Art in the region

Whether Tony Cragg in Aue-Bad Schlema, Alice Aycock in Seiffen or Friedrich Kunath in Thalheim: they are all part of the PURPLE PATH art and sculpture trail, which connects Chemnitz and the Capital of Culture region with works by international and national artists. The result is a decentralised exhibition in public space that tells the story of people, crafts and industry and invites visitors to discover these stories.

[until 3 August, Flöha]
The exhibition Entanglements: On the Role of Textiles in Art and Society at Kunstbahnhof Flöha focuses on the region's textile tradition and, in this context, shows modern and contemporary artworks by artists including Antje Engelmann, Käthe Kollwitz and Franz Erhard Walther. The works come from the art collection of the ifa Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations.
 

[until 17 August]
In this art exhibition , three textile artists create an unusual combination of art and industrial culture. They place the four elements of fire, water, air and earth at the centre and also incorporate the textile traditions of the region.

[until 18 August, Oelsnitz]
Jazz musician and photographer Till Brönner travelled through the Ruhr region a few years ago, taking portraits of the former mining and industrial region and its miners. A selection of the Melting Pot of images can be seen in the KohleWelt Oelsnitz.

 

[until 9 November]
The exhibition Fabric Visions shows ten artistic positions on the medium of textiles and operates at the interface between showing and (co-)making. The focus is on the ecological and socially sustainable use of textiles and fashion.

[until 2 December]

The exhibition by Donata Wenders Ode to the Craftelf at Kunstbahnhof Flöha presents short films that showcase traditional crafts in Saxony, including trades that are in danger of disappearing, such as blueprinting, artificial flower production and papermaking.

[until 9 November]

Can dyes for textiles be developed from algae? Can lampshades be made from rushes? These are the kinds of questions that occupy the minds of the people brought together by the MADE IN platform. It combines cultural heritage, design studio, research laboratory and workshop with the aim of making a sustainable circular economy the norm in society. The exhibition at the Siebenschlehener Pochwerk shows the results of this transnational collaboration, which has been ongoing since 2023 in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal and Germany – and has been continuously developing ever since.