Vanitas Fair

About

“Vanitas Fair” is a week-long exhibition format in the Anton Janizewski Gallery. The exhibition, curated by Olga Hohmann and Jan Koslowski, playfully deals with the format of the still life in modern and contemporary art.

The term “Vanitas” goes back to the (incomprehensible) idea of ​​one’s own finitude, indistinguishably caught in the same term as “vanity”. In art history, vanitas still lifes are paintings that operate with the symbol of the skull - but, precisely because they deal with death, they also represent radical liveliness.

Works from the Third Floor Department of Villa Grisebach are complemented and counteracted by contemporary positions. The contemporary positions can be viewed during the exhibition period from December 8th. until December 16th. in the Anton Janizewski Gallery, Goethestrasse 69, the works can be purchased from the auction house at the online only auction from December 20th to January 7th, 2024.

artists

Amelie Amei Kahn Kesler, Annabell Häfner, Anna Maria Luczak, Anna Nero, Anne Fellner, Bahar Kaygusuz, Cosima zu Knyphausen, Dietmar Lemcke, Elvira Bach, Eberhard Havekost, Ferdinand Dölberg, Georg Gonsior, Günther Uecker, George Grosz, Hannah Höch, Heinz Mack, Janes Haid-Schmallenberg, Joan Miró, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Josip Novosel, Joseph Wolfgang Ohlert, Joram Schön, Fid Fischer, Karim Hussein, Lea Hopp, Leon Eisermann, Lexia Hachtmann, Lotte Laserstein, Lukas Städler, Lyonel Feininger, Marie Matusz, Max Kirmse, Meret Oppenheim, Mia Gap, Otto Dix, Pablo Picasso, Pegasus Products, Priska von Martin, Rosa Loy, Rebekka Benzenberg, Thomias Radin, Werner Heldt, Yerassimos Sklavos