2.12.2024, Monday 19:30 Uhr
Opening The Elephant in the Room, in the Room the Elephant
Venue:
- ICAT HFBK Hamburg
Opening: 2 December 2024, 7:30 pm
Open Tuesday to Sunday 2 - 6 pm
Accompanying the symposium ‘The Elephant in the Room - Sculpture Today’, organised by Prof. Pia Stadtbäumer and Prof. Martin Boyce, an exhibition is to be held at ICAT of the HFBK Hamburg.
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, Anna de Courcy, Victoria Stigkjær, Jule Heinrich & Mie Rygh Reianes, Jianan Ning, Raffaele Pola, Pia Pospischil, Charlie Spiegelfeld, Ko Sin Tung, Sudabe Yunesi
Followed by music and drinks, organised by the Stadtbäumer and Boyce classes.