They are present at the event this year more than 200 exhibitors from 25 countries which bring together a vast selection of art, including painting, sculpture, photography, installation, video and performance.
In the modern art segment visitors can find a canvas by Lyonel Feiniger at the stand of the Galerie Thomas (Munich). Galerie Schwarzer (Düsseldorf) will bring some masterpieces by Alexej von Jawlensky. Works of German Expressionism can be found by specialists Henze & Ketterer (Bern) which boast the best representative works of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, including “Straßenbild vor dem Friseurladen” (Street Scene with Hairdresser Salon) from 1926. Moeller Fine Art (New York / Berlin) and Oriol Galeria d'Art (Barcelona) exhibit works from the modern period. The highlight can be found at the stand of the Galerie Ludorff (Düsseldorf), with works by Willi Baumeister and Emil Schumacher as well as by Alex Katz.
Galerie Fahnemann (Berlin) exhibits great names in post-war art, such as Imi Knoebl, Raimund Girke and Hans Hartung. The American artist James Turrell instead dedicates all his creations to the various manifestations of natural and artificial light, like his compatriot Keith Sonnier; their works can be seen at the Contemporary Häusler (Munich). To celebrate the artist's 85th birthday, the Galerie Koch (Hanover) hosts a solo exhibition of the artist Otto Piene with 20 works from the years 1957-1966. Axel Vervoordt (Antwerp) focuses instead on Gutai and Zero artists, including Heinz Mack and Günther Uecker, and their successors, such as Kazuo Shiraga from Japan, who painted with hands and feet. Jaski (Amsterdam) exhibits works by the Danish Asger Jorn of the COBRA movement.
Contemporary art is represented also from top international galleries, such as Annely Juda (London) and Thaddaeus Ropac (Paris/Salzburg), exhibiting new sculptures by Georg Baselitz, works by the eccentric duo Gilbert & George and by Antony Gormley. This year we also find the artist Helga de Alvear (Madrid). The “Grand Dame” of the Spanish art scene who offers a platform for Angela de la Cruz. John Chamberlain and Jean Michel Othoniel are the “stars” at the Karsten Greve (Cologne / St. Moritz) stand. The Swiss gallery Hauser & Wirth (Zurich / London / New York), places emphasis on Belgian artist Philippe Vandenberg and a film by German artist Christoph Schlingensief will also be shown.
With works by artists such as Baselitz, Lüpertz, Immendorff, Penck and Polke (pivotal moment in German art history), the gallery of Michael Werner (Cologne / London / New York) presents itself. David Zwirner (New York), son of legendary gallery owner Rudolf Zwirner, who helped lead the art market and who continues to rush between galleries in New York and London every day. Now however he seems very busy preparing his presence in Cologne, representing important artists such as Neo Rauch, Luc Tuymans and Thomas Ruff.
Daniel Buchholz (Cologne / Berlin) presents the artist Isa Genzken for 25 years; other illustrious names in his program are Wolfgang Tillmanns, Mark Leckey and the recent Danh Vo.
New canvases by rising star David Schnell attract visitors to the stand of Galerie Eigen + Art (Berlin / Leipzig), as well as large-format paintings by Tim Eitel, Jörg Herold and others, which contrast with the subtle, pigment prints confidential, handmade paper by Carsten Nicolai.
Visitors can find a fascinating cross-section of contemporary Turkish art at the stand of the Dirimart Gallery (Istanbul). A Head-Turner at the stand of Bernd Kluser (Munich), will be the installation of “Sogno di Luce” by Bernardi Roig; Christine König Galerie (Vienna) presents a series of charcoal drawings by the Algerian-French artist Adel Abdessemed, who became known for his sensational video installations.
Galerie Konzett (Vienna) focuses on Austrian artists, such as Otto Muehl and Franz West, while Galerie Krinzinger (Vienna) presents new works by Marina Abramovic and Jonathan Meese, as does the Guido W. Baudach gallery (Berlin), next to works by Erik van Lieshout.
The highlight of the Galerie Lahumière (Paris) is an installation from the series “Les Cabanes éclatées”. Galleria Giò Marconi (Milan), is focusing on works with unconventional materials, with Kerstin Bratsch, Nikolas Gambaroff, Markus Schinwald and Lucie Stahl.
Marlborough Contemporary (London) presents the promising young names of Adam Chotzko and Laurence Kavanagh. David Nolan (New York) exhibits new in-demand works by artist Jorinde Voigt. Galerie Barbara Thumm (Berlin) will provide a foretaste of the upcoming exhibition in the Museum Ludwig with a large-scale collage by Jo Baer and serve to honor Anna Oppermann, who passed away 20 years ago. A “star” of the Jocelyn Wolff stand is young sculptor David Weber. The gallery, which participated in New Contemporaries last year, also presents works by Isa Melsheimer and Valerie Favre. In addition to works by the American painter Alice Neel and sculptor Thomas Rentmeister, Aurel Scheibler (Berlin) is exhibiting for the first time works by the versatile avant-garde artist Curt Stenvert (1920-1992), who worked for many years in Cologne as a sculptor and painter . Thea Djordjadze has her “artistic home” at the Sprüth Magers Gallery (Berlin / London), which also exhibits works by the artist duo Fischli / Weiss and Thomas Scheibitz, Robert Elfgen and Walter Dahn.
An ink work by Henri Michaux is in the Galerie Florian Sundheimer (Munich). Galerie Tanit (Munich / Beirut) exhibits an interaction between young artists and established names, such as Michelangelo Pistoletti. Works by photographer Jürgen Klauke from Cologne and painters such as Siegfried Anzinger and Herbert Brandl are presented at the Galerie Elisabeth and Klaus Thoman (Innsbruck / Vienna). Galerie Thomas Zander features works by Lewis Baltz, a representative of classic American photography, and also has conceptual photographer artists including Peter Downsborough and Victor Burgin. Multi-part is the 'Rail' wall installation by Don Dudley from 1977, a work that greatly attracts the attention of visitors.
In the Contemporary Art sector (with emerging artists), Bugada & Cargnel (Paris), participate for the first time presenting a young multimedia artist Adrien Missika, as well as works by Cyprien Gaillard, winner of the 2011 National Gallery of Young Art Berlin Prize.
Another new gallery at New Contemporaries is Galeria Marta Cervera (Madrid), which features works by Sam Falls and Nuria Fuster. New, large-scale canvases by Joyce Pensanto, Molly Zuckermann-Hartung and Karl Wirsum will be exhibited together by Corbett vs Dempsey (Chicago), as well as a film by Christopher Wool, which to date, has never been seen in Germany. KOW (Berlin), winner of last year's Maurice Lacroix NEW CONTEMPORARY AWARD, exhibits the works of Michael E. Smith. Peres Projects (Berlin) represents the young painter David Ostrowski from Cologne, the American Joe Bradley and Dash Snow, who died in infancy. While the Croda Rossa Gallery (Zurich) offers the work of versatile artist Klaus Lutz, who died in 2009.
Finally…Ancient & Modern (London) presents new works by the English artist Alan Kane.
