Artists: Peter Friedl, Dena Yago, Stewart Uoo, Christian Von Borries, George Rippon, Renaud Jerez, Carey Young, Julien Ceccaldi, Kaspar Müller, Cooper Jacoby
Exhibition title: Grand Opening Reception
Curated by: Elisa R Linn and Lennart Wolff
Exhibition design by: Aziz Al Qatami
Venue: Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
Date: July 19 – September 13, 2015
Photography: images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Neuer Aachener Kunstverein
Grand Opening Reception is a project by *Lennart Wolff and Elisa R. Linn at Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, questioning the role of artistic positions in contemporary institutional marketing and the eventisation of cultural pro- duction in the form of local identity creation.
The project is conceived in collaboration with Kuwaiti architect and artist **Aziz Al Qatami, who was commissioned to create the exhibition design.
*The project km temporaer was initiated by curators Elisa R. Linn and Lennart Wolff and investigates the potential of thematic group exhibitions through ever changing formats. Every exhibition is developed in collabora- tion with a third party (curator, artist, journalist, poet, architect etc.) and at different locations, taking the specifc conditions of each site into considera- tion.
**Aziz Al Qatami is an architect and artist, who lives in Kuwait City. He is the founder of the architecture frm Atelier Aziz Al Qatami, and also a member of the artist collective GCC.
Cooper Jacoby, Deposits (leaking valley), 2015
Carey Young, Cautionary Statement, 2007
Peter Friedl, Liberty City, 2007
Julien Ceccaldi, Untitled, 2015
Stewart Uoo, Out Here, 2014
George Rippon, Close To You, 2015
Kaspar Müller, Untitled, 2015
Kaspar Müller, Untitled, 2015 (detail)
George Rippon, Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear, 2015
George Rippon, Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear, 2015
George Rippon, To Create A Dream Come True, 2015
Renaud Jerez, E1, 2015
Renaud Jerez, E1, 2015
Dena Yago, Abisselfa (Pioneertown, 2015)
Dena Yago, Across Lots (Pioneertown, 2015)
Christian von Borries, Mocracy – Neverland in me, 2012
