Name: Chris Hinze. Fragments of a Path
Start: 2026-06-06T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-23T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst - Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus

Chris Hinze in Cottbus: An Exhibition between Silence, Sound and Image

With Chris Hinze. Fragments of a Path, the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art in the Diesel Power Station Cottbus presents a two-part solo exhibition that combines installation, painting, graphics, and sculpture into an impressive art experience. The presentation leads into an image world where material, space, and spiritually charged signs create a special exhibition atmosphere.

Room of Silence as Sensory Work Observation

In the exhibition hall Machine House 1, the site-specific installation Room of Silence unfolds a concentrated, almost meditative spatial effect. Sculptural-architectural interventions and subtle sound transform the museum space into an experiential space that closely intertwines perception and movement. Raw materials, clear forms, and a condensed feeling of light shape the impression of this installation.

Images, Sculptures, and the Language of Symbols

In Switch House 3, the exhibition looks at central groups of works from different creative phases. It shows images in various techniques as well as sculptures that make visible Hinze's engagement with symbols, mythological themes, and transgressions. His art moves between painting, sculpture, and performance and connects personal experience with art-historically readable image spaces.

An Artist between Music, Performance, and Visual Arts

Chris Hinze, born in 1969 in Cottbus, has been working as a freelancer since 1992. His practice includes sculpture, installation, graphics, painting, and performance. Early experiences as a musician and performer shaped a body of work that consistently questions the relationship between humanity and nature, transcendence, physicality, and social closeness. This is precisely the strength of this exhibition: It makes an artistic path visible that consistently moves between media and meanings.

The Diesel Power Station as a Place of Cultural Education

The BLMK, with its locations in Cottbus and Frankfurt (Oder), is one of the important institutions for modern and contemporary art in Brandenburg. The Diesel Power Station is accessible by elevator and the house offers guided tours as well as art educational formats. This way, visiting the exhibition becomes not only an aesthetic experience but also an opportunity for cultural education and deepened work observation.

Conclusion: Chris Hinze. Fragments of a Path promises an exhibition of great spatial density and intellectual openness. Anyone wishing to experience installation, sculpture, and artistic research in the tension between silence and expression should definitely visit this exhibition live at the Diesel Power Station Cottbus.