Both the artist Beate Freier-Bongaertz and the artist Marvin Knopf have been using materials from the consumer world in their works for years. Knopf uses torn-off pieces of printed advertising, Freier-Bongaertz uses packaging material. As similar as the materials are, the intentions of both artists are very different.

Freier-Bongaertz's works are characterised by the use of material as an impulse. Everyday objects such as packaging are reinterpreted, reworked and become unique pieces with new stories - inspired by brief encounters and everyday rituals. The "Tara" series shows travel impressions drawn on used packaging that are given a new identity.

Knopf's large-format abstract paintings, combined with advertising collages, blend with the world of goods. The trivial aesthetics of turbo-capitalism, normally designed for disposable products, are "immortalized" in painting. The high-price policy of the art market meets the low-price culture of the discounter - a mix of high and low class reflects the reality of today's life. Knopf takes up abstract expressionism and updates it with collage and graffiti.

Curated by Azim F. Becker

The project “Hase29 in der Halle”, which is taking place for the eighth time with this exhibition, is a cooperation between the art space hase29 and OsnabrückHalle/Marketing Osnabrück GmbH. The exhibition series regularly presents works by Osnabrück artists in the foyer of the OsnabrückHalle.