Poetics of the Everyday

Helene Appel, Nina Beier, Alexandra Bircken, Sophie Calle, Talia Chetrit, Alex Da Corte, Peter Fischli and David Weiss, FORT, Isa Genzken, Gilbert & George, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Alicja Kwade, Konrad Lueg, Annette Messager, Alexandra Metcalf, Lukas Müller, João Maria Gusmão + Pedro Paiva, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Pipilotti Rist, Wilhelm Sasnal, Andreas Slominski, Florian Slotawa, Wolfgang Tillmans, Mara Wohnhaas, Thomas Zipp

Info: »The distinction between the private and the public realms, seen from the viewpoint of freedom, appears in its most elementary form in the distinction between things that should be shown and things that should be hidden.« – Hannah Arendt (The Human Condition)

 

The turn towards the private sphere is a contemporary social phenomenon that is increasingly reflected in contemporary art. In times of political and societal upheaval, the private realm is often seen as a strategy for enduring or escaping external conditions. Yet this is far from a new development: since the advent of modernity, artists have repeatedly drawn inspiration from domestic life—whether as a site of retreat, a mirror of social structures, or a stage for subtle acts of resistance. Today, digital routines and social media are fundamentally reshaping this constellation. What was once a protected space now enters the public stage: intimate gestures and personal artefacts circulate widely; the act of showing and being shown creates a dynamic tension between self-presentation, observation, and intimacy. (…)