THE IMMANENT HORIZON

PRESS RELEASE 21.08.2020 The Immanent Horizon Leda Bourgogne Olivier Foulon & Alexander Lieck Samuel Richardot Charline Tyberghein 05.09. – 01.11.2020 The Kunstverein Bielefeld is delighted to present The Immanent Horizon, featuring Leda Bourgogne, Olivier Foulon & Alexander Lieck, Samuel Richardot and Charline Tyberghein. The show addresses the current status quo of painterly practice and its critical potential. The late 1960s saw the dissolution of painting’s boundaries and its departure from its traditional location on the canvas. Painters devoted to critical analysis radically opened up the form of their artworks, placing medium-specific reception into question. Debates around questions of institutional critique focused on making visible the institution of art within the exhibition space. This was accompanied by a new reckoning with the conditions under which exhibition takes place. In this context, Daniel Buren remarked: “Only if we recognize the significance of the sequence of different frames/limits, can a work/product, as we understand it, be put in relation to these limits, revealing them.” However, this position was not simply yet another declaration of the end of painting. Instead, it made art’s immanent social preconditions palpable and recognizable. Today, critical perspectives on painting address these questions under quite different circumstances. Painting has long since absorbed critical points of view, and has begun to question its own medial context. The Immanent Horizon presents a current conception of the image, which is expressed in diverse artistic practices reflecting the conditions of painting as a praxis. EVENTS 04.09.2020,11:00 PRESS PREVIEW Please register at [email protected] 05.09. & 06.09.2020, 12:00–19:00 SOFT OPENING Free admission 05.09.2020, 15:00 EXHIBITION CONVERSATION with the participating artists (in English language) 06.09.2020, 17:00 EXHIBITION TOUR with Nadine Droste 24.09.2020 18:00 GUIDED TOUR through the exhibition The Immanent Horizon 19:00 LECTURE Frauen_Blicke — Ausstellen als feministische Praxis by Dr. Britta Hochkirchen ((Historical Visual Sciences/Art History, Bielefeld University), Bielefeld University) In cooperation with the Künstlerinnenforum Bielefeld-OWL e.V. 29.10.2020, 19:00 PAINTING AND CRITIQUE Conversation between Prof. Dr. Ilka Becker (Art History, University of Applied Sciences Mainz), Prof. Dr. Hanne Loreck (Art and Cultural Sciences, University of Fine Arts Hamburg) and Nadine Droste 01.11.2020, 17:00 EXHIBITION TOUR with Nadine Droste Guided tours through the exhibition The Immanent Horizon with Carsten Gude, Leonore Spemann and Julia Thieke every Sunday 17:00 19.09.2020 & 31.10.2020, 10:00–15:00 CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES with Klaus Braun Contribution: 15 € Please register at [email protected] 05.11.2020, 19:00 GENERAL MEETING FOR MEMBERS Where not otherwise specified, please register for all events by emailing [email protected]. Participants and audience numbers are currently limited in order to contain the spread of the covid-19 virus. We ask all visitors to please wear a face mask covering both mouth and nose. With your consent, we will take contact details at the entrance to the Kunstverein. This information will be kept for four weeks. All information is held in compliance with data protection regulations. Further information at www.kunstverein-bielefeld.de Admission is free on Sundays! PRESS CONTACT Leonore Spemann T +49 (0) 521.17 88 06 [email protected]