«Framing The World»
With Isabelle Arthuis, Thomas Bayrle, Matt Mullican

This exhibition reflects the interest in creating manageable «units» or models by shifting or emphasizing different perspectives on our world. Manageable, however, not in the sense of refusing to face the complexity of our world, but as an approach to the unknown and unpredictable. The black-and-white photographs of the French artist Isabelle Arthuis show blurred moments out of a moving car or train and create an atmosphere in which presence and absence become equally tangible. A completely wallpapered room by the Frankfurt artist Thomas Bayrle develops a perspective that strongly reflects on our society. One of the central works by the American artist Matt Mullican Blown glass man conveys his subtle and complex network of metaphors and symbols in which Western questions of being are expressed. 

Isabelle Arthuis (*1969, Le Mans/FR) is a French photographer. She lives and works in France and Belgium. 

Thomas Bayrle (*1937, Berlin/DE) is a German object artist, painter, graphic artist and video artist. He lives and works in Frankfurt am Main/De.

Matt Mullican (*1951, Santa Monica/US) is an American conceptual artist, sculptor and art lecturer.