Photo: Jan Kobel/Private
Jan Kobel | Arnstadt, painted over photography
From July 29th to August 24th, 2024, the exhibition entitled “ARCHIdrEcKTUR - Necrographs of Industrial Culture” by the artist Jan Kobel from Arnstadt can be seen in the gallery in the Haus zum Bunten Löwen on the Erfurt Krämerbrücke. The opening will take place on Monday, July 29th, 2024 at 6 p.m. in the gallery. The art historian and curator Dr. Claudia Tittel introduces the work at the opening. The gallery then invites you to talk to the artist together.
Artist talk on Saturday, August 24th. 2024 at 2 p.m
ART meets ARCHITECTURE: eyesore, old building, new building – what architecture do our cities need? In conversation, the artist Jan Kobel discusses the needs and opportunities of a change in our building culture with the Erfurt developer of industrial culture Frank Sonnabend. The event will be moderated by tourism expert Judith Rüber.
To the exhibition
Jan Kobel is a photographer and artist who moved to Thuringia 20 years ago because he fell in love with a decaying industrial area and decided to realize spaces and dreams there. A former glove factory became a hotel, and a dairy farm from the 1920s is another project. For Jan Kobel, this began a years-long examination of vacant industrial culture, which also influenced his artistic work. The exhibition features three large-format works by Jan Kobel, digitally overpainted photographs of demolished industrial areas in Arnstadt, the artist's hometown.
Source: Association of Thuringian Artists Thuringia eV/Red.