3. – 13.12.2024
Exhibition: The Elephant in the Room, in the Room the Elephant
Venue:
- ICAT02 HFBK Hamburg
Opening: 2 December 2024, 7:30 pm
Open Tuesday to Sunday 2 - 6 pm
Exhibition accompanying the symposium ‘The Elephant in the Room - Sculpture Today’, organised by Prof. Pia Stadtbäumer and Prof. Martin Boyce.
It is not unusual for artistic positions to relate to a problem. Formally, in terms of content, aesthetically, abstractly, theoretically, there are numerous ways of dealing with the request to work through a problem. An elephant in the room describes a problem that is not discussed directly and immediately. The metaphorical taking of space seemingly leaves no room for being overlooked and brings about a kind of collective not-seeing. How do artists dedicate themselves to such abstractly invisible, unspoken assumptions? How is a space filled both symbolically and physically? How do spaces and bodies relate to each other?
Participating artists:
Omid Arabbay, Alexis Brancaz, Michael Bremner, ana zeno de courcy, Victoria Stigkjær, Jule Heinrich & Mie Mie Rygh Reianes, Jianan Ning, Raffaele Pola, Pia Pospischil, Charlie Spiegelfeld, Ko Sin Tung, Sudabe Yunesi