For this year's season opening of the 2023 Frankfurt Art Experience, STUDIOSPACE Lange Strasse 31 invites you to the exhibition TWO PLUS TWO.

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The exhibition TWO PLUS TWO, prepared by Christina Kral and Carolin Kropff, includes two interactive events that use the studio as a place to explore creative processes and engage with the guests on eye level. The opening of the exhibition is on Friday, September 8, 2023, from 6 to 10 pm. We will showcase paintings, works on paper, and textile art.

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On Saturday will be our Artist Workshop Talk, a fascinating combination of an artist talk and a workshop. Christina and Carolin will provide insight into our artistic practice and invite you to get hands-on with tools and materials. Together, we will explore the creative potential of our chosen materials and tap into our intuition. Participation is limited to 8 spots and is free of charge.

The event event is free of charge and limited to 8 places.

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On Sunday, September 10th, from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM, Drink & Draw will take place, a life drawing event. We will focus on life drawing. It is an opportunity for contemplation and mark-making, in the study of the human body in space. The focus is on the joy of drawing!

There will be beer and soda and everything we need for drawing. To cover our costs, we have set a ticket price of 25 EUR. Participation is limited to 15 spots.

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About the artists:

Christina Kral's artistic practice includes sculpture, installation, and painting. In 2008, she was a fellow at Eyebeam, the Art and Technology Center in New York. In 2009, she received a Digital Arts Residency at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York, and in 2014, she was awarded an Artist Residency at Gasworks in London. Christina holds an MFA in European Media from the University of Portsmouth in the UK and a Diploma (FH) in Visual Communication from Merz Akademie, Hochschule für Gestaltung in Stuttgart, Germany. She has presented her artistic work at art biennials such as Cafa Art Biennial in Beijing, Mine Yours Ours Festival in Rijeka, Anxiety Arts Festival in London and Mercosul Biennial in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Also in group exhibitions at Basis Projektraum in Frankfurt, Bric Art Gallery and X-Initiative in New York, Bauhausarchiv, Museum für Gestaltung, Künstlerhaus Bethanien and District in Berlin, Bethlem Gallery and Space Gallery in London. She was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2022. Christina lives and works in Frankfurt am Main.

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Carolin Kropff artistic work oscillates between the fields of fine art, craft and the mediation of art; it ranges from painting, printmaking, textile art to SEA projects (Socially Engaged Art).
Kropff studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (1991-1995) and graduated from the Städelschule Frankfurt (1996 -1998). From 1989-1991 she worked as a costume assistant and men's tailor at the Theater Dortmund. She completed her menswear tailoring training at the Schmidt Custom Tailor Shop, Wiemeringhausen, with honors (1985-88). She maintained studios in Madrid, Spain (1999 - 2002) and Dubai, UAE (2006 - 2011). Since 2015, she has collaborated with British artist and fashion designer Felicity Brown.
In 2020 she founded the STUDIOSPACE Lange Strasse 31 in Frankfurt am Main. The project work is supported by the Kulturamt Frankfurt, the Frauenreferat Frankfurt, Hessische Kulturstiftung. Carolin lives and works in Frankfurt am Main und Bad Vilbel.