Arndt & Partner
Arndt & Partner was a contemporary art gallery based in Berlin, Germany, that today was among the city's most important exhibition sites.[1] It is currently located near the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum. The gallery represents a programme of international artists including Douglas Kolk, Thomas Hirschhorn, Sophie Calle and Muntean and Rosenblum.
History
Facing the challenge of a continuously redefining art scene, Arndt & Partner emphasised a programme free of trends or (formal) standards from the beginning. Opening a new space in the Hackesche Höfe in Mitte in 1994, Arndt and Partner was amongst the first galleries to establish itself in the new centre of Berlin.
The discovery of emerging Berlin artists and the formation of an international programme of artistic positions which had often not yet been exhibited in Berlin nor in Germany beforehand,[1] have since then become the cornerstones of the gallery profile. In 1997, Arndt & Partner moved to Auguststrasse so as to contribute to the newly emerging gallery centre. There Arndt & Partner developed into an internationally operating art business, which meanwhile belongs to the leading galleries of contemporary art and celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2004.
In September 2001, Arndt & Partner moved to a 380 sqm exhibition and office space on Zimmerstrasse, close to the former Checkpoint Charlie. In July 2009, the gallery moved to a location behind the Hamburger Bahnhof museum.
Present
Participating at important international art fairs, such as Art Basel, Art Basel Miami Beach, The Armory Show, New York and Frieze Art Fair[2] in London, Arndt & Partner has developed an international network operating from Berlin.
Artists of the gallery
Adam Adach
Erik Bulatov
Sophie Calle
Joe Coleman
William Cordova
Yannick Demmerle
Mathilde ter Heijne
Anton Henning
Thomas Hirschhorn
Jitish Kallat
Jon Kessler
Douglas Kolk
Karsten Konrad
Josephine Meckseper
Vik Muniz
Muntean and Rosenblum
Julian Rosefeldt
Charles Sandison
Dennis Scholl
Nedko Solakov
Hiroshi Sugito
Ena Swansea
Susan Turcot
Keith Tyson
Shi Xinning
Works by the gallery artists have been shown in many important exhibitions and institutions, such as the Venice Biennale (1993, 1995, 1999, 2007) the Biennale of Sydney (1992) the São Paulo Art Biennial (1996, 1998, 2004, 2006), documenta (1992, 2007), Whitney Biennial (2000, 2004), Berlin Biennale (2001), Moscow Biennale (2007), the Shanghai Biennale (2006), Museum of Modern Art New York (2006), Tate Modern (2003), Tate Britain (2004), Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin (2006) and the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art (2004/5).
Parallel to the solo presentation of the named gallery artists, thematic group exhibitions and collaborations with established artists such as Emilia and Ilya Kabakov and Gilbert & George also shape the profile of the gallery. In addition to the website and regular catalogue publications, the gallery also publishes a quarterly magazine entitled "Checkpoint".
Literature
- »Ten Years. 1994-2004«, with texts by Matthias Arndt and Peter Herbstreuth, Berlin 2004. ISBN 3-00-014199-5.
References
- ^ a b Hohmann & Ehlers. (2007). Berlin Contemporary, page 22. Jovis Verlag GmbH, Berlin.
- ^ Bennett, Oliver (2005-09-10). "Roll up, roll up ... all the fun of the Frieze Fair". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
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