„Porträt – das ICH im Bild“ – Künstlergruppe Bonn

In the organizer's words:

Artistic portraits react to the flood of images of the digital present, usually with critical distance and playful irony. The multitude of possibilities to create images on the Internet at the touch of a button leads to the realization that perception is not a fixed quantity. It depends on perspective, knowledge and context. In a puzzle game with identities, the artists of the Künstlergruppe Bonn and their guests explore the question of who shapes images of the other or the self in a meaningful way. It should not be forgotten that the portrait is one of the oldest pictorial genres in art history and has already undergone a multitude of meanings and changes. Its changes can be understood as a fascinating mirror of the human self-image, ranging from the expression of individuality to radical self-exploration.

The artists take up the theme with a wide range of artistic media, including painting and drawing, ranging from figurative to abstract representations. Complemented by collages, objects and installations, the focus is on concrete individuals as well as indeterminable personalities.

Participating artists:

Anne Beikircher, Chris Bertel, Jacobus Breuer, Silke Britzen, Jana Cremer, Géza Dámosy, Dierk Engelken, Henning Forster, Frank Fremerey, Benjamin Hartung, Corinna Heumann, Eva Hüneborn, Wolfgang Hunecke, Kim Kluge, Kerstin Krone Bayer, Robert Leiste, Pitt Müller, Marliese Münchrath, Karin Neusel, Susanne Neusel, Christiane Pacyna-Friese, Dr. Aribert Peters, Sibylle Petersen, Rolf Peuckert, Andreas Rein, Ernemann Sander, Barbara Schmitz, Eugen Schramm, Anne Sengpiel, Mike van der Gracht, Egbert Verbeek, Uta Weckbecker, Manfred Weil, Georg Wittwer

Supporting program:

Vernissage on Sunday, April 26, 1 p.m.

• Introduction by Dr. Friederike Voßkamp, Director of the Museum August Macke Haus
• Performance & Sound: "Portrait" by Karla M. Götze & Claudia Huismann

• Performance: "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" by Alois Reinhardt and Jan Wienowiecki

Concert on May 3, 4.30 pm

• "In Memory of Milan & Magi" - the core members of the iconic Yugoslav art-rock band Ekatarina Velika (EKV) by Nataša Kukoč & Milorad Živojnov, (Organization Gyorgye Cvetkovics, Light&Saund Thom Broekhuisen, Artsupport Bernd Arthur Kraft, Layout Deana von AHn)

Concert on May 9, 4.30 pm

• "Caravan to Belgrade from here" with Prof. Johannes Schwarz (bassoon), Prof. Ulrike Schwarz (saxophone) and Milica Helena (guitar)

Finissage on Sunday, May 17, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. as part of the Macke Quarter Festival

• 3 pm: Performance by Alois Reinhardt "never to move again"
• 4 pm: Performance by Jan Wienowiecki "AAWKIISO"
• 4.15 pm: Hip hop and RnB by Konstantin Fremerey
• 12-5 pm: hands-on activities for everyone on the forecourt of the Künstlerforum: "for People, for the Planet, for Culture, for Peace - United in Diversity together for the UN SDG's" - Culture based climate solutions and transformative Artivism - A cooperation between Bonnections Initiative, Artists4Future and Klimaviertel Bonn with Parachutes for the Planet