Galerie Melbye-Konan has conceived the exhibition Mouvement in close collaboration with the French Consulate and the Institut français in Hamburg. We present German and French speaking artists such as Karolin Schwab, Belèn, Stella Meris, Atowla, Yannick Ackah, Ngoye, Araks Sahakyan and François Martinache. It will be on show from 20 June to 24 August 2024 in the 400 m2 exhibition space of the gallery. The highlight will be the organisation of the French National Day 2024 in the gallery.
The ambiguity of the title "Mouvement" (French for movement) is deliberate: There are political, historical, social, sporting and artistic interpretations of movement, which the artists explore in their works in different ways. In this exhibition, we also want to explore what movement means for art and artists. To give a broad perspective, Melbye-Konan Gallery is showing abstract and figurative working artists from different countries. In their work, the artists show how they explore movements of colour, inner movements or are influenced by social or political movements.
Movement is also a link between all these interpretations and, in the exhibition, a cheerful invitation to move from one dialogue of these interpretations to another.
