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Softshell Archipel
Group exhibition with works by Sasha Auerbakh, Jason Bunton, Vasco Costa, Uladzimir Hramovich, Bögdana Kosmina, Wolfgang Obermair, Lesia Pcholka, and Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair
An anecdote about the coincidental convergence in the works of three artist friends stands at the beginning of the exhibition “Softshell Archipel”. The shared story can be read as the basis for a futuristic landscape, but also as a model for active collaboration between artists, who often experience growing isolation. This is only possible when similarities are not perceived as a threat to one's own originality, but rather as something new that emerges from the exchange. The exhibition is based on the visual idea of “plateaus” and “archipelagos” that connect with one another. The dense juxtaposition of artworks reveals not only proximity, but also differences.
The selection of participants reaches into intra-European conflict zones. Geopolitics, memory culture, migration, history, and cultural…
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Press Release
Softshell Archipel
Group exhibition with works by Sasha Auerbakh, Jason Bunton, Vasco Costa, Uladzimir Hramovich, Bögdana Kosmina, Wolfgang Obermair, Lesia Pcholka, and Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair
An anecdote about the coincidental convergence in the works of three artist friends stands at the beginning of the exhibition “Softshell Archipel”. The shared story can be read as the basis for a futuristic landscape, but also as a model for active collaboration between artists, who often experience growing isolation. This is only possible when similarities are not perceived as a threat to one's own originality, but rather as something new that emerges from the exchange. The exhibition is based on the visual idea of “plateaus” and “archipelagos” that connect with one another. The dense juxtaposition of artworks reveals not only proximity, but also differences.
The selection of participants reaches into intra-European conflict zones. Geopolitics, memory culture, migration, history, and cultural…
































