15 international perspectives
The group exhibition FOUNDATIONS at Haus Kunst Mitte brings together works by 15 international artists from 11 April to 25 July 2025.
Image gallery
Raelis Vasquez (geb. 1995) Foundations, 2023 Acrylic and oil on canvas, 183 x 183 cm
Mario Moore (geb. 1987) Mortgage Burning, 2025 Öl auf Leinwand 122 x 122 cm
Adelaide Damoah (geb. 1976) Drowning in the Essence of You, 2022 Pigment and ink on hand made khadi paper 110 x 160 cm
Mario Joyce (geb. 1985) I'm in Pieces, 2024 Vintage collage, soil, and oil on canvas 121.9 x 91.4 cm
Painting, photography, sculpture, video, mixed media and installations will be on display. African-diasporic and African-American positions will be emphasised.
In this way, Haus Kunst Mitte will once again create space for inclusive perspectives on particularities in content, medium and genre and for an examination of different perspectives on elementary and interwoven aspects of life.
The works in the exhibition address the basic building blocks of life in an outstanding and diverse way. They seek answers to the questions: how is life created, how is it perceived and shaped?
Ideas are explored that are fundamental, basic and vital. Some works deal with the development of social concepts such as human rights or the significance of individual and collective history, which are reflected in adult life as a result of childhood experiences. Other works emphasise the cross-generational effects of colonial history.
Other objects emphasise the influence of art history and traditional art forms on contemporary positions. The significance of biological, social and cultural ecosystems and the effects of the smallest changes in our global, cultural, economic, political and ecological systems are also examined.
Sakhile Matlhare and Daniel Hagemeier curated the exhibition in close collaboration with Dr Anna Havemann (Artistic Director Haus Kunst Mitte). Since 2018, Matlhare and Hagemeier have been running the research and gallery space Sakhile&Me in Frankfurt/Main, promoting Black and PoC artists through curated solo exhibitions and collaborative presentations.
Some of the artists in the FOUNDATIONS exhibition experiment with materials such as steel, wood, fabric or self-made bioplastics. They transform these materials and examine historical and philosophical concepts in order to redesign them.
Participating Artists
Osi Audu, Philip Crawford, Adelaide Damoah, Kevin Demery, Jerry Helle, Mario Joyce, Sekai Machache, Mario Moore, Nnenna Okore, Ato Ribeiro, Anike Joyce Sadiq, Ghizlane Sahli, Lerato Shadi, Helena Uambembe and Raelis VasquezAt the same time, the exhibition
Two Views / Three Dimensions: Artist Couple Elke Judith and Frank Dornseif.
