Main photo credit: Alice Channer, Tzunami, Courtesy The Approach (left) and Cally Spooner, And You Were Wonderful, On Stage by Ernst van Deursen (right)
To mark the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the union of the royal houses of Great Britain and Hanover, the kestnergesellschaft is showing contemporary art from London. In five interlocking solo presentations the group exhibition »pool« presents works by Aaron Angell, Alice Channer, Nicolas Deshayes, Magali Reus and Cally Spooner. The exhibition allows a comprehensive insight into the work of these five London- based artists of international origin for the first time in Germany, and introduces a generation that directs its attention to the various features of our digitalised present.
The Artists
All the participating artists live and work in London.
Aaron Angell (*1987 in Kent, UK) studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and has had solo exhibitions at the SWG3 Gallery in Glasgow (2013), World Class Boxing in Miami (2012), SPACE in London (2011) and elsewhere. He has taken part in numerous group exhibitions, for example at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and the Künstlerhaus Stuttgart.
Alice Channer (*1977 in Oxford, UK) studied at Goldsmiths College and the Royal College of Art in London. In 2013 she took part in the 55th Venice Biennale and has recently had exhibitions at the Kunstverein Freiburg and the Hepwork Wakefield. She was represented in group exhibitions at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Paris (2012), the Tate Britain (2013, 2008) and elsewhere.
Nicolas Deshayes (*1983 in Nancy, France) studied sculpture at Chelsea College of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art in London. He has had solo exhibitions at S1 Artspace in Sheffield and the Hayward Gallery in London, and has taken part in numerous group exhibitions, for example at the David Robert Arts Foundation, London, the Centre for Contemporary Art in Ujazdów Castle in Warsaw and the Cell Project Space in London.
Magali Reus (*1981 in The Hague, Netherlands) studied at Goldsmiths College in London, the Rietveld Akademie and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. She has had solo exhibitions at SPACE in London (2012), La Salle de Bains in Lyon (2009), and elsewhere. Her work has been shown in numerous group exhibitions, currently at the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen and De Hallen in Harlem.
Cally Spooner (*1983 in Ascot, UK) also studied at Goldsmiths College in London. Her performance And You Were Wonderful, On Stage was staged at the Tate Britain (2014) and the Stedelijk Museum (2013). She has taken part in numerous group exhibitions and events, for example at the Kunst-Werke in Berlin, Jeu de Paume in Paris, the MoMA in New York and the Serpentine Gallery in London.
Opening Hours
Daily from 11.00 – 18.00
Thursdays 11.00 – 20.00
Closed on Mondays
Further information on the Kestnergesellschaft website.