Urban cosiness – BLOOM

With the new exhibition series "Urbane Wirtlichkeit", Klub Solitaer e.V. is launching a long-term cooperation project with three Düsseldorf art spaces: BLOOM, Aura and Wild Palms, as well as the young Saxon art scene. The focus is on artistic exchange between Chemnitz and Düsseldorf, which have been twin cities for many years.

Urban contrasts as a starting point
The twin cities of Chemnitz and Düsseldorf represent very different realities for artists. While Düsseldorf boasts one of the most renowned art academies in Germany and a professional art market, the Chemnitz scene is strongly characterised by self-organised structures - far removed from market logic, but closely linked to vacancies, neighbourhoods and experimental formats. But the ambivalences of urban transformation are also visible in Düsseldorf: social contrasts, gentrification and processes of displacement come to light.

The concept: two exhibitions always open simultaneously in the gallery spaces of Klub Solitaer e.V. - one from a Düsseldorf gallery and one from a young artistic position that is connected to Saxony, lives there, has studied there or works there. This creates new connections between the two scenes and long-term opportunities for exchange.

Bloom is an exhibition space founded in Düsseldorf in 2020 that stands for an interdisciplinary and cross-generational programme. Klub Solitaer e.V. has been active on Chemnitz's Sonnenberg since 2010 and operates important platforms for contemporary art and cultural neighbourhood development with studio houses, galleries and cultural venues.

At Galerie HINTEN, the Düsseldorf gallery BLOOM, curated by Ji Sue Byun, is presenting the exhibition "Als Kind wohnte ich im Aquarium". In painting, video, drawing and sculpture, the artists Amadeus Certa, Tobias Brembeck, Ulrike Möschel, Michiel Ceulers, Gudrun Kemsa & Julija Skudutytė deal with urban realities - between documentary observation, poetic reflection and fantastic exaggeration.