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la maison is dedicated to contemporary art research, education and collecting since 2017. It was founded as an artist in residence program and gallery in a historical farm house counting several hundred squaremeters of exhibitions spaces and artist studios. A sculpture garden is planned. Since 2022 “la maison” runs a 250 sqm belle étage gallery space at Villa Bénazet in Baden-Baden, Germany (in collaboration with Future+).
Exhibited or collaborating artists: Geoffroy Pithon, Julian Schnabel, Random International, Hermann Nitsch, Aaron Rose, Raymond Pettibon, Jeff Cheung, Fiete Stolte, Sigalit Landau, Frida Gold, Rieke Reveman, xoooox, Katrin Fridriks, Malcolm Gompf, Stefan Armbruster, Marco Reichert, Jiri Dokoupil, Iryna Maksymova, Alex Giles, Anneliese Schrenk, Édouard Nardon, Jonathan Todyrk, Rachel Garrard and Johann Alexis.
la maison artist in residence program provides an intimate gathering and work situation for most diverse disciplines in the arts. The quiet and free spirited ‘maison’ with it’ s gardens is located in a tiny village between Strasbourg and Baden-Baden, in Alsace, northern France. The space in middle of nature wants to connect artists in research of personal or global answers of a positively maturing world. In collaboration with art institutions like the Arts & Nature Social Club talks with leaders in science, arts and entrepreneurship are initiated to discuss key questions of our time in context of the exhibitions created during the artist residencies.
Geoffroy Pithon is a graphic designer and a painter, two seemingly opposite practices, so many constraints weighing on the first, and so much freedom characterizing the second. However, his art permanently infuses his profession, and vice versa: this porosity reflects the desire to develop a specific language where colors, words, awkwardness, shapes and figures form a chorale, more or less stable, dancing and energetic. Vincent Tuset-Anrès
More: geoffroypithon.net
Johann Alexis von Haehling (full name) deals with the triad of human existence: consciousness, body and soul. He is convinced that we humans must first deal with our hearts before we can make a constructive contribution to universal and important changes in society.
In the context of an increasingly threatened earth, the artist is interested in essential questions: where do we come from, where are we now and where is our potential to get back into better harmony with the global geo- and bio-system? As the founder of the Arts & Nature Social Club, a community of leading scientists, artists and entrepreneurs, Johann Alexis is committed to these core issues of our time in the style of social sculpture after Beuys. Systemically and conceptually this happens in the form of intellectual and inspirational gatherings in different places of the world.
The maximally reduced surfaces and colors of the abstract paintings by Johann Alexis create strong, meditative interpretation spaces for these complex discussions. He examines the potentials on how fluidity and simplicity can impact our lifes and endeavors as human beings in order to create a global livelihood in harmony, respect and truth.
More: johannalexis.com
The German-American conceptual artist Malcolm Gompf deals with painting in the field of tension between globalizing markets, the digitization of art, the artistic concept of the readymade and classic art historical positions. His current series is a commentary on cultural and industrial structures of appropriation in emerging digital dictatorships.
Reality vs. Metaverse – Copy vs. Fake. Malcolm Gompf transforms prominent works of art history into “highly pixelated” digital statements. Key works by Gerhard Richter, Jackson Pollock, René Magritte and Edward Hopper are no longer identifiable at first glance after the artistic transformation. However, despite the digital abstraction, the quality of the color harmony and composition of the masters remains noticeable.
In the next step, the digital image data is sent to randomly googled, changing Chinese service providers. These receive the unusual commission of reproducing the artist’s digital-abstract motifs in oil on canvas – these service providers usually produce lap dogs, cats or family portraits in Sunday suits. With this action, Malcolm Gompf reflects on the problems of originality and plagiarism in the world markets as well as the importance of quality craftsmanship and digitization in today’s concept of painting.
More: malcolmgompf.com
Since her childhood Gianna von Haehling was surrounded by the influence of international artists. At her parents house, situated right next to an artist residency and public sculpture park in Durbach, south of Germany, Gianna spend years experiencing artists working with stone, wood and steel and discussing art in her parents garden. Those friends of the house became a major influence to her personal development and understanding of art and art production.
Later Gianna studied sports sciences at the prestigious Sporthochschule Köln, moved to Berlin where for many years she created food concepts and body and mind flow experiences in collaboration with several artist studios and art galleries. Always researching and innovating on the open verge of fine art, music, food and intrinsic body experience Gianna von Haehling is interested in exploring the conjunction fields of fine arts and applied arts.
2018 Gianna moved with her husband the former gallerist, artist and independent curator Johann Alexis von Haehling to Alsace, northern France to establish the artist residency “la maison”. Here, as well as at the ”la maison” gallery at Villa Bénazet in Baden-Baden, Germany she develops exhibition concepts and art experiences in collaboration with international artists.
Gianna von Haehling
gianna@maisondestemps.net
Artist Residency in Alsace
rue principale, 67480 Kauffenheim, France
Show Room Baden-Baden
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Strasse, 76530 Baden-Baden, Germany
Visits possible during exhibitions by appointment
VON HAEHLING GmbH
Hirschstrasse 3, 76530 Baden-Baden, Germany