Interior Design as a Contemporary Art Medium in Germany
Come-In

The ifa touring exhibition Come-in investigates the connection between art and design. Twenty-five artistic positions show single objects, sculptures, installations, videos, and – in the exhibition catalogue – inserts.

These works seem to be assignable to specific areas: “furniture”, “lighting”, or “interior”. But in fact they are much more an idea or draft, or scenic representations of situations conditioned by certain furnishing and architectural elements. This leads to further associations and links that cannot be measured by the criteria of applied art, as they transcend function.

The international aspect of this discourse is expanded by ifa inviting all institutions participating in this touring exhibition to include local artistic positions that address this theme in a comparable way.

Curators:
Dr. Renate Goldmann, Director, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum of the City of Düren, Germany
Prof. Volker Albus, Professor for product design, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Germany

Artists:
Bettina Allamoda, John Bock, Matti Braun, Björn Dahlem, Tobias and Raphael Danke, Heide Deigert, Christina Doll, Stefan Eberstadt, Christian Flamm, Claus Föttinger, Dorothee Golz, Shilpa Gupta, Hans Hemmert, Eva Hertzsch / Adam Page, Shreyas Karle, Stefan Kern, Andree Korpys / Markus Löffler, Isa Melsheimer, Tobias Rehberger, Peter Rösel, Daniel Roth, Silke Schatz, Erik Schmidt, Gregor Schneider, Tilo Schulz, Johannes Spehr, Jörg Wagner, Corinna Weidner / Erik Schmidt.

Participating local artists are Shreyas Karle, Shilpa Gupta, Pravinsinh Solanki, Susanth CS.