Kunstverein Langenhagen e.V. Exhibition from 4th of March - April 25, 2010
int. Group Show Opening: Thursday, 4th of March 2010, 9 p.m.
Carl Andre (US), Marcus Behmer (GER), Ann Böttcher (SWE), Ernesto Caivano (E), Marc Camille Chaimowicz (UK), Eduardo Chillida (E), Natalie Czech (GER), Theo Ellsworth (USA), Alexander Esters (GER), Haris Epaminonda (CY), Isa Genzken (GER), Manuel Graf (GER), Hannah Hoech (GER), Martin Hoener (GER, Line Hoven (GER), Martin Kippenberger (GER), Jutta Koether (GER), Sara MacKillop (UK), Florian Meisenberg (GER), Cyril Pedrosa (F), Tom Phillips (UK), Nicolás Robbio (BR), Pietro Ruffo (I), Tomas Schmit (GER), John Stezaker (UK), Simon Thompson (UK), Timm Ulrichs (GER)
The return of the small format is a quiet but nonetheless conspicuous phenomenon. It long seemed to be an old-fashioned, picturesque curiosity, hardly capable of bearing contemporary art’s styles, methods and problematic of. But one can now increasingly find small-format works in various fields of present-day art. No previous exhibition has dealt with this transformation, and yet it poses exciting questions: What induced the return of the miniature? What are the works’ qualities and how do they relate to the few miniature statements of past decades? “Amor Parvi” describes a previously neglected field of relationships, stylistic genealogies and new questions. The interest in the clarity and structure of the small format is shown not to be a modest gesture, but rather an advancement of exacting examination, of “coming closer” and finding a very distinct art experience in this concentrated proximity. And in fact the viewer’s glance often lingers longer on such small-format works than larger works which already seem so revealing from a distance. (Oliver Tepel)

For the first time the Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Irsee will offer a graphic novel course from the 31st of July until the 8th of August 2010. And I will be the lucky one teaching it! In case of big interest I will also give an little introduction into the scratchboard technique. At the Irsee Art Night Opening, the results of the summer academy will be presented to a broader public with exhibitions, concerts, performances and lectures taking place on the spacious premises of the one-time monastery. For participation requirements and further information please contact me (mail@linehoven.de) or visit the Summer Academies website.
Zum ersten Mal wird in diesem Jahr die Meisterklasse “Bildgeschichten” beim “Schwäbischen Kunstsommer”, der Sommerakademie der Schönen Künste in dem Kloster Irsee im Allgäu angeboten. Vom 31. Juli bis zum 8. August 2010 werde ich nicht nur “Grafisches Erzählen” unterrichten, sondern auch bei Interesse eine Einführung in die Schabkartontechnik geben. Am Ende der Sommerakademie werden in der “Kunstnacht Irsee 2010″ die Ergebnisse der einzelnen Kurse einem breiten Publikum präsentiert: In der weitläufigen Anlage des ehemaligen Klosters finden Ausstellungen, Konzerte, Vorführungen und Lesungen statt. Für weitere Informationen zu Bewerbungsunterlagen und Anmeldung:
mail@linehoven.de
www.kunstleben.info
schwabenakademie@kloster-irsee.de

Exhibition from 13.2.2010 – 20.6.2010 in Basel, Switzerland.
The Cartoonmuseum highlights the more than one hundred year history of the scratchboard technique with works that oscillate between classical caricature, topical comic and free art: from the woodcuts by models such as Gustave Dore and Frans Masereel, to works by the contemporary artists Hannes Binder (CH), Raphael Boccanfuso (FR), Brian Gallagher (IE), Matti Hagelberg (FI), Line Hoven (DE), Matthias Lehmann (FR), Thomas Ott (CH) and Mark Summers (USA). Opening, Friday 12 th, 2010, 6 pm.
Welcoming speech and introduction by the curator Anette Gehrig. I will be there. You, too?

Sascha Hommer, Verena Braun and I will be in Helsinki from the 21st until the 26st of October. We were invited by the Goethe Institut Finnland to present our latest issue of our magazine Orang. The Orang exhibition in the Finnish comic center Sarjakuvakeskus will be shown from the 6th until the 31st of October.
The picture above though is not going to be exhibited there. It’s my most recent illustration for a text by the author Jochen Schmidt. In this context it actually just describes my liking for cliches. This time obviously one about Finnland.

At this years Illustrative in Berlin a few of my pictures are shown at the Villa Elisabeth from the 16th of October to the 1st of November. Open daily from 11am - 8pm.