Martin Germann will connect with local artists and institutions during his residency. He will also give a talk focusing on S.M.A.K’s unique politics in developing solo exhibition in close collaboration with artists placing them at the centre of her activities.
Belgium
Martin Germann
Belgium
Martin Germann
5 December - 9 December 2016
Martin Germann will connect with local artists and institutions during his residency. He will also give a talk focusing on S.M.A.K’s unique politics.
Contributors
Curator-in-Residence
Martin Germann
Martin Germann
Curator · NTU CCA Singapore
COUNTRY OF PRACTICE: Belgium
Martin Germann (b. 1974, Germany) is senior curator at S.M.A.K., the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art in Ghent, Belgium, since autumn 2012. He has organised solo shows of artists Lee Kit, Michael Buthe, Thomas Ruff, Jordan Wolfson and Rachel Harrison as well as group exhibitions such as Drawing. The Bottom Line, together with Philippe Van Cauteren. Recent curatorial projects at S.M.A.K. include an ongoing series of presentations of works from the collection, as well as a year long exhibition unfolding around a wall piece by Sol LeWitt. He is currently working on a long-term project on the notion of ‘the photographic’ within the contemporary discourse.
Previously, Germann was curator at Kestner Gesellschaft Hanover, Germany and was responsible for the programme “Gagosian Gallery, Berlin” for the 4th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art. He has published numerous exhibition catalogues and monographs and has written for international magazines such as 032cand Frieze. In 2015, he received the AICA award for Belgium’s best exhibition for Lili Dujourie: Folds in time.
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