Portikus Floor Space

In 2003 therefore after 16 years and more than 100 exhibitions portikus moved into the ground floor of the historical building known as the.

Portikus floor space. Almost always art work is commissioned for the gallery space. The city government decided to rebuild the destroyed library however awarding the contract to local architect christoph mäckler. Portikus frankfurt am main is an exhibition hall for contemporary art. Almost always art work is commissioned for the gallery space.

This height was to me already unusual and within this unusually high space there were details that to me seemed equally unusual a catwalk that went around four sides of the space and above that a row of small windows that went around three sides of the space. By the artist thea djordjadze born 1971 tbilisi georgia. Portikus is an exhibition hall for contemporary art in frankfurt. In 1987 the vestige of this classical building once again fulfilled its architectural function as a facade when the frankfurt based architects.

Portikus is pleased to announce the exhibition o potio n. The city government decided to rebuild the destroyed library however awarding the contract to local architect christoph mäckler. Significant international contemporary perspectives are presented alongside the current works of well known artists. Founded in 1995 to develop and coordinate the philanthropic endeavours of the brenninkmeijer family entrepreneurs.

The projects are realised in close co operation with the artists and with the exhibition space in mind. The city government decided to rebuild the destroyed library however awarding the contract to local architect christoph mäckler. We leave our space and with small gestures and major interventions present new works in urban places that shape the cityscape. Portikus is an exhibition hall for contemporary art in frankfurt am main that was founded in 1987 by kasper könig one of the most.

Portikus xxx is the name of our anniversary project that doesn t look back but simply keeps moving ahead not inside portikus itself but in the city so important to us. Its name derives from the surviving portico of the stadtbibliothek public library from 1825 that was destroyed during world war ii. Height is the significant architectural feature at portikus which sprawls over several levels from the maininsel to the alte brücke and beyond. The space at portikus is very high in relation to its floor area.

The exhibition hall at portikus is the starting point of her works for o potio n. Almost always art work is commissioned for the gallery space.