"Vier romantisierende Betrachtungen zum Ende der Welt" – "Four romanticized contemplations on the end of the world", 2024, 113 x 72 x 49 cm
"Die Wand vor Augen, dem Horizont entgegen" – "Facing the wall, towards the horizon"
The image object ‘Four romanticized contemplations on the end of the world’ shows a view of a group of trees from each of the four cardinal directions. The meditative aura may be reminiscent of Romantic paintings. As we circle the object, we walk, as it were, through the landscape we see inside. It is a typical North German expanse with car headlights passing by on the horizon, inconspicuous extreme flooding and barely visible tree damage. But inside and outside are reversed; we are on the safe side, our feet stay dry, and we can relax and project our ideas onto nature, wallowing in the illusion that everything is still fine and that science is exaggerating wildly. We just have to tune in to the channels we like to receive the news we want. But the radio control panel on the box is non-functional. And the entire object is riddled with wormholes, as if it were on the verge of collapse.
In addition to this central work, the exhibition shows a selection of Behlings' pictorial objects, such as ‘We love German weapons’ (2013) and ‘Jetzt zeigt die beleidigte Leberwurst dem Klima, wo der Hammer hängt.’ – ‘Now the sourpuss is letting the climate know what's going on.’ (2025).
Opening on Saturday, 25. Oktober, 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Duration: 25.10.-20.12.2025
Finissage on Saturday, 20. December, 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Galerie Designat
Oudenarder Str. 2
13347 Berlin
Germany
Open hours:
Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Free admission