2016

Leon Kahane
 Jumana Manna
 Jan Paul Evers
Jan Paul Evers, Leon Kahane, Jumana Manna © the artists

This year the ars viva price for Visual Arts of the Cultural Group of the German Economy goes to Jan Paul Evers (*1982), Leon Kahane (*1985) and Jumana Manna (*1987).

The jury chaired by Ulrich Sauerwein, members of the Visual Arts board, Mathild Legemah and Franziska Rieger (Cultural Group of the German Economy), this year’s curators Dr. Annegret Laabs (art musteum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg), Moritz Wesseler (Kölnischer Kunstverein) and Zita Cobb (Shorefast Foundation). Nicolaus Schafhausen (Kunsthalle Wien) were members of the jury.

Jumana Manna
ars viva 2017, Jan Paul Evers, installation view: Kölnischer Kunstverein, 2017 © Simon Vogel
Edition ars viva 2017: Leon Kahane, Jan Paul Evers, Jumana Manna © Archiv Kulturkreis
Katalog ars viva 2017 © Kulturkreis/Sternberg Press