6 FRIEDBERG-CHICAGO

11 DECEMBER 2021 to 13 MARCH, 2022

Soft Opening (2G)
11 December, 5-9 PM

6 Friedberg–Chicago, the first institutional solo-exhibition by the German-American artist James Gregory Atkinson, illuminates a neglected part of Afro-American-German history on personal, social and political levels. The exhibition presents the artist’s new same-titled film, which he shot in the Ray Barracks, a former US Army base in Friedberg. It was made in collaboration with the dancer and choreographer Josh Johnson and the harpist and singer Ahya Simone.

The exhibition also presents a non-linear archive exploring the history of Black soldiers in Germany and that of their children, compiled with Eric Otieno (sociologist and political scientist) and Mearg Negusse (art historian).

In the course of the exhibition we are pleased to invite you to a varied programme of screenings and talks. At the end of the presentation a catalogue will by published by Spector Books.
The exhibition and the catalogue are sponsored by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung as part of the "Catalogues for Young Artists" award.

Information on the artist

James Gregory Atkinson (*1981 in Bad Nauheim) studied with Douglas Gordon at the Städelschule, Frankfurt, and has received scholarships and artist residencies from the Villa Aurora, Los Angeles (2016), and the Jan Van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht (2017), and a studio grant for New York from the Hessische Kulturstiftung (2018).

Dortmunder Kunstverein
Park der Partnerstädte 2
44137 Dortmund