The Unboxing Experience - Phase 2: Resonating Voices
In the organizer's words:
The Clemens Sels Museum in Neuss is not only a place with an art collection that is unique in Germany, especially in the art of Symbolism. It is also special in that the history and present of the museum have always been the responsibility of women - from the founder Pauline Sels to the long-standing directors.
The starting point of the exhibition project "The Unboxing Experience" is formed by the more than 130 national and international female artists in the Clemens Sels Museum Neuss collection, whose works were previously barely visible or not visible at all. The journey of discovery and research into the female positions in the museum's collection is designed as a work in progress and is divided into two phases: Phase one begins on 12. Phase one begins on April 12, 2025 as an inventory with a presentation designed as open storage and brings paintings and sculptures from the depot, including works by Katharina Grosse ( 1961 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany), Marcia Hafif (1929 Pomona (CA)-2018 Laguna (Ca), USA), Séraphine Louis (1864 Arsy (Oise)-1942 Clermont (Oise), F), Filomena Robakowska (1902-1981 Witonia, PL) and Emma Stern (1878 Sankt Wendel, D-1969 Paris, F). From June 26, 2025, phase two will take a closer look at the museum collection and place selected works in dialog with works by contemporary female artists.
Following the successful launch of the two-part exhibition series "The Unboxing Experience" , the Clemens Sels Museum Neuss invites you to Phase 2 "Resonating Voices" from Thursday, June 26, 2025.
The curators have invited international, up-and-coming female artists to bring their works into dialog with the works in the museum's collection in order to expand existing discourses and set new focal points. The result is equal juxtapositions and "resonating voices". Resonance - understood as echo, reflection, contradiction or continuation - needs space in order to be heard. In the best case, the museum itself can become a resonating space.
With the invited contemporary artists: Anna Bochkova (1995, RUS), Sara De Brito Faustino (1999, CH), Camille Dumond(1988, FR), Carolin Israel (1990, GER), Shannon Sinclair(1994, GER), Alicja Wysocka (1985, PL) as well as a performance at the Kulturnacht by Thi My Lien Nguyen (*1995, CH)
In dialog with works from the collection of the Clemens Sels Museum Neuss: Irma (gen. Moucky) Christiansen-Lippert (1906-1997, DE), Sofia Doclean (1931-unknown, SRB), Vivian Ellis (*1933, USA), Katarzyna Gawłowa (1896-1983, PL), Katharina Grosse (*1961, DE), Maria Korsak (1908-2002, PL), Ludmila Prochazkova (1903-1984, CZ), Florica Puia (1920-1994, SRB) and Anna Zomer (1899-1970, NL)
The exhibition project is curated by Lara Bader (Germany) and Marlene Kurz (Switzerland), fellows of Residence NRW⁺ 2024/2025. In addition to the project for the Clemens Sels Museum Neuss, the two curators have been invited to develop and realize an exhibition with the NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein as part of the fellowship.
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Adults 5.00 euros / Groups of 10 or more adults 3.50 euros per person / Reduced admission 2.50 euros for welfare recipients and students up to and including 27 years / Free admission up to 21 years / Art:card Düsseldorf holders and members of the Museumsverein also enjoy Free admission / Admission is free on every 1st Sunday of the month.
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