On Nervous Grounds
Art Between Delusion and Reality
Credits
Jürgen Klauke, Eine Ewigkeit ein Lächeln, aus dem Zyklus 70iger, 1973 – 1975, 9 C‑Prints, einzeln auf Aluminium kaschiert, unter Glas mit schwarzer Holzleiste gerahmt, Ed. 3/3, Schenkung aus Privatbesitz, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Jeff Wall, A Hunting Scene, 1994, Cibachrome, Aluminiumleuchtkasten, Leuchtmittel, Außenmaße: 183 x 253 x 25 cm, sichtbare Größe des Cibachromes: 167 x 237 cm, Ex. 1/2, Inv. 1996/10, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Ariel Reichman, I AM (NOT) SAFE, 2021, Interaktive Lichtskulptur mit LED, Acrylglas, Stahl, 75 x 300 x 10 cm, Inv. DLG 2022/02, Dauerleihgabe Christian Gerhartl
Mithu Sen, Phantom Pain 2, 2018, Künstliche Zähne, Dentalkunststoff, ⌀ 241 x 50 x 38 cm, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Jeff Wall, Wall Passerby, 1994, Schwarzweißfotografie
259 x 335 cm, Ex. 1/2, Inv. 1998/07, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Jürgen Klauke, Zweisamkeitsimaginierung, 1996/1997, 3‑teilige Fotoarbeit (blau getönter C‑Print) auf Trägerplatten, Nirosta-Stahlrahmen, Schenkung aus Privatbesitz, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg.
Infos
In a world at a tipping point, where the desire for destruction and devastation is once again being celebrated quite openly, reality seems to be increasingly perceived through the filter of one’s own emotions.
Political and social tensions put people in a collectively nervous and vulnerable mood. On the threshold between delusion and reality, between the self and the outside world, the exhibition explores the moment when these contradictory emotional experiences arise. On Nervous Grounds uses selected works from the collection of the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg to show how art has created exciting spaces of resonance from the 1970s to the present day. Without attempting to interpret reality, the exhibition approaches the sensibilities of our highly sensitized present and the place where emotions arise.
Curator
Elena Engelbrechter