Gönül Sen-Menzel at “Art in the Factory” in Oberbarmen

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Art and exhibitions are closely connected. Art has a home in Oberbarmen too.

The well-known painter Ernst-Gerd Jentgens has his studio on Normannenstraße. The Färberei and the Immanuelskirche/Obendiekhaus cultural center, like the art dealer Schwarzkopf, regularly invite visitors to exhibitions. Barbara Binner has recently been presenting “Art in the Factory” in her Schwarzbach Galerie. Young art by secondary school students can be seen at the retirement home on Wikingerstraße.

Art in the Factory

The “Schwarzbach Galerie” in the rear building of Schwarzbach 174 is a new address for art in the east of Wuppertal. Since September 1998, the gallery has been located in the former premises of a machine-tool dealer, with the rustic ambience of high rooms, a sawtooth roof, crane systems, old concrete floors and much that is original. The light comes from above; the sun conjures up different reflections on the artworks. In 1999 there were three exhibitions: large-format pictures in acrylic and mixed media, sculptures in clay and bronze, and erotic photographs. Four exhibitions are planned for 2000, starting on May 7, bringing artists from Cologne, Austria, the Bergisches Land and Fulda to Oberbarmen.

As there is no heating in the factory building, no exhibitions take place in the winter months from October to April. Opening hours are announced in the media.

Program of the Schwarzbach Galerie in the original: Gönül Sen, May 7 – June 1, 2000, oil, watercolor, drawings – Saderé/Fessel, June 4 – June 25, 2000, sculptures, oil and tempera paintings – Walter Knögel, Jochen Schubert, Egon Sebold, July 2 – July 30, 2000, watercolor, acrylic, oil – Klaus Ziegert, August 6 – August 27, 2000, oil paintings.