When does the exhibition take place?

The event is scheduled for 14.07.2026 at 11:00 AM. According to museum information, the exhibition at BLMK runs until 23.08.2026.

How much is the admission fee?

The regular admission fee for an exhibition is 4 euros.

Where does the exhibition take place?

At the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art - Diesel Power Plant Cottbus, Uferstraße/Am Amtsteich 15, 03046 Cottbus.

Is the museum accessible?

Yes, the exhibition rooms are accessible via elevators.

Are there guided tours or educational offers?

Yes, BLMK offers an extensive accompanying program as well as art educational offers and tour formats.

What are the opening hours?

The Diesel Power Plant Cottbus is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11 AM to 7 PM.

Chris Hinze transforms the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus into a silent art space

Name: Chris Hinze. Fragments of a Path
Start: 2026-07-14T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-23T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Dieselkraftwerk

Chris Hinze at BLMK Cottbus: An exhibition between Silence, Material, and Memory

With Chris Hinze. Fragments of a Path, the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art at the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus presents a solo exhibition that intertwines painting, graphics, installation, and sculpture into a multifaceted art experience. At the center is an artistic work that forms a compelling aesthetic experience from fragments, transitions, and sensitive spatial references.

A space that transforms into perception

Hinze's works open up the view for the tension between form and material, sound and architecture, condensation and openness. Especially the site-specific Room of Silence transforms the museum space into a contemplative zone, where sculptural-architectural interventions and subtle sound traces shape the atmosphere of the exhibition.

Chris Hinze: Artistic practice between image, object, and sound

Chris Hinze, born in 1969 in Cottbus, has been working as a freelance artist since the 1990s and moves with great consistency between sculpture, installation, graphics, painting, and performance. His biographical and artistic development is closely linked to the East German art scene; at the same time, his oeuvre shows a clear openness to experimental formats, spatial interventions, and interdisciplinary processes. It is precisely this connection of subculture, material consciousness, and mental concentration that makes his position in contemporary art particularly distinctive.

BLMK as a place of art historical contextualization

The Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art, with over 45,000 works, has one of the most comprehensive museum collections of art from the GDR and its subsequent traditions. In Cottbus and Frankfurt (Oder), these collections are placed in new art historical contexts through changing presentations. This creates not just an exhibition for visitors, but