Grant Exhibition Hall

New Silence

Landscapes Nowadays

9 November 24 – 16 February 2025

Back to nature?

In view of the challenges and demands of the present, there are numerous indications of a renewed longing for outdoor recreation. Taking this as an opportunity, the exhibition in the Hugo Rupf Saal asks whether the current enthusiasm for the outdoors is a phenomenon for society as a whole that is also echoed in art. Can we speak of a comeback of Romanticism 250 years after Caspar David Friedrich’s birth?

In the exhibition, photographs, paintings, thread paintings and video works by nine artists invite the public to explore artistically interpreted landscapes in order to reflect on our emotional reaction to nature, its representations and perceptions.

The exhibition follows two narratives. To this end, an intimate cabinet room will be created in the former swimming pool hall. Inside, the mostly deserted, sometimes melancholic depictions invite quiet contemplation and ask whether it is still possible in today’s fast-paced world to linger in front of a picture for a long time and find peace. In contrast, there are works on the outer walls of the cabinet that critically scrutinise or deliberately irritate our relationship to nature and the motifs of Romanticism.

At the same time, the art museum is showing landscape paintings by this year’s Roland Riegger Prize winner Liron Baum in the gallery. The Roland Riegger Prize supports young adults who wish to study or train in a creative field.

Artists:
Thomas Bergner, Jonah Gebka, Jan Gemeinhardt, Robert F. Hammerstiel, Karen Irmer, Linda Männel, Jonas Maria Ried & Florian Post, Clemens Tremmel

Roland Riegger Prize winner 2024
Liron Baum

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