Give & Take

Publication related to the public art project “Give & Take” by Antoanetta Marinov, in cooperation with Kunsthalle Mannheim.

It contains a foreword by Sebastian Baden, graphic and Layout by Andrea Nicolò. 16 + 8 pages, b/w, digital print. 2017. First edition numbered 30 copies.

The artist realised 2017 eight gift displays for the city of Mannheim supported by Mannheimer Bürgerstiftung and Stiftung der Sparkasse Rhein Necker Nord.

The public work, initiated by the artist, is part of her research on the issue of the gift that she elaborates since 2005 through urban displays for things for free
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‘Give & Take’ also contains reference to “Give & Take Art”, a display for Art for free, provoking the question about value a price of an art work - temporarily stationed in Kunstverein Mannheim as well as at Port 25 Raum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, zeitraumexit and the gallery Theuer - Scherr.
The display Give & Take Art was shown and activated at the opening of Kunsthalle Mannheim whitin the programm: On the Move, 2017, which saw Antoanetta Marinov in dialogue with Sebastian Baden, curator of Kunsthalle Mannheim and that gave occasion for the creation of the publication.