Exhibition view, Susie Green 'Susie's Party', 2021, selected watercolours on paperExhibition view, Carolin Eidner (on the left), 'Sister's Ape Lack', three pieces on the wall, each pigmented plaster on wood, styrofoam ; Susie Green (on the right), 'Susie's Party' (detail), 2021Exhibition view, Franz Jyrch (on the left side) 'Whoop
', 2012
, oil on canvas; 'Kanister', 2020, acrylic and oil on canvas, plastic; Daniel Sinsel (on the right side), 'Untitled', 2019, Oil on woven linen, hazelnut shells, Courtesy Daniel Sinsel & Office Baroque, AntwerpenExhibition view, Franz Jyrch, 'Whoop
', 2012
, oil on canvas; 'Kanister', 2020, acrylic and oil on canvas, plastic, Courtesy Franz Jyrch & VG Bild-KunstExhibition view, Kristin Wenzel (in the front), 'How to make a rainbow`, 2018, mixed media installation, Courtesy Kristin Wenzel & VG Bild-Kunst, René Spitzer
, 'De-extinction DKPL2',
2021
and 'Sunset Ah Ah', 2021, both watercolour on paperExhibition view, Irina Gheorghe, 'Methods for the Study of What Is Not There', mixed media installation (tape on wall, photography, paint, dimensions variable)Irina Gheorghe, Preliminary Remarks on the Study of What Is Not There', PerformanceExhibition view, Irina Gheorghe, 'Methods for the Study of What Is Not There', mixed media installation (tape on wall, photography, paint, dimensions variable); René Spitzer (on the right side)
, 'De-extinction DKPL2',
2021
and 'Sunset Ah Ah', 2021, both watercolour on paperDaniel Sinsel, 'Untitled', 2019, Oil on woven linen, hazelnut shells, Courtesy Daniel Sinsel & Office Baroque, AntwerpenSusie Green 'Susie's Party', 2021, selected watercolours on paperExhibition view, Alice Gancevici & Remus Pușcariu (downstairs) Plague Dogs, 2015, 21’33’’, full HD two-channel video, sound; Daniel Sinsel, 'Untitled', 2019, Oil on woven linen, hazelnut shells, Courtesy Daniel Sinsel & Office Baroque, AntwerpenRené Spitzer
,'De-extinction DKPL2', 2021, watercolour on paper
Carolin Eidner, Irina Gheorghe, Susie Green, Franz Jyrch, Alice Gancevici & Remus Pușcariu, Daniel Sinsel, Rene Spitzer, Kristin Wenzel
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Kunsthaus Erfurt
MEANS OF ESCAPE
A group exhibition curated by Kristin Wenzel
The exhibition takes up the idea of Konkrete Utopie (Concrete Utopia), a term coined by the philosopher Ernst Bloch, who considers utopia as a real opportunity to change society. Bloch subverts the fact that a utopia is always inherently unrealizable through the use of the adjective “concrete.”
If Konkrete Utopie represents a process of realization for Bloch, then art can be viewed as a concrete utopian practice and artistic action as a seismograph of social processes.
Through performance, painting, installation, drawing, sculpture, and film, the participating artists grant us insights into a daydream that—alongside wishes, reveries, and longings—succeeds in articulating a conception of the future that can teach us how to hope.
