheim Collection – a blind date arranged by Thomas
Krens, the prominent director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
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Opening Blind Date Seligenstadt:
staircase of the prelacy
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Blind Date Seligenstadt
May 14 – July 2 2006
Prelacy
of the former Benedictine Abbey,
Klosterhof 2
Galerie Kunstforum im
Alten Haus,
Frankfurter Straße 13
Seligenstadt
Opening Hours:
Wed.
– Fri. / Sun. 11 am – 6 pm
Sat. 1 – 8 pm
The
fourth issue of "Visuell" magazine will be published in conjunction with
the exhibition Blind Date. All of the works in the show will be
reproduced in the catalogue-magazine, accompanied by essays and photo
series on contemporary artists and Deutsche Bank’s art activities.
"Visuell Blind Date" can be obtained in the exhibition or can be purchased
through the db
art shop.
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