For the 15th time, the OSTRALE presents the Biennale under the title NEVER GREY, its international exhibition of contemporary art in Dresden. 

During the summer months it presents works of all genres, such as painting, video art, film, installation, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography, performance, digital art, poetry, etc.. and is not a sales exhibition per se, which gives us the freedom to discuss socially relevant topics away from the market.

"Those who think in black and white dread nuances." - Jürgen Wilbert (*1945)

The conceptual approach of NEVER GREY focuses on the dissolution of shadows, fog, darkness, loss in personal, social and geopolitical space through to the perception and opening up of a "colourful" diversity that surrounds us.

Colour, which is used as a catalyst, activates and intensifies perception in order to make the diverse viewing possibilities and the colourful discourses and themes within the exhibition accessible.

The focus here is on dealing with the current social issues that concern us in all their complexity. The curatorial approach focuses on the idea of colour as a material, as a substance, as a symbol, as a dialogue, as well as in the context of movement, poetry, ideology-free spirituality or science. Just as plants or animals use colours for advertising and survival, people also use them as a tool in their lives together. Colours are an expression of identity, a cultural and political space.

Curators: Evelyn Drewes, Drorit Gur Arie, Dr Veronika Krülle Kotoucova

Artistic direction: Andrea Hilger