Ich muss mich erst mal sammeln. Jakob Lena Knebl, Markus Pires Mata und die Sammlungen des Hessischen Landesmuseums Darmstadt
In the organizer's words:
Everyone knows what collecting is. We've known it since childhood: Stones, shells, stickers .... Artists and designers are also fascinated by things and like to experiment with them. Jakob Lena Knebl and Markus Pires Mata are specialists in staging and enjoy exploring painting, fashion, sculpture and body images as much as they do craft traditions and popular culture. We invited the two Viennese artists to put together a personal exhibition from the treasure trove of our universal collections. To do so, they rummaged through repositories of arts and crafts, mineralogy and zoology and discovered objects that had not been on display for a long time.
Their spectacular spatial installation humorously combines high and low and invites visitors to a sensual experience: provocative, pop and striking. Instead of following scientific criteria, Knebl and Mata present constellations across collections, styles and periods. They trace associative relationships via surfaces, themes or colors and combine art, naturalia and design in unusual ways.
The show keeps many things in limbo, so that - as in Renaissance cabinets of curiosities - everything appears to be part of a curious cosmos. The display focuses on transparency. The objects are not arranged in a scientific order, but are connected to each other in a variety of ways through superimpositions. Paintings float above the visitors' heads, while minerals are juxtaposed with artistically designed pieces of jewelry. Taxidermied animals enter into a dialog with art objects. The private and the public intermingle, visitors can take a seat on sofas and use a surprising living space in the forest. Animals are constant companions on the tour. The museum thus becomes a space where the focus is on discovering, seeing, marveling and smiling - and where you can take a moment to gather yourself.
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Group price: 10 euros Free admission for children and young people up to the age of 18
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