Thomas Bayrle, Roll over Smartfon I, 2019, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München, Sammlung KiCo, © Thomas Bayrle, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025, Foto: Wolfgang Günzel
Thomas Bayrle. Be Happy!
The SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE FRANKFURT presents a major solo exhibition of Frankfurt-based artist Thomas Bayrle (*1937). On view are 55 works, primarily from the past twenty years, including paintings and prints, sculptures and object-based works, as well as sound installations and a video piece.
In his art, Bayrle engages with fundamental aspects of modern society. How are religion and society, the individual and the mass, industrially manufactured products and the technical apparatuses of their production interconnected? Alongside the structures of consumption, urbanity, and technology, themes such as movement, pop and mass culture, and (substitute) religion play a key role. The artist explores popular works from art history—from Michelangelo, Caravaggio, and Masaccio to Claude Monet—as well as the subject of labor.
Location:
SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE FRANKFURT
Interim
Gabriel-Riesser-Weg 3
60325 Frankfurt am Main
SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE FRANKFURT
Gabriel-Riesser-Weg 3
60325 Frankfurt am Main
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U: 4, 6, 7 (Bockenheimer Warte) Tram: 15, 16 (Bockenheimer Warte) Bus: 50, 75, M32, M36
TUE – SUN 10 am – 7 pm
THUR 10 am – 10 pm
Without a barrier
WC wheelchair accessible
