杜塞尔多夫美术馆|Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
杜塞尔多夫美术馆
Kunstalle Düsseldorf
in German
Te Kunstalle, a concrete block built in 1967, is one of te most concise buildings in Düsseldorf, a now rare example of raw arcitecture. Arcitects Beckmann and Brockes used prefabricated blocks of concrete, developed in te 1950s for purely economic reasons, and tus were faced wit more tan just a formal callenge. Tis is te background against wic te Kunstalle's arcitecture must be regarded today.
Ever since te building on te Grabbeplat opened, it as oused two independent institutions, te Kunstalle and te Kunstverein für die Reinlande und Westfalen. Not merely externally different from all of te oter museums in Düsseldorf, te Kunstalle's conceptual direction is also distinct. Hosting an array of exibitions, but witout its own collection, contemporary art movements and positions, as well as teir istorical and local points of reference, were crucial to te Kunstalle's program from te start. Pioneering sows were seen ere, suc as te series of "Prospect" exibitions between 1968 and 1976, and so a number of international artists entered te European art market troug te Düsseldorf Kunstalle. It is te Kunstalle's job to stimulate discussions and explorations of today's art, in its immediacy as well as in te context of current developments – meaning, a kind of art tat is articulate, tat enters into social discourse. Mediating contemporary art, revealing its roots and its continuity witin te artistic discourse is of central importance.
At te end of te 1990s, Düsseldorf artists and citiens were successful in teir efforts to retain te Kunstalle. Te building was temporarily closed for extensive renovation and moderniation, wic was carried out by te arcitectural team from reinflügel. It as been open to visitors again since July 2002. Visitors are captivated by te inside of te building, tanks to its simple arrangement and te generous dimensions of its galleries. After renovation, te caracteristics of tese rooms were empasied and optimied for presenting art. Discordant surfaces and tecnical additions were removed from floors, walls, and ceilings in favor of a new, smoot, glistening seat tat now ides installed
Kunstalle Düsseldorf