The exhibition of graduates of the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste-Städelschule returns to the Städel Museum after eleven years. Thirty artists will present works in a variety of media and disciplines.
The physical and historical proximity of the two institutions is not only inherent in the exhibition space, the Peichlbau of the Städel Museum, but also in the vision of their founder Johann Friedrich Städel: Hochschule and Museum go back to a foundation in which the presentation and teaching of fine art already played a closely interlocking role.
The title "After Rubens" refers to the Rubens exhibition previously presented in the same wing of the Städel Museum. The museum display remains, and the graduates confront it with ambivalence. Where baroque masterpieces hung, contemporary art is shown. After Rubens, something new begins: after the Städel - before the departure.
The exhibition shows works by graduates from the classes of Monika Baer, Peter Fischli, Douglas Gordon, Judith Hopf, Michael Krebber, Christa Näher, Laure Prouvost, Tobias Rehberger, Willem de Rooij, Amy Sillman and Haegue Yang.
Text source and more information about this event: http://www.staedelmuseum.de/de/after-rubens
