Tag: Schirn
Exhibition on the history of hip-hop in the Schirn in Frankfurt – Culture
Nobody knows the founder of rap anymore, even though his name was Hercules. Kool DJ Herc, who invented the hip-hop method at block parties in the Bronx in 1973 with…
British artist John Akomfrah in the Frankfurt Schirn: Dance of Images – Culture
When John Akomfrah is asked to describe his profession, he answers: “More choreographer than artist.” An astonishing self-description for a man who has been producing films for almost 40 years.…
Large retrospective of Lyonel Feininger in the Schirn Frankfurt – Kultur
Modern artists that everyone thinks they know are subject to a certain schematism of perception. Giacometti? The one with the stalagmite men. Modigliani? Apricot-colored beauties in the shape of Schupfnudeln.…
Bang! Niki de Saint Phalle in the Frankfurt Schirn – culture
She shot at canvases and aimed at the zeitgeist: Niki de Saint Phalle, creator of the Nana sculptures, is being honored in Frankfurt with a spectacular retrospective. From Kito Nedo…
Gauri Gill in the Schirn Frankfurt: In close-up – culture
Of Kia Vahland At major exhibitions in recent years, the impression was sometimes gained that contemporary art from the Global South was falling into two camps: works by documentaries and…
Exhibition Ugo Rondinone in the Frankfurt Schirn – Kultur
If art has strong echoes of childlike expression, the suspicion of kitsch is always close. Naked bodies painted with a cloudy sky floating under a church ceiling, clowns lounging around…
Aernout Mik: Exhibition in the Kunsthalle Schirn – Culture
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is a parasite that takes control of ants. The fungus grows on their exoskeleton, invades their brains, and manipulates the insect’s further decisions. Formicula then moves purposefully to…