Agnes Scherer lives in Berlin and Salzburg. She studied painting at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Prof. Peter Doig. Her first operetta, Cupid and the Animals, was awarded the Nigel Greenwood Art Prize in 2015 and performed in, among other places, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne (2017) and TRAMPS in New York (2018). For her narrative installation The Very Hungry, which was shown in Horse & Pony, Berlin, Agnes Scherer received the Berlin Art Prize 2019. In addition, her works have been on show internationally in group and solo exhibitions, for example, among others, in the Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich, in the 1646 project space, The Hague, (both in 2020), at Kinderhook & Caracas, Berlin and the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf (both 2019).

Stanton Taylor is a writer and artist working between Düsseldorf and Berlin. His writing has been published in a variety of contexts, including the art magazines Artforum, Frieze, Mousse, and Texte zur Kunst. His artistic work in collaboration with Tobias Hohn is currently on view in the exhibition Constellations in a Bubble at Kirchgasse in Steckborn.

Admission: 5 Euro / 3 Euro (reduced). Free admission for members.

Since the number of participants is limited, we would kindly request that you register at: huewe@kunstverein-duesseldorf.de. Please note, that this is a 2G event and that a proof of vaccination or recovery is required for admission. Thank you for your understanding!

The event accompanies the current exhibition Agnes Scherer – The Notebook Simulations (21.9.2021 – 16.1.2022) at Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf.