Beate Freier-Bongaertz und Marvin Knopf „GUT & GÜNSTIG“

In the organizer's words:

Both the artist Beate Freier-Bongaertz and the artist Marvin Knopf have been using materials from the consumer world in their works for years. In Knopf's work, these are tear-offs from printed advertising products, while Freier-Bongaertz uses packaging material. As similar as the material is, as different is the intention of the two artists.

Freier-Bongaertz's works are characterized by material as an impulse. Everyday objects such as packaging are reinterpreted, reworked in drawings and transformed into unique pieces with new stories - inspired by brief encounters and everyday rituals. The "Tara" series shows drawn travel impressions on used packaging that are given a new identity.

Knopf's large-format abstract paintings, combined with advertising collages, mingle with the world of goods. The trivial aesthetics of turbo-capitalism, normally conceived for disposable products, are "immortalized" in painting. The high-price policy of the art market meets the low-price culture of the discount store - a mix of high and low class reflects the reality of life today. Knopf takes up abstract expressionism and updates it through collage and graffiti.

Curated by Azim F. Becker

The "Hase29 in der Halle" project, which is taking place for the eighth time with this exhibition, is a cooperation between the hase29 art space and OsnabrückHalle/Marketing Osnabrück GmbH. The exhibition series regularly presents works by Osnabrück artists in the foyer of the OsnabrückHalle.