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Clara Beckmann
Rachel Hunt
Cyrus Karimipour
Alison Wong
Stig Eklund
Mary Fortuna
Marla Karimipour
Kelly F
Vagner Whitehead
Kyohei Abe
November 15 -December 13
Austria - Bregenz, Anton Schneider Str. 4a
galerielisihaemmerle@tele2.at
With this innovative art exchange, GALERIE LISI HÄMMERLE welcomed a select group of Detroit artists chosen by the Museum of New Art (MONA). CHANGING CITIES is a project initiated by Jef Bourgeau, director of MONA, in order to swap artists from the Detroit region with their counterparts in other cities around the world.
Previous exchanges brought a show curated by Chicago art impresario Paul Klein to MONA in April, 2007. That exhibit was followed in February 2008 with a show of Detroiter’s works at ThreeWALLS Gallery in Chicago.
And a group of German artists from GALERIE EVA BRACKE recently were imported to Detroit in July; soon to be swapped by Detroit artists exhibiting in Bracke's Berlin gallery, opening November 29 and underwritten by Daimler Financial Services.
Participating Detroit area artists at GALERIE LISI HÄMMERLE include: Clara Beckmann, Rachel Hunt, Cyrus Karimipour, Alison Wong, Hartmut Austen, Stig Eklund, Mary Fortuna, Marla Karimipour, Kelly Frank, Vagner Whitehead and Kyohei Abe.
Works will include drawings, paintings, video and mixed media works on paper, photographs and small sculptures.
In return, GALERIE LISI HÄMMERLE will be sending a strong contingent of Austrian artists to exhibit at the Museum of New Art in March, 2009.
OPENING NIGHT - November 15
Dr. Rudolf Sagmeister, curator of the Kunsthaus Bregenz, led a short talk in the gallery with Detroit artists Marla and Cyrus Karimipour.
RUDOLF SAGMEISTER (left)
A reception followed, with drink, food, and good conversation - about the exhibition, Bregenz and Detroit itself.
