Details of the exhibition poster, © ifa, Philippa Walz, dieargelola, bildhübsche Fotografie

50 Years ifa Gallery Stuttgart

17 Jul 2021

14:00 – 21:30

ifa Gallery Stuttgart
Charlottenplatz 17
70173 Stuttgart

Cultural Transfer and Co-creation

In 1971 the ifa Gallery Stuttgart presented its first exhibition at Charlottenplatz. Since then we have been again and again astonished by the new perspectives that contemporary art offers. We thank all the artists for 50 years of critical discourse based on artistic approaches in a global context.

50 Years of ifa Gallery Stuttgart – a reason to celebrate!

Programme

Saturday, 17. Jul 2021

14:00 - 16:00 - ifa Gallery Stuttgart

Shibori workshop – Japanese dye technique

Participants can dye their own textile bag in Japanese shibori style. By folding, tying and bunching the cloth impressive geometrical shapes, stripes and flowers are being created.
A workshop for children and youth, the bag will be provided.
In cooperation with Jugendkunstschule und Kreativwerkstatt Stuttgart (JuKuS).
Limited number of places for all events due to the COVID-19 situation.

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Saturday, 17. Jul 2021

14:00 - 14:45 - ifa Gallery Stuttgart

Guided tours inside the current exhibition

Guided tours of the exhibition 'A Natural Order of Things – Lothar Baumgarten / Gabriel Rossell Santillán'.
Limited number of places for all events due to the COVID-19 situation.

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Saturday, 17. Jul 2021

15:00 - 15:45 - ifa Gallery Stuttgart

'Behind the scenes' – Guided tour of the (architectural) history of the Old Orphanage, headquarters of ifa

Barracks, orphanage, cinema, centre for cultural exchange – the yellow building at Charlottenplatz has a colourful history. Traces of this can still be seen today. In this tour, areas that are normally not open to the public, will be vistited.
Limited number of places for all events due to the COVID-19 situation.

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Saturday, 17. Jul 2021

15:30 - 16:15 - ifa Gallery Stuttgart

Guided tours inside the current exhibition

Guided tours of the exhibition 'A Natural Order of Things – Lothar Baumgarten / Gabriel Rossell Santillán'.
Limited number of places for all events due to the COVID-19 situation.

Go to exhibition page

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Saturday, 17. Jul 2021

16:00 - 16:45 - ifa Gallery Stuttgart

'Behind the scenes' – Guided tour of the (architectural) history of the Old Orphanage, headquarters of ifa

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Saturday, 17. Jul 2021

17:00 - 17:15 - ifa Gallery Stuttgart

Welcome and a view to the future

Bettina Korintenberg, head of the ifa Galleries
Limited number of places for all events due to the COVID-19 situation.

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Saturday, 17. Jul 2021

17:15 - 18:00 - ifa Gallery Stuttgart

Memories and encounters

Hermann Pollig, head of the exhibition service, founder of the ifa Fine Arts Department and of the ifa Gallery in 1971, in conversation with Iris Lenz, head of the ifa Gallery to 2020.
Moderation: Petra Mostbacher-Dix
Limited number of places for all events due to the COVID-19 situation.

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Saturday, 17. Jul 2021

19:00 - 21:00 - ifa Gallery Stuttgart

Audiovisual concert

The ago band welcomes visitors to the gallery. Then Michael Fiedler will make experimental electronic music, which video artist Timo Dufner will respond to with visuals.
In cooperation with Kunstkiosk.
Limited number of places for all events due to the COVID-19 situation.

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holds a PhD in cultural studies and is head of the ifa Gallery Stuttgart. From 2016 to 2020, she was curator at the ZKM | Karlsruhe. Her curatorial and academic practice focuses on critically interrogating digital and global media ecology and revising the history of ideas of Western influenced modernity against the backdrop of current social and ecological transformations. She is especially interested in exploring alternative space-time configurations and forms of social collectivity through interdisciplinary and collaborative processes. In addition to her curatorial work in institutions and on independent projects, she is the author of various contributions to catalogues and academic volumes. Korintenberg lives and works in Berlin and Stuttgart (DE).

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M.A. History of art, German language and literature studies, philosophy. 1986 – 1990 independent curator, 1990 – 1995 head of ifa Gallery Bonn. 1995 – 2021 head of ifa Gallery Stuttgart and head of ifa Galleries: Responsible for the exhibition programs and curator of exhibitions of international contemporary art, architecture and design.
Publications in journals and catalogues; lectureships at the University of Stuttgart and the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences.

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studied art, graphic design, color technology and art history in Stuttgart. From 1954 to 1994 he was head of the art department at ifa. Pollig built up the department, initiated numerous exhibitions in Germany and abroad, and laid the foundation for ifa's art collection.

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Guided tour

You can see a collage by Hannah Höch. The colors are beige-pink and you can see several masks and a flower.

Out of the Box: Traces of Interest

04. May 2024 | 14:00

ifa-Gallery Stuttgart Stuttgart

Guided tour

You can see Adrien Missaka's art object MOTUS, which is mounted on a bicycle. The artist and the bicycle are standing in front of the Berghain club. Many people are walking towards the club. The sun is shining.

Out of the Box: Traces of Interest

23. May 2024 | 16:30

ifa-Gallery Stuttgart Stuttgart

Workshop

Out of the Box: Traces of Interest

29. May 2024 | 18:00

ifa-Gallery Stuttgart Stuttgart

ifa Galleries

The ifa Galleries show the visual arts, architecture and design of a globalized world. They have been addressing contemporary art and current cultural and socio-political developments in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe since 1971 in Stuttgart and since 1991 in Berlin. Exhibition series afford insight into art scenes all over the world and reach across national borders. Conversations, lectures and discussions allow visitors direct contact with artists and curators.

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Contact

ifa Gallery Stuttgart

Charlottenplatz 17
D-70173 Stuttgart

Telephone: +49.711.2225.173

Email: ifa-galerie-stuttgart@ifa.de

50 Years ifa Gallery Stuttgart

Cultural Transfer and Co-creation

Programme

Shibori workshop – Japanese dye technique

Guided tours inside the current exhibition

'Behind the scenes' – Guided tour of the (architectural) history of the Old Orphanage, headquarters of ifa

Guided tours inside the current exhibition