Blickachsen 14: The list of participating artists promises a varied outdoor art experience

26 artists from eight countries are taking part in this year's Blickachsen sculpture biennial exhibition in the extensive historical parks of Bad Homburg, Germany. Blickachsen 14 will open on 18 May at 11.30am on the Schmuckplatz in Bad Homburg's Kurpark.

From 18 May to 5 October 2025, Blickachsen 14 will bring together a wide variety of positions in contemporary art, including works created especially for the exhibition and site-specific projects. The artistic programme for the exhibition was put together by Blickachsen founder Christian K. Scheffel together with Carina Plath, curator of painting and sculpture at the Sprengel Museum Hannover, the partner museum of Blickachsen 14.

The list of participants in the fourteenth Blickachsen includes almost equal numbers of male and female representatives of three-dimensional art and opens up a varied and exciting spectrum of international sculpture and installation art:

Paweł Althamer (Poland) *1967 in Warsaw, Joscha Bender (Germany) *1991 in Darmstadt, Alexandra Bircken (Germany) *1967 in Cologne, Julius von Bismarck (Germany) *1983 in Breisach am Rhein, Monica Bonvicini (Italy) *1965 in Venice, Martin Boyce (UK) *1967 in Hamilton, Scotland, Richard Deacon (UK) *1949 in Bangor, Wales, Simone Fattal (Lebanon / USA) *1942 in Damascus, Syria, Kasia Fudakowski (UK) *1985 in London, Asta Gröting (Germany) *1961 in Herford, Georg Herold (Germany) *1947 in Jena, Olaf Holzapfel (Germany) *1967 in Dresden, Judith Hopf (Germany) *1969 in Karlsruhe, Franka Hörnschemeyer (Germany) *1958 in Osnabrück, David Horvitz (USA) *in California, Elizabeth Jaeger (USA) *1988 in San Francisco, California, Hans Josephsohn (Switzerland) *1920 in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad), †2012 in Zurich, Gary Kuehn (USA) *1939 in Plainfield, New Jersey, Maria Loboda (Poland) *1979 in Krakow, Christiane Möbus (Germany) *1947 in Celle, Thea Moeller (Germany) *1985 in Hanover, Manfred Pernice (Germany) *1963 in Hildesheim, Thomas Schütte (Germany) *1954 in Oldenburg, Grace Schwindt (Germany) *1979 in Offenbach am Main, Manolo Valdés (Spain) *1942 in Valencia, Georg-Friedrich Wolf (Germany) *1962 in Freiburg im Breisgau.

A total of 35 works by these 26 artists will be carefully positioned in the historic park landscapes so as to communicate with each other and their surroundings, and be experienced in different ways from May to October as the light and vegetation conditions change. In this way Blickachsen 14 also focuses on the interplay between art, nature and the public space - and invites visitors throughout the summer to go on inspiring walks, enjoying the artworks in three historic parks in Bad Homburg: the Kurpark, the Palace Park and, for the first time at Blickachsen, the Gustavsgarten.

Covering an area of over 40 hectares, the Bad Homburg Kurpark, designed by Peter Joseph Lenné in the mid-19th century, is one of the largest and most beautiful spa gardens in Germany - and at the same time the only park in which Lenné's design ideas are still visible. The historic park in the style of a natural English landscape garden is also a vibrant place of social life.

Bad Homburg's Palace Park, which has been designed over centuries, is also considered an outstanding work of garden art. Its pleasure, landscape and kitchen gardens from different eras merge - together with the large castle pond - to form an exemplary and topographically varied whole.

This year, for the first time, the Gustavsgarten will be included in Blickachsen as an exhibition location. Three sculptures by Richard Deacon, who will also be represented in the Kurpark, can be seen here on the green space next to the Villa Wertheimber. The idyllic Gustavsgarten is part of the unique arrangement of Bad Homburg's Landgraviate Garden Landscape, which extended from the Palace Park along the Tannenwaldallee to the Elisabethenschneise landscape park and which, with the exception of the gardens adjacent to the Palace Park, is still preserved today.

