The exhibition “Seeing the Unseen” at the ERES Foundation in Munich combines strategies of contemporary art with current quantum physics and seeks to highlight structural parallels between the disciplines. In fact, in both fields, the observer is not neutral but rather a constitutive part of the system. The art on display reflects, through its complexity, the multidimensional nature of quantum physics, thus becoming a space of resonance for a science that largely eludes intuitive imagination.
In the temporary exhibition space of the Sammlung Goetz in downtown Munich, Cindy Sherman’s multifaceted body of work coalesces into a precise exploration of role models, clichés, and self-presentation. In a present-day world permeated by rapidly circulating images and constant self-presentation on social media, Sherman’s photographs seem more relevant than ever. The artist conceives of identity as something one can adopt, alter, and discard. In doing so, she always retains complete autonomy over her performative self-presentation and the images she creates of herself.
The PERSPEKTIVEN Art Prize has become firmly established in Munich’s cultural landscape. With a total prize fund of 10,000 euros, it ranks amongst the most prestigious awards supporting young artists in the city, recognising outstanding artistic development. This year’s nominees are Astasiia Batishcheva, Sara Mayoral Jimenez, Béla Juttner, Matthias Mross and Tatjana Vall.
Veronika Günther’s artistic practice is deeply rooted in drawing. In her solo exhibition at The Tiger Room gallery, she presents works that expand her drawing-based approach to include sculptural elements. It becomes clear that her practice, whilst appearing analogue, is unmistakably shaped by our increasingly digitalised world. Her drawings and sculptures act as an analogue mirror, reflecting, distorting and questioning the forces at work in the digital visual world.
With “Shifts”, Iris Touliatou transforms the Kunstverein München into a space for institutional self-reflection. Her exhibition explores the infrastructures and interdependencies that enable and condition cultural production. With precision and subtlety, Touliatou demonstrates how art becomes a means of reflecting on work, the public sphere and one’s own entanglements. This solo exhibition is the artist’s most comprehensive to date in Germany.
Art between freedom, exhaustion and participation. Once again this year, the Sammlung Moderne Kunst at Herrenchiemsee Palace is presenting works by international artists in a summer exhibition. The exhibition “Könnt ihr noch?” explores fundamental democratic values such as freedom, equality and human dignity, and their relationship to art.
Appropriation, assimilation and gentrification. In her current exhibition “Fully Automated Orientalism” at the Interimsquartier of the Villa Stuck, Anna Ehrenstein combines sculptural interventions, visual works and video installations to question the construction of cultural identity and dominant cultural narratives.
