Exhibition history

‘Crossing’ at Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken is the first major solo exhibition dedicated to the work of German artist Helga Griffiths (b. 1959 in Ehingen/Donau). Her multimedia and multisensory space installations (comprising sound, video, and scent) explore the boundaries between art and science. Audience interaction is as important as the site-specific character of these works. This exhibition at Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken showcases all facets of Griffiths’ oeuvre.

Contemporary painting from Britain represented by to artistic positions that focus on the imagery of new media and the metropolis. The paintings and objects of Jost Münster (*1968) are abstract, playing at the same time with references to architecture and urban space. Contrarily Paul Morrison’s (*1966) realm of images stems from botanical educational books, comics and childbook illustrations.

The viewer is confronted with paintings without a canvas, without borders – paintings that she or he can encounter anywhere: on construction sites, in parking lots, in the mountains, or in a Baroque palace such as the Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken.

Sound, its sculptural staging, and an engagement with landscape are among the essential components of his artistic works. The media artist documents places and their histories, political decisions and their consequences, and objects and their significance. 

Contemporary painting from Britain represented by to artistic positions that focus on the imagery of new media and the metropolis. The paintings and objects of Jost Münster (*1968) are abstract, playing at the same time with references to architecture and urban space. Contrarily Paul Morrison’s (*1966) realm of images stems from botanical educational books, comics and childbook illustrations. 

The Berlin-based Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota (b. 1972 in Osaka) creates capacious installations that surround the public like a mental space. 

With Gianfranco Foschino and Moris the Stadtgalerie presents two South American artists whose works not only reflect new tendencies in contemporary art but put a special focus on the extreme living conditions in their home countries.

Mid-February our exhibition program begins with the presentation of two very different artistic stances, both of which are directly related to the spatial environment of the Stadtgalerie.

KATRIN STRÖBEL | COLONIZE MY MIND

13.05.2016 – 31.07.2016

HIGH FIVE RENÉE

JEANNICE KELLER | RENÉE LEVI | PATRICIA MURAWSKI | ANGELIKA SCHORI | CLAIRE ZUMSTEIN

In his conceptual pieces Martin Walde (*1957 in Innsbruck) works with all kinds of media. At the latest with his participation at documenta X (1997) Walde became known to a wider public.

They are encounters under extreme circumstances: in the Dead Sea, in the desert, underground, as partners, in confrontation, in a fight for survival. 

Pia Maria Martin’s artistic work makes time visible. She brings dead things to life and causes her protagonists to execute sometimes absurd choreographies.

Klaus-Martin Treder’s (b. 1961 in Biberach) paintings, objects, and spaces are clever presentations that ironically counteract the medium of painting.

For this German artist with Iranian roots, coming to terms with current political and social issues is the center of her work. 

The photographer Andy Spyra focuses on people and their country, the soil of their culture, and their common surroundings.

Delphine Reist and Laurent Faulon, a husband-and-wife artists from Geneva, ike to intervene in places where others become uncomfortable.

Performance Electrics is opening its first temporary branch in the Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken.

The Stadtgalerie presented the first solo exhibition by Birgit Dieker.