That fact that these artists created work in the studio space at the Kimme Museum, underlines a beautiful connection to her spirit and work. Luise Kimme played a part in the programs which the artists have engaged with at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany. The exhibition fosters a reverence for Kimme, cultural exchange, deep expression, connectedness and light.
Janis Löhrer (b. 1991) is a German artist living in Düsseldorf, Germany. In his drawings and paintings he often uses a monochrome palette and explores different approaches to pictorial space. He creates a play between distance and proximity, using principles of repetition and accumulation. Up close, his works show a variety of male figures, often in an intimate or vulnerable state.
Jana Zatvarnická (b.1988) Slovakia, lives and works in Düsseldorf
“My research traces the human history, heritage, and non-self-reflective anthropological framing. In my artistic process, I intend to capture the progress of my research on re-learning and re-archiving our “apparent ” self-evidence and spiritual-historical processes in society by utilizing painting and installation as a medium. By using different tools and materials and embedding them into the chosen space I am creating “individual” mythology. In doing so I am leaving Traces. Traces of my body, Traces of spirits, Traces of gesture and Traces of touch.” – Jana Zatvarnická
photo by Dominika Čupková
Jana Zatvarnická
79 x 99”
200 x 250 cm
Rust, pigments, charcoal, oil, paper on linen
2022
Jana Zatvarnická
18 x 25”
45 x 64cm
Rust, pigments and oil on linen
2021
photo by Johannes Bendzulla
Ryan Huggins (b. 1991) Trinidad, lives and works in Düsseldorf.
Ryan Huggins is a figurative painter whose paintings are a fusion of ideas surrounding alternative youth sub cultures within queer communities. Huggins examines the vocabulary on queer references and terminologies in relation to body, social identity and gender as a growing language.
