Thomas Behling: "Ich wollte schon immer nicht wissen, wie sehr ich mich selbst verarschen kann."– "I have never wanted to know, just how well I can fool myself." V, 2022, 23 x 32 cm
"Patriotismen" – "Patriotisms"
‘Dulce et decorum est pro Patria mori’ – ‘It is sweet and honourable to die for one’s country’: the stem of the word ‘patriotism’ is familiar from this line, attributed to Horace. For a wide range of positions it provides an important sense of goodwill for the cause of the community, or even for being willing to sacrifice oneself. Country and origin (‘blood and soil’, as the Nazi dictatorship called it), accepted without question as a unifying factor, are emphasised along with external threats, such as other countries or peoples. Dissidents also use patriotic arguments from time to time, but they see a danger from within, for example in societal wrong turns or tyrannical ruling elites, which they oppose. The pathos inherent in the respective arguments touches the artistic level and is intended to provide the inspiration for our thematic group exhibition.
artists:
Reinhold Adt, Aljoscha, AnimaeNoctis, Frank Aumüller, Ori Aviram, Thomas Behling, U!!i Berg, Katharina Büttgen, Nora Cherky, Helon Conning, D.N.K. Filoarts, BBB Johannes Deimling, David Ivo Ehimare, Heike Ehrath, Klaus Fabricius, Maxim Fadeev, Ariane Faller, Finding the Wild, Kuesti Fraun, Michael Gompf, Marcus Gwiasda, Markus Hallstein, Marc Hautmann, José Herrera, Oliver Herrmann, Yvy Heussler, Károly Hofgárt, Susanne Hofmann, Erwin Holl, Barbara Kastin, Willem-Jan Kersten, Anja Klafki, Alexander Kluge, Ulrich Langenbach, Beate Ludwig, Ben Maier, Renate Maucher, John-Patrick Mikisch, Steffen Moddrow, Janosch Müller, Susanne Neiss, Patricia Paryz, Christopher Paul, Hans Pfrommer, Norbert Prothmann, Paula Pullmann, Susa Ramsthaler, John Reardon, Ellen Rein, Stephanie Reling, Jens Riesle, Kerstin Römhild, Schlag & Sahne, Jochen Schlöder, Eva Schmeckenbecher, Peter Schmidt, Jost Schneider, Cosima Schuba, Martina Sedda, Stefan Seffrin, Johanna Smiatek, Edward Snowden, Soonhah, Oksana Stogova, Katja Struif, Karin Stumpf, Thomas Ulm, Manfred Unterweger, verstoffwechselt, Claudia Vogel, Chen Wang, Barbara Weiss, Julia Wenz-Delaminsky, Winkler/Köperl, David Wittinghofer, Anke Zapf, Angelika Zeller, Gabrielle Zimmermann
Opening on Friday, 19 September 7 pm
19. September bis 4. Oktober
Film programme:
Wednesday, 24 September at 7 p.m.: ‘Die Patriotin’ (The Patriot), Alexander Kluge, Germany 1979, 16 mm projection
Wednesday, 1 October at 7 p.m.: ‘Citizenfour’, documentary film about Edward Snowden, USA/Germany 2014
Finissage on Friday, 4 October at 7 p.m.
Oberwelt
Reinsburgstrasse 93
70197 Stuttgart
Germany
open Mondays 9 pm til midnight
Free admission