Virtual gallery exhibition 2021: intercultural art

From February 5 to March 7, 2021, Achtzig Galerie Berlin showcased intercultural artists in a virtual group exhibition. It was accompanied by art marketing and press work, supported by journalists in Berlin. This gave the artists visibility and further exhibition opportunities, even during the lockdown.

The Most Important Points

• The virtual group exhibition ran from February 5 to March 7, 2021.
• Vischer, Frehner, Marco Skura, Herzberg, Späth, Anumu, and Drapane exhibited.
• Paintings and abstract photography from various cultures were shown.
• The gallery accompanied the exhibition with art marketing and press work.

The painter Anumu had to leave his homeland Porto Seguro in Togo in 1995 due to political persecution. In his abstract-figurative painting, he tells stories from Africa: with bright colors, fairy-tale-like picture surfaces, a unique language of forms, and multi-part structures.

He exhibited in the district of Freising, in Landshut, Munich, Austria, and the Netherlands, among other places, and received the cultural promotion award of the district of Freising. In 2018, the free art academy EigenArt in Bad Heilbrunn awarded him the Artus Art Prize, and in the same year, he received the Recognition Prize of the Palm Art Awards.

Many female artists of the gallery deal with everyday life, freedom, and longing. The paintings of the artist Vischer combine social, nature-related, and spiritual elements with scenes from the real world, immersed in a powerful color world with a special composition.

The abstract paintings of the artist Frehner are inspired by the Bauhaus artist Paul Klee (1879–1940). He shows his inner experiences in paintings full of joie de vivre and cultural diversity.

A focus was placed on non-objective painting. The painter Marco Skura is inspired by Greek mythology. His powerful abstract paintings arise from inner satisfaction, with working hours playing no role. At the center is a dynamic creative process, and his expressive play of colors gives the paintings depth.

For the artist Herzberg, it is about freedom and boundlessness, about painting as a place of tranquility, about a variety of colors and emotional upheavals. In a series of paintings, animals stand as symbols of freedom. Out of love for nature, he places them at the center and asks how one can regain their sense of freedom. The abstract backgrounds speak of color diversity and upheavals.

The photographer Späth showcased abstract photographs, inspired by expressionist painting. Shapes and colors dissolve, creating soft transitions. Her images are about the soul's journey after death, detachment from the earthly, and one's own transience. She works with C-prints on Fuji Crystal behind acrylic glass.

The virtual exhibition was part of a series of digital presentations with which the gallery showcased artists during the Corona period, such as the digital group exhibition with guest artists from Austria at the end of 2020 or the digital solo exhibition by Farah Felicitas. You can learn more about the gallery in the article Kunstgalerie Berlin Achtzig for contemporary art.

Information on art marketing and exhibition opportunities for artists can be found at achtzig-galerie.de and in the article The producer gallery Berlin is looking for artists.