A brief introduction to the Salon
Der Antonyme Salon gGmbH
Giesebrechtstraße 5
10629 Berlin
The non-profit organization Der Antonyme Salon has set itself the task of debating the continuing influence of the achievements of avant-garde and autonomous art of the 20th century in the present day through regular curatorial projects, lectures, discussion panels, and publications. The starting point and point of reference for this is the oeuvre of Anton Henning. For around thirty years, he has been engaging with classical modernism in paintings and drawings, as well as in sculptures and other forms of work, like few others: he takes up the possibilities developed in it, continues them, enhances and connects them, and goes beyond them. Henning's work, which is represented in museums and renowned collections worldwide, thus provides an excellent basis for reflection and discussion about what modernism was and what it perhaps still is.
You can download Anton Henning's current portfolio as a PDF file here:
Events
In order to encourage deeper, more personal exchanges, we occasionally invite lovers of this multi-layered, exhilarating art form to smaller salon-style gatherings. These may take the form of a discussion of a particular image or a specific topic, a free-flowing conversation over a meal or a cup of tea. Sometimes we begin by focusing on the experiences of a selected speaker. The opportunity to engage in conversation can also be crowned with a drink based on our edition gin.
Open Salons
Our guests always enjoy accompanying and inspiring the open Antonymen Salon during Gallery Weekend in the spring and Berlin Art Week in the fall. We are grateful for every single one of these wonderful encounters and the in-depth conversations they inspire, as well as for the delightful and charming comments in our guest book!
The Initiators
Wolfgang Ullrich
Wolfgang Ullrich lives in Leipzig as a cultural scientist and freelance author. He researches and publishes on the history and critique of the concept of art, on topics related to the sociology of art, and on digital image phenomena. More about him at www.ideenfreiheit.de
Anton Henning
Born in Berlin in 1964, the self-taught artist devotes his work to questioning the achievements of modernism with tender bite, offbeat humor, and painterly delight in paintings and entire psychological, eerily beautiful pictorial spaces designed entirely by himself.
Website: www.antonhenning.net
Jana Noritsch
As an oeuvre and collection researcher, Jana Noritsch builds up private art archives and realizes their development in close collaboration with the initiators and institutions. In studios, estates, and private collections, she catalogs and curates holdings, mediates, and publishes on them. www.noritsch.de
Der Antonyme Salon gGmbH
Giesebrechtstraße 5
10629 Berlin