Kai Uwe Schierz - Böcker

This opulent catalog is the first major publication to cover the principal estate of Erfurt-born landscape painter Friedrich Nerly (1807–1878). The extensive collection arrived in Erfurt shortly after his death and led to the founding of the Angermuseum. The substantial group of paintings and oil studies, together with a corpus of drawings, have made it possible to explore every facet of the painter’s work. Initially, his life’s journey took him to Hamburg to study art under Carl Friedrich von Rumohr, who travelled to Italy with his pupil soon afterwards. There, Nerly found a new adopted home and created some spectacular oil studies while in Rome. However, he spent his key creative phase as a “celebre pittore” in Venice, the most successful foreign artist painting for an international market. As a trendsetter, he invented the Venice by moonlight painting. Look inside Nerly and the invention of a new image of Venice Successful artistic career denoted by mobility and the start of globalization Oil studies from Olevano, Terracina and Tivoli – highpoints of an emerging genre Exhibition, Angermuseum Erfurt, November 17, 2024 to July 20, 2025

In the most recent works of photographer Gudrun Kemsa (*1961), all of New York becomes an enormous backdrop. From bustling everyday life in the big city, she highlights interpersonal scenes in which the anonymous protagonists take action amidst the urban architecture as if in a film: in a rush, waiting motionlessly in front of boutiques or at intersections. Kemsa's photographic series make individual motion sequences visible. With the contrast between natural and artificial light, she models people and architecture in dramatic tableaus, impressive moments of stillness, or enraptured, strangely timeless conditions.Text in English and German.