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until 04.05. | #4247ARTatBerlin | aquabitArt Galerie presents from 24. April 2024 the exhibition “PAR(I)TY WITH US – the 10 Million Euro Exhibition” with Janine Mackenroth and 20 international women artists of the SALOON.
Considering the current situation, where the ratio of female artists to male artists at Gallery Weekend is around 40% to 60%, while at art schools the ratio is reversed at 65% female artists to 35% male artists, the exhibition PAR(I)TY WITH US raises urgent questions. Is it twice as likely to be exhibited as an artist at Gallery Weekend?
Zohar Fraiman, Cocktail Kitty, 2019
With this exhibition, aquabitArt Gallery will equalise the ratio of male and female artists at this year’s Gallery Weekend to 50% / 50% by presenting an exhibition with works exclusively by female artists, thus closing the existing gap.
Niina Lehtonen, Braun, without title (Malerinnen Ausflug), 2023
Participating women artists
Nina Ansari, Sara Benninga, Anna Borgmann, Manja Ebert, Zohar Fraiman, Aika Furukawa, Mariella Kerscher, Franziska King, Alex Lebus, Niina Lehtonen Braun, Markéta Magidová, Nadja Verena Marcin, Lena Oehmsen, Lisa Premke, Mirae kh RHEE, Johanna Smiatek, Adriane Steckhan, Jeanne Susplugas, Ivonne Thein and Gülce Tulçalı.
Curators: Sarah Maske, Nina Marlene Kraus, Irina Ilieva
PAR(I)TY WITH US
The two gallery spaces will feature a symbiosis of international artists and a solo presentation by renowned artist Janine Mackenroth. Together with SALOON Berlin board member Sarah Maske, she has developed the exhibition concept for Gallery Weekend: Mackenroth will keep the walls of the gallery’s second room free for her colleagues. She will cover the floor with millions of shredded Deutsche Bundesbank banknotes, which she will “lay at the feet”, so to speak, of the works of the artists from the SALOON network. Mackenroth is currently working with the colours of the euro banknotes, which can be found both as a nail polish edition and in her paintings. The new nail varnish “ONE HUNDRED EURO GREEN”, which can be purchased for 100 euros, is being released especially for the opening.
Mirae kh RHEE, Fleischfreude Self-Portrait, 2009
“PAR(I)TY WITH US goes beyond the mere representation of art and challenges viewers to think about the need for a reorganisation in the art world,” explains Sarah Maske, one of the curators of the exhibition. Together with her colleagues, she has shared the call in the international SALOON network to exhibit the lack of female positions at Gallery Weekend 2024 – and thus make a statement. “We not only want to highlight the inequalities, but also show alternative ways of achieving gender parity in art. In addition, the subtitle suggests that all the works shown in the exhibition will potentially be worth a lot more and gives a nod towards buying art for its potential to increase in value.”
Sara Benninga, In the Pleasure Garden, 2023
Visitors are invited to actively participate in discussions about gender parity in art and help shape the future of the art world.
Soft-Opening: Wednesday, 24. April 2024, 6 – 9 pm, with cakes
Opening: Thursday, 25. April 2024, 6 – 9 pm with drinks by Kolonne Null
Opening Gallery Weekend: Friday, 26. April 2024, 6 – 9 pm
Gallery Weekend: Saturday, 27. April 2024 and Sunday 28. April 2024, noon – 7 pm
Exhibition period: Wednesday, 24. April 2024 – Saturday, 04. May 2024, further opening hours on www.art.aquabit.com
To the Gallery
Image caption title: Janine Mackenroth, detailed view: “Money Pool”, 1 million shredded euro banknotes, 180 x 180 cm, 2023. Photo: René Löffler
Exhibition PAR(I)TY WITH US – The 10 Million Euro Exhibition – aquabitArt gallery | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin
