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Anti Heroes presents a selection from the Jakob Collection and makes its central concern visible: collecting and presenting contemporary art beyond art-historical systems, classifications, and market-driven logics. Lukas Jakob understands his collection as a reflection of a contemporary attitude toward life and as an invitation to explore contemporary art through personal approaches and shared questions. The anti-hero functions as a unifying principle between artists, the collection, and the audience.
The focus is on works that forgo heroic narratives and grand gestures, instead foregrounding doubt, vulnerability, contradiction, and fragile failure. Inspired by reflections on post-heroic heroism, including those by Ulrich Bröckling, the exhibition asks what forms of orientation art can offer today in a world shaped by crises, acceleration, uncertainty, and the rise of authoritarian forces. A conceptual reference point is Han Kang’s novel The Vegetarian. The protagonist does not resist…
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Press Release
Anti Heroes presents a selection from the Jakob Collection and makes its central concern visible: collecting and presenting contemporary art beyond art-historical systems, classifications, and market-driven logics. Lukas Jakob understands his collection as a reflection of a contemporary attitude toward life and as an invitation to explore contemporary art through personal approaches and shared questions. The anti-hero functions as a unifying principle between artists, the collection, and the audience.
The focus is on works that forgo heroic narratives and grand gestures, instead foregrounding doubt, vulnerability, contradiction, and fragile failure. Inspired by reflections on post-heroic heroism, including those by Ulrich Bröckling, the exhibition asks what forms of orientation art can offer today in a world shaped by crises, acceleration, uncertainty, and the rise of authoritarian forces. A conceptual reference point is Han Kang’s novel The Vegetarian. The protagonist does not resist…
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