And This is Us: Young Art from Frankfurt

From March 2 to May 12, 2019, the Frankfurter Kunstverein will focus on eight young and aspiring artists from the Rhein-Main area with the exhibition “And This is Us: Young Art from Frankfurt”. The group exhibition will present works by Viviana Abelson, Jonas Brinker, Bertrand Flanet, Max Geisler, Hanna-Maria Hammari, Christian Leicher, Wagehe Raufi, and Catharina Szonn.

The exhibition gives these young artists the opportunity to showcase their works on an institutional stage, in some cases for the first time. The aim of “And This is Us: Young Art from Frankfurt” is to highlight the diversity of contemporary artistic practices. At the same time, the exhibition paints a multifaceted picture of current art production in Frankfurt, which profits from the many international protagonists and exchange processes. With new works created specifically for the rooms of the Frankfurter Kunstverein, the artists provide an insight into the themes and formats that make up their practice.

The exhibition “And This is Us: Young Art from Frankfurt” gives the young artists the freedom to further develop their artistic position and realize new ideas. During this process, they will be actively accompanied and supported all the way from conception and production to installation. As a result, the exhibition does not follow a thematic framework, but gives a thorough insight into the interests and approaches of artistic creation in Frankfurt today.

The range of participating artists reflects Frankfurt’s position as an epicenter of artistic activity. With internationally renowned art schools, the Rhein-Main area is pivotal to the careers of many aspiring artists. Future careers benefit from this foundation in their development which will leap these artists into the international art world. With “And This is Us: Young Art from Frankfurt”, the Frankfurter Kunstverein showcases eight artists who were educated at the Städelschule Acade-my of Fine Arts and the Offenbach University of Art and Design and launched their careers here.

The Frankfurter Kunstverein is a nationally visible platform for innovative positions of international art practice. Regularly, exhibition formats like “Things I Think I Want” (2017) and “New Frankfurt Internationals (2010 and 2015) have offered a stage for artists working in Frankfurt, on which both students and already independently working artists have presented their work. The curatorial team around Franziska Nori is in regular contact with the art schools in the region and the local art scene and cooperated closely with this network in preparation for the exhibition.

"And This is Us: Young Art from Frankfurt” brings together promising artists in a constellation that was determined in multiple steps, who are using their newly created works to present themselves to an international audience and take an important step in their development.