Save the Date:
Media representatives are cordially invited to the Blickachsen 14 press conference, followed by a tour of part of the exhibition. The press conference will take place on Tuesday, 13 May 2025, at 11am in the Orangery in the Bad Homburg Kurpark (please register by e-mail to presse@blickachsen.de).
You are also cordially invited to the opening of Blickachsen 14 on Sunday, 18 May 2025, at 11.30am on Schmuckplatz in the Kurpark.

Detailed information on the Blickachsen 14 exhibition and the programme of public guided tours will be available online at www.blickachsen.de in good time before the exhibition opens.
Individual group tours (in German, English, French, Italian or Dutch) can already be booked through the Blickachsen Foundation (e-mail: fuehrungen@blickachsen.de, telephone: +49 6172 681 19 46).

Facts and figures:

Blickachsen 14
Contemporary Sculpture in the Bad Homburg Kurpark, Palace Park and Gustavsgarten
In collaboration with the Sprengel Museum Hannover

Duration: 18 May - 5 October 2025
Press conference: Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 11.00am in the Orangery in the Kurpark Bad Homburg
Opening: Sunday, 18 May 2025, 11.30am on the Schmuckplatz in the Kurpark Bad Homburg

Participating artists:
Paweł Althamer, Joscha Bender, Alexandra Bircken, Julius von Bismarck, Monica Bonvicini, Martin Boyce, Richard Deacon, Simone Fattal, Kasia Fudakowski, Asta Gröting, Georg Herold, Olaf Holzapfel, Judith Hopf, Franka Hörnschemeyer, David Horvitz, Elizabeth Jaeger, Hans Josephsohn, Gary Kuehn, Maria Loboda, Christiane Möbus, Thea Moeller, Manfred Pernice, Thomas Schütte, Grace Schwindt, Manolo Valdés, Georg-Friedrich Wolf

Partner institution: Sprengel Museum Hannover
Curatorial team: Christian K. Scheffel (Blickachsen Foundation), Carina Plath (Sprengel Museum Hanover)

Organizers:
Stiftung Blickachsen gGmbH (Blickachsen Foundation)
City of Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe
Kur- und Kongreß-GmbH Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe
State Palaces and Gardens of Hesse

Under the patronage of the Minister-President of the State of Hesse, Boris Rhein

Main supporters:
Deutsche Leasing AG, Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, Friends of Blickachsen, KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain gGmbH, Stefan Quandt

Further supporters:
François-Blanc-Spielbank GmbH, Frankfurter Volksbank Rhein/Main, KanAm Grund Group, Messer SE & Co. KGaA, Willy A. Löw AG, Stiftung Historischer Kurpark Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe

Admission: free
Regular guided tours (in German only): Programme available soon at www.blickachsen.de
Group tours (in German, English, French, Italian or Dutch) can already be booked through the Blickachsen Foundation:
E-mail: fuehrungen@blickachsen.de, phone: +49 6172 681 19 46

www.blickachsen.de

Stiftung Blickachsen gGmbH
(Blickachsen Foundation)
Ferdinandstraße 19
61348 Bad Homburg v.d.Höhe
Germany
Tel.: +49 6172 6811946
info@stiftungblickachsen.de
presse@blickachsen.de
www.blickachsen.de

Press contact:
Sunita Scheffel
Mobile: +49 178 473 25 91
presse@blickachsen.de

About the Blickachsen Foundation
The public benefit Blickachsen Foundation, with its seat in Bad Homburg, Germany, was established in March 2013 to oversee the Blickachsen Sculpture Biennale, which it organizes together with the municipality of Bad Homburg, the Kur- und Kongreß-GmbH and the State Palaces and Gardens of Hesse. The foundation's aim is to secure the long-term future of the Biennale, and to provide access to contemporary sculpture and installation art to an ever-growing audience in the public space. At the same time, the foundation seeks to promote the evolving cultural attraction of the city of Bad Homburg and the further Rhine-Main region, and to establish the region over time as an international centre for contemporary sculpture. In offering, every two years, a platform for exhibiting the work of both young and established artists from around the world, the foundation seeks both to promote emerging artistic talent, and to heighten popular interest in and appreciation of the most varied currents in three-dimensional art. A lively encounter with contemporary sculpture is stimulated by the diverse range of Blickachsen tours and workshops for children, young people and adults. In addition, the foundation sees itself as a mediator and point of intersection between cultural and educational institutions, supporting the dialogue between artists and museums, as well as between art and scholarship.

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