Press Release:
February 8 – March 28, 2025
ANONYMOUS ARTISTS
Opening:Friday, February 7, 2025, at 8 p.m.
Kunsthaus Erfurt
Michaelisstraße 34, D-99084 Erfurt
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. / Free Entry
From February 8 to March 28, 2025, Kunsthaus Erfurt will host a project focused on the medium of drawing: ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS, curated by artist Anke Becker.
ANONYMOUS ARTISTS
How does one’s judgment change when the names and backgrounds of the artists are unknown? How does one define value when all prices are the same? Where is the line drawn between art and non-art?
In the exhibition ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS 2024/25 at Kunsthaus Erfurt, approximately 400 drawings by 400 international artists will be displayed. The works will be exhibited anonymously and offered for sale at a uniform symbolic price of €250. An artist’s name and place of origin will only be revealed upon the sale of a drawing, marking the remaining blank space. The fixed price is intended not as an actual market price but as a conceptual placeholder for any potential sales amount in the art market.
An international call for participation preceded this exhibition, allowing anyone to participate. There were no specific requirements regarding content or form, except that drawings should not exceed A3 size. Biographical information was not requested and did not factor into the selection process, which was conducted anonymously. The drawings on display were chosen from over 4,400 submissions by Anke Becker, in collaboration with artists Inken Reinert and Veronike Hinsberg, and compiled into a large installation.
ANONYMOUS ZEICHNER*INNEN is both a conceptual art project and an exhibition, where individual works contribute to a collective piece without hierarchies. The first exhibition of the current selection of Anonymous Zeichner’s work was held from November 16, 2024, to January 12, 2025, at Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, featuring all 1,000 selected works from the Open Call 2024. Due to the smaller space at Kunsthaus Erfurt, around 400 drawings will be presented there. The remaining works will be available for viewing and purchase online starting February 10.
SALE OF DRAWINGS AT KUNSTHAUS ERFURT
During the opening on Friday, February 7, 2025, at 9 p.m.
During the finissage on Friday, March 28, 2025.