Thomas Behling: "Universum Clock – Die Stimmen der Verstorbenen" – "Universum Clock – The voices of the decedents", 2021, 47 x 31 x 21 cm
"Anthroposzenische Landschaften"
Following its success in Bremen, the "Anthroposzenische Landschaften" exhibition is moving on to Frankfurt am Main.
The show can be seen at two venues there: Galerie Perpetuel and Husslehof.
Opening 13.7.2024: 4-6 pm Galerie Perpetuel // 7-10 pm Husslehof
Performance "TAKEOVER BP, Now!" by and with Ruppe Koselleck from 8 pm.
Exhibition 14.7.- 1.8.2024
Galerie Perpetuel, Oppenheimer Straße 59, 60598 Frankfurt a.M., Germany:
Gunnar Borbe, Julia Münstermann, Jürgen O. Olbrich, Nicole Schuck, Frans van Tartwijk, Philip Topolovac, Florian Tuercke, Michael Wendt
Husslehof, Koblenzer Straße 12, 60327 Frankfurt a.M., Germany:
Norbert Bauer, Gleb Bas, Thomas Behling, Andreas Helfer, Ruppe Koselleck, Anna Lerchbaumer, Zuzanna Skiba, Anna Staffel, Ralf Tekaat
Performance "TAKEOVER BP, Now!" by and with Ruppe Koselleck:
During the opening, Ruppe Koselleck will open a temporary office at Galerie Husslehof from 8pm onwards for the HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF BP and make real paintings and frottages from raw oil on site. Using tar and oily dirt found on the coasts of the oceans, the crude oil painter will create paintings. The sale of these works finances the purchase of shares in a globally operating oil company. For aesthetic reasons, Koselleck applies the polluter pays principle against the oil company, which he attacks with his self-inflicted waste. Share by share, the artist incorporates the company in order to smash it into a thousand pieces one day. You buy art and Ruppe Koselleck buys BP.
Opening hours at both locations:
Tue - Thu 2pm - 6pm & Sat 12pm - 2pm
Admission free
"Anthroposzenische Landschaften"
Classical romantic landscapes are often untouched landscapes. In the paintings of the American Hudson River School of Painters or in many of Caspar David Friedrich's paintings, nature is the main motif and man is not present, or only marginally. Man is only a tiny part of the universe - and of the painting - and nature is an immeasurable force to which man must submit. For an American artist in the 19th century, the amount of untouched and unexplored nature was indeed immeasurable, and even 19th-century European artists could wander through beautiful and mostly empty forests and mountainous regions. The romantic dream of nature is still very much alive. However, the landscapes we mostly travel to and live in are cities and rural areas that are almost entirely shaped by human activity. In the so-called Anthropocene, nature is no longer omnipotent, and man has become the main player and disruptive force on the planet. When we read a magazine like National Geographic, most of us are still fascinated by the perfectly rendered photos of natural landscapes in distant parts of the world, but those who actually want to visit these areas have to spend many hours on a plane, only to realize upon arrival that they are not the only ones. However, the landscapes we mostly travel to and live in are cities and rural areas that are almost entirely shaped by human activity. In the so-called Anthropocene, nature is no longer omnipotent and humans have become the main actor and disruptive force on the planet.