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Like a rhizome, a widely branching root system, the exhibi\u00adtion Blow Up!<\/em> is permeated by the most diverse themes of our time, which, in the broadest sense, deal with the growth of things<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a metaphor for an endless evolu\u00adtio\u00adnary process, a blob, the name of which refers to a species of single-celled organism, arches into the exhibi\u00adtion space as a still undif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtiated lump of material. The power\u00adfully formed sounds in the adjoining space, hurled into the darkness by a female performer, are the result of an intensive exami\u00adna\u00adtion of the idea of a form of commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion that is also to be developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea of tempo\u00adra\u00adlity is also taken up by the surroun\u00adding photo\u00adgraphs, some of which were taken at night and mark a technical evolution with the early use of color photo\u00adgraphy. Other photo\u00adgraphs address the expansion, percep\u00adtion, and occup\u00ada\u00adtion of Euclidean, archi\u00adtec\u00adtural, as well as public and (intimate) private space. The focus on indivi\u00addual and psycho\u00adlo\u00adgical experi\u00adences with the material world, as well as with outdated (moral) concepts, is laid by a series of works dedicated to the growth of longings and desires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other works criti\u00adcally challenge a tradi\u00adtional, expansive pursuit of growth and sense of entit\u00adle\u00adment. They question struc\u00adtures in the (post)colonial age, carica\u00adture social and bourgeois conven\u00adtions, and challenge geopo\u00adli\u00adtical claims with their\u2014in some cases fatal\u2014consequences. In addition to the documen\u00adtary approach, humorous strate\u00adgies can also be found. The use of deliber\u00adately na\u00efve aesthe\u00adtics aims at critical reflec\u00adtions on histo\u00adrical events, tradi\u00adtional symbols, and terri\u00adto\u00adrial boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a variety of ways, the new works in the collec\u00adtion negotiate, explore, critique, ironize, carica\u00adture, and satirize tradi\u00adtional notions of growth. Emphasis is also placed on the temporal and spatial dimen\u00adsions of growth. However, with an impres\u00adsive addition of more than eighty recent donations, the exhibi\u00adtion also focuses on the growth of the museum\u2019s collec\u00adtion itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All works in this exhibi\u00adtion were donated by generous collec\u00adtors and artists, to whom the Kunst\u00admu\u00adseum Wolfsburg would like to express its sincere thanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curated by:
Holger Broeker and Elena Engelbrechter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curato\u00adrial assis\u00adtance:
Carla Wiggering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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