KUNSTHAUS NRW KORNELIMÜNSTER
Curator Art Education & Events 2022 - today
Public Relations & Audience Development, Content Management & Social Media 2016 - 2022
The exhibition program of the KUNSTHAUS NRW KORNELIMÜNSTER offers an insight into North Rhine-Westphalia’s current and future art scene. Since 1948, North Rhine-Westphalia has been purchasing works by young artists to support them. Today, the collection numbers above 5000 works, documenting the history of North Rhine-Westphalia’s art to the immediate present day through works by artists such as Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Mary Bauermeister, Günther Uecker, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Katharina Grosse, Katharina Sieverding, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Andreas Gursky and Thomas Ruff. Through its focus on the early works of the individual artists, the collection mediates a unique overview of the changes and shifts in tendencies. The temporary exhibitions, on the other hand, highlight the current development of art in NRW and beyond. The Kunsthaus is hosted in the baroque palace building of the old Abbey of Kornelimünster.
Text: Dr. Marcel Schumacher
Souvenirs
Publication Series - Kunsthaus NRW, Kornelimünster
The Kunsthaus is decorated with over 70 Baroque wall and ceiling paintings that Prince-Abbot Alfons Hyazinth von Suys commissioned from Aachen, Liège and Venetian painters from 1721 onwards. These parade rooms of the Kornelimünster Abbey had a special function: pilgrims passed through these rooms on their way to the three "Biblical reliquaries" in the abbey church, relics of Christ from Charlemagne's treasure. The ceiling paintings therefore depict the "journey of a deceased soul to its redemption". Bill From Bow gave a graphic interpretation of these motifs for a series of souvenirs that are now sold at the Kunsthaus.
Release: 02.12.2023 | souvenirs, KNRW, Aachen
Vesper
Event Series - Kunsthaus NRW, Kornelimünster
The culinary-artistic pop-up series "vesper - Food Performances & Editions" was part of the mediation and event programme of the Kunsthaus NRW and took place on various weekends from May till August 2023. Each date was organised by different artists who offered "Food Performances & Editions" during normal opening hours: Isolde Venrooy & Roy Voragen, Mikail Koçak, Miriam Hartwig & Christine Maree, Mona Steinhäußer & Julia Aumann, Anastasia Eggers, Aslı Hatipoğlu & Céline Pelcé, Marente van der Valk and Jonas Palekas.
13. May 2023 - 23. August 2023 | vesper, KNRW, Aachen
Raumbuch
Publication - Kunsthaus NRW, Kornelimünster
Concept and text for the guidebook »gestalten – Ein Jahrhundert abstrakte Kunst im Westen«: Instead of labels for individual artworks, which direct the visitor's gaze next to the artwork, we have opted for a direct confrontation between art and visitor, through publishing a room book with corresponding information. Design by Morphoria Design Collective.
25. May 2019 - 01. March 2020 | gestalten, KNRW, Aachen
Maltafeln
Museum Education - Kunsthaus NRW, Kornelimünster
An integral part of the exhibition »gestalten – Ein Jahrhundert abstrakte Kunst im Westen« was an interactive art education project. For each of the six chapters you could find a 'Maltafel' in the exhibition rooms. The visitors were invited to playfully experience the freedom of design and think about the limits of art in the context of society, asking the questions: “What is freedom? What are boundaries?” | “What form does the subconscious take?” | “How can colours be formed?” | “How many shapes fit into a rectangle?” | “What is the sound of time?” | “How are networks created?”
25. May 2019 - 01. March 2020 | gestalten, KNRW, Aachen
Raum für Notizen
Museum Education - Kunsthaus NRW, Kornelimünster
In the framework of the exhibition »büro komplex - Die Kunst der Artothek im politischen Raum« the visitor was invited to create a new inventory: find an artwork in the original archive of 4000 artworks of the collection, copy the image and assemble it into an own office setting.
27. October 2018 - 28. April 2019 | büro komplex, KNRW, Aachen
Graphic Design: Morphoria Design Collective
Fotos: Carl Brunn, Pascalina Vretinari (Raum für Notizen), Heike Lachmann (Maltafeln)