«Protest! Respect! Politik als ästhetische Kategorie»
mit Annelise Coste, Atelier van Lieshout, Jens Haaning, Karla Rockmaster K., a.o.

A group exhibition featuring works by Annelise Coste, the Atelier van Lieshout, Jens Haaning, Karla Rockmaster K., San Keller, Gianni Motti, Olaf Nicolai, Anri Sala, Shahrzad, Santiago Sierra

Never have art and politics had so much in common at the visual level and in terms of content as they do today. Politicians are increasingly becoming "mediatised" figures. As a result, when they make their appearance it is primarily an aesthetic event. To a large extent, their success or failure is determined by their appearance in the media.

Artists and trendsetters, however, to a large extent thematise politics on the levels of form and content. Not to change the world, or to improve it, but as a superficially aesthetic experience, which is by its very nature challenging. Art and "realpolitics", for instance, do not blend into one (one can search in vain for concrete political slogans); it is much more about the aestheticisation of things political as an artistic statement.