INSIGHTS
Art from the NATIONAL-BANK Collection
17.09.21 – 27.11.21
The public opening will be held on Friday 17th of September between 11h and 20h within the frame of the Nit de l’Art organized by ArtPalma Contemporary
Presenting works by Joseph Beuys, Stephan Balkenhol, Tony Cragg, Pia Fries, Katharina Grosse, Markus Lüpertz and many other artists associated with the famous Düsseldorf Academy of Art.
Staged at the CCA Andratx, Mallorca as a second venue after its initial opening at the MKM Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg (GER), the exhibition "Insights" is showcasing some 90 works from the collection of the National-Bank. Among the artists featured are Siegfried Anzinger, Stephan Balkenhol, Joseph Beuys, Peter Bömmels, Abraham David Christian, Tony Cragg, David Czupryn, Richard Deacon, Peter Doig, Ulrich Erben, Bernd Finkeldei, Pia Fries, Gotthard Graubner, Katharina Grosse, Jörg Immendorff, Konrad Klapheck, Imi Knoebel, Paco Knöller, Bernd Koberling, Dieter Krieg, Markus Lüpertz, A.R. Penck, Klaus Rinke, Leunora Salihu, Katharina Sieverding, Günther Uecker, Tatjana Valsang, Cornelius Völker and Franz Erhard Walther.
Throughout the past decades, the National Bank has built up an outstanding collection from which a selection of key artistic positions is now presented at the CCA Andratx. The primary focus of the collection is dedicated to artists from the well-known Düsseldorf Academy of Art, many of whom have risen to achieve worldwide fame. Furnishing a comprehensive cross-section of the collection, "Insights" highlights both the diversity and broad spectrum of the featured artists and their artistic practice.
Over the years, the Bank has established itself as a major patron of arts in Germany and for the past 15 years has generously supported the Museum Küppersmühle. Proceeding in fostering the arts, the National-Bank is now presenting the exhibition “Insights” at the CCA Andratx. "(…) Such commitment is extraordinary.", explains Walter Smerling (Chairman Foundation for Art and Culture Bonn/Curator). "It is inspired by a profound appreciation of art and springs from an enlightened mindset: Seeing is thinking, and promoting the arts is an investment in education. This is an invitation to staff and clients, and to the general public to engage with art and its identity-sustaining influence. Culture, to quote the bank's own words, is part of our DNA."
CATALOGUE
Accompanying the exhibition is a comprehensive catalogue, featuring a welcoming address by the former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, contributions from Siegfried Gohr and Mario von Lüttichau, together with a discussion between Walter Smerling and Thomas A. Lange.
ORGANIZATION
The exhibition “Insights – Art from the NATIONAL-BANK collection” is organized by the Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur (Foundation for Art and Culture) in Bonn, Germany in cooperation with CCA Andratx and kindly supported by Art Palma Contemporani.
Presenting works by Joseph Beuys, Stephan Balkenhol, Tony Cragg, Pia Fries, Katharina Grosse, Markus Lüpertz and many other artists associated with the famous Düsseldorf Academy of Art.