WERKRaum exhibition + vernissage // Marleen Andreev + Amanda Bartak: LIAISON Art meets design - exhibition and field of discourse

The visual artist Marleen Andreev invites designer Amanda Bartak to the Werkraum at GEH8. Both share a passion for stimulating collaboration that allows their respective genres to cross-fertilise. With their complementary formal languages, they embark on a joint experimental search for interfaces between the often separate worlds of fine art and design.

The exhibition will feature an expansive installation that simultaneously provides insights into the different creative worlds and juxtaposes the works of the protagonists. Marleen Andreev and Amanda Bartak thus open up a stimulating discourse for and with viewers of their exhibition. In addition to the vernissage, a further discussion is planned at which the protagonists will be present and invite interested parties to enter into dialogue with them. The communicative, open exchange is decisive for the exhibition concept. The resulting insights can influence the overall work and be integrated into the expansive installation.

Marleen Andreev works as a visual artist and art therapist in Dresden. The search for the greatest possible freedom in her artistic expression has led her to the limits of techniques, media and materials ever since she began studying painting. Breaking through these boundaries remains an eternal venture for her, which gives her room for cross-genre experiments. She constantly re-examines her artistic forms of expression in order to generate unexpected connections and transitions. The diversity of life is made visible from her perspective as a visual artist in painterly experiments with chance, material writings, conceptual installations, participatory moments and art therapy interventions. >

Amanda Bartak studied product design. She worked in classic product and communication design and teaching from 2008 to 2023. She then changed her professional perspective and began a two-year self-study programme, which enabled her to enter the world of ceramics. Since then, she has been creating timeless and unique ceramic pieces that are characterised by minimalist gestures and shapes. In the uniqueness of her objects, the designer expresses her deep connection to nature and the originality of the materiality of clay and her desire for a patient and meditative way of working.

Vernissage: Friday, 07 March 2025, from 4 pm | 6 pm Welcome & Snacks
Duration of the exhibition: 07 March 2025 - 06 April 2025
Where: GEH8 WERKraum
Opening hours: At the meeting on 4 April from 6 - 8 p.m.

A visit to the workroom by appointment via email or can be viewed at any time through the window on Gehestraße.

The measure is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget adopted by the Saxon state parliament.