Data and pixels, algorithms and calculations – these are the elements with which Refik Anadol creates his aesthetic data sculptures packed with surprising effects and flowing forms. Anadol is a pioneer in the field of Artificial Intelligence. He explores the boundaries of the imagination and uses state-of-the-art technologies to examine the perception and experience of space and time. In his works he brings to the fore immersive environments as well as a hybrid interplay of art, science and technology. Invisible data become visible to the human eye, offering a new narrative of the digitalised world.

The Kunstpalast presents Anadol’s monumental data sculpture “Machine Hallucinations – Satellite Simulations: B” dating from 2021. For this work, the artist used two million images captured and recorded by the International Space Station (ISS) and Hubble space telescopes as well as the Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO). GAN algorithms process these images, endowing them with a new aesthetic. A GAN (Generative Adversarial Network) is a machine learning framework which is able to generate new data autonomously by means of two competing artificial neuronal networks that are capable of learning from each other.

The exhibition is curated by Alain Bieber, Head of Time-based Media at Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf.

The exhibition was made possible with the support of Art Collection Telekom and Refik Anadol Studio.

Marking the 90th birthday of Heinz Mack (*1931), the Kunstpalast dedicates an exhibition to the artist, focussing primarily on his early oeuvre from the 1950s to the 1970s. The show illuminates the innovative and revolutionary spirit with which Mack unlocked new spheres of thinking and working outside academic requisites. The selection of around 100 exhibits, including a number of expansive works, traces the key stages of Mack’s artistic career, such as his studies at the Academy of Art Düsseldorf, his ZERO period, as well as presenting light-based environmental art and his conquest of outdoor spaces by way of large-scale projects in nature.
Encompassing both famous and rarely-shown works – loans from institutions and private collections from Belgium, Great Britain, Liechtenstein and Germany, as well as from the artist himself – the exhibition invites visitors to follow a chronological route through Mack’s oeuvre. Alongside paintings, sculptures and light-kinetic installations, the show comprises photography, film, stage design and the artist’s architectural projects. Legendary Land Art projects take visitors to the North African desert and to the ice of the Arctic ocean. Heinz Mack’s artistic exploration of immaterial mediums such as light, time and motion continues to have a significant influence on many artists to this day.

Curator: Heike van den Valentyn

Sponsored by:
National-Bank
Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
LVR
WDR3
Stadt Düsseldorf

With this exhibition, the Kunstpalast pays tribute to the 10th anniversary of Stiftung Sammlung Kemp. Willi Kemp (1927–2020) died on 5 December. The show is presented as an homage to the Düsseldorf art collector and tax consultant, who in 2011 donated to the Kunstpalast his collection comprising nearly 3,000 works, with a focus on Art Informel, ZERO and colour field painting. Selected pieces from the Kemp Collection are united with works from the Baroque period from the museum’s holdings.

Curators: Daniel Cremer and Gunda Luyken

Sponsored by:
Aengevelt

Alongside major works by Liebermann the presentation includes works by the artist’s French and Dutch guiding figures and contemporaries such as Vincent van Gogh, Jean-François Millet, Claude Monet, Frans Hals and Rembrandt van Rijn. A separate room is dedicated to Liebermann’s strong influence on the Düsseldorf art scene.

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In over 500 exhibits, some of which interactive, the music genres subsumed as “electronic” music will be illuminated from a variety of perspectives. The exhibition encompasses musical instruments, self-made sound generators, photographs, audio clips, videos and graphic design. Its spectrum ranges from the first pioneering electronic musical instruments dating from the early 20th century to the use of artificial intelligence in contemporary electronic sound production.

New musical genres emerging in the 1980s, such as Detroit techno, Chicago house and hip hop, as well as the rave culture of the 1990s will be presented both acoustically and visually through art photography. A particular highlight of the show is the spectacular staging of the oeuvre of the multimedia project Kraftwerk founded by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in Düsseldorf in 1970. “Electro. From Kraftwerk to Techno” invites visitors to embark on a journey of discovery of the exciting and highly ramified history of electronic music.

The musicians, designers and artists presented in the exhibition include
1024 Architecture, Daft Punk, Agnes Dahan, Laurent Garnier, Andreas Gursky, Haqq, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jacob Khrist, Kraftwerk, Christian Marclay, Mouse on Mars, Tina Paul, Bruno Peinado, Marie Staggat, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Gisèle Vienne und Sasha Waltz.

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Alex Wissel (*1983) presents a selection of his latest works. The artist works on the threshold between high art and popular culture. In the past few years, his activities included running a bar in Düsseldorf which served as a venue for many of his artist friends for art performances and temporary exhibition. Moreover, Alex Wissel has developed concepts for several films.

Wissel’s artistic work makes use of all available media, ranging from drawings to room installations.

In her working life spanning more than 50 years, Richter documented eastern Germany life both critically and empathically, invariably directing the focus on the human being.
The exhibition is the first in-depth introduction of Richter’s oeuvre offered by a museum in western Germany. The show presents all major groups of works from the early stages of her career through to the turn of the millennium, including a number of extensive series on visitors of exhibitions in museums from Moscow to Berlin, on artists at work, especially musicians, on people in transit on national and regional trains, as well as a series on the theme of work, in which Richter particularly focused on women and apprentices.

The exhibition also includes a number of Richter’s applied works, including her book project on the subject of early childhood development, for which she invited renowned fellow photographers, ranging from Helga Paris to Christian Borchert, to participate. Furthermore, the presentation offers insights into commissioned journalistic coverage which has never been shown publicly before.

The show is complemented by archive material relating, among other topics, to the reception of Richter’s work in western Germany.

The project is a collaboration between the Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig and the Evelyn Richter Archiv der Ostdeutschen Sparkassenstiftung im Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig.
The exhibition in Düsseldorf is curated by Linda Conze.

The Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, will be presenting the exhibition from 16 November 2023 to 17 March 2024.

Curators of the Leipzig exhibition are Dr. Jeannette Stoschek and Philipp Freytag.
The show will be accompanied by a joint catalogue.

Sponsored by:
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung
Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland
Sparkasse Düsseldorf

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