Phung-Tien Phan (*1983) Banquet Group / Bankett Gruppe 2 2018 eight separate parts (="beings"): concrete, metals, lacquers fence: wood, polycarbonate, photo overall: 1,405 x 870 x 57 cm        12 Nov 2018; the day after the rained out vernissage
 14 Nov 2018 with morning dew on the fence more images further down on this page
Opening on 11 Nov 2018
Introduction by Dr Anna Fricke
 
  photos by Erwin Wiemer (left), and Michael Geelink (right)
left-hand picture: from right to left Peter Gorschlüter (director Museum Folkwang), Muchtar Al Ghusain (Deputy for Culture and Schools), Franz-Josef Britz (Mayor of the city of Essen), Dirk Heidenblut (MdB/MP), Phung-Tien Phan (artist), Anna Fricke (curator Museum Folkwang), Volker Wagenitz (KaM)
Due to bad weather, the vernissage was - on very short notice - moved from the sculptures ensemble into the church of the Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche SELK, which was kindly made available by Pastor Klaus Pahlen.  After being welcomed by KaM, the mayor of the city of Essen, Franz-Josef Britz, and the head of the culture and education department, Muchtar Al Ghusain, addressed the audience ... followed by Dr Anna Fricke, curator for contemporary art at the Museum Folkwang, who introduced the work.  Afterwards there was the opportunity to meet in the community hall, where posters for the vernissage and the artist's catalogues were on display.    left-most photo by Erwin Wiemer
The project and the vernissage had been announced in the press: WAZ/NRZ articles on 26 Oct 2018 and 08 Nov 2018 (08 Nov print edition here); Südanzeiger / Lokalkompass on 01 Nov 2018 and 10 Nov 2018, as well as Allbau here and Lintorfer here.
Artist´s Talk on 06 July 2019 At the sculpture festival 2019 of the association Kunst am Moltkeplatz KaM e.V., Phung-Tien Phan and the curator Dr. Anna Fricke had an artist talk, sharing thoughts and backgrounds about the temporary work "Banquet Group 2, 2018" - and other works by the artist - with the visitors of the event.   Finissage on 11 November 2019 at the parish hall of the SELK Church at the Moltkeplatz The temporary work "Banquet Group / Bankett Gruppe 2" by Phung-Tien Phan had stood on the Moltkeplatz
sculpture meadow for one year. Before it was to be dismantled at the end of
November 2019, the association Kunst am Moltkeplatz KaM e.V. had invited
everybody to bid farewell to it in the parish hall of the SELK church. Among others, the artist Phung-Tien Phan and the curator Dr. Anna Fricke were present.   During the finissage on 17 Nov 2019, Phung-Tien Phan´s artist´s book "Bankett Gruppe / Banquet Group" was presented and signed by the artist. The book had been published shortly before.   Dr. Anna Fricke and Phung-Tien Phan at the presentation of the artist´s book "Bankett Gruppe / Banquet Group".          Click into an image to enlarge it. Selection of pages from the artist´s book "Bankett Gruppe / Banquet Group" by Phung-Tien Phan More about the artist´s book here. The publication has been entered into the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek / German National Library, see here, and the NRW state Nordrhein-Westfälische Bibliographie der Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf library catalogue, see here. It is available from the association Kunst am Moltkeplatz KaM e.V.; contacts here. Dismantling and Removal on 04 December 2019 on 04 Dec 2019 the temporary work "Bankett Gruppe 2 / Banquet Group 2" by Phung-Tien Phan was dismantled and removed by the artist and her assistants.  Impression after dismantling of the fence. junge Kunst am Moltkeplatz / young Art at the Moltkeplatz November 2018 - November 2019
  This project is sponsored and supported by Kunststiftung NRW, Allbau Stiftung and Sparkassenlotterie "PS-Sparen und Gewinnen" Pictures on 23 Jan 2019     on 26 March 2019   on 14 April 2019  about Phung-Tien Phan:
scholarships, grants
exhibitions 2018 Inauguration Show, Root Canal, Amsterdam/Netherlands Trust Camp Normal, Essen/Germany 8. Salon, Hamburg/Germany Trust Camp Normal, Essen/Germany Glasgow Project Room, Glasgow/Scotland, UK Safety First, AEdT, Düsseldorf/Germany |
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