With works by Isaac Chong Wai, Carlfriedrich Claus, Lizza May David, Hannah Höch, Joe Jones, Wilhelm Klotzek, Käthe Kollwitz, Ofri Lapid, Adrien Missika, Elisa Tan, Endre Tót, Gitte Villesen Press preview: Thursday, 29 September, 11:00 (Please register at: ifa-Galerie-Berlin@ifa.
In the exhibition Chains of Interest, Isaac Chong Wai, Lizza May David, Wilhelm Klotzek, Ofri Lapid, Adrien Missika and Gitte Villesen continue their personal explorations of the ifa art collection.
On the occasion of MOTUS’s last activation in the framework of ifa Gallery Berlin’s exhibition “Spheres of Interest*”, Adrien Missika will ride the mobile gallery to the Berlin Art Week Garden and present a group exhibition featuring artworks from ifa art collection as well as a performance.
Teaser: Isaac Chong Wai feat. Käthe Kollwitz, „Die Mütter“
Isaac Chong Wai has developed a performance referencing the woodcut Die Mütter (The Mothers) (1922-23) by Käthe Kollwitz, which portrays women and children marked by war.
For Chong Wai, this image is a symbol of solidarity and resistance. His work surrounding collective bodies under politically repressive regimes has led to his interest in songs of lamentation. For the Art Week 2022 he performs the piece in the Klosterruine – a monastery ruin, now an outdoor cultural venue in Berlin’s Mitte district. A group of performers and singers opens up the protected space created by Käthe Kollwitz and fills it anew by reciting various hymns together.
Dates:
Thursday, 15 September & Friday, 16 September, 2022, 17:00-19:00 Uhr
Klosterruine Berlin, Klosterstraße 73a, 10179 Berlin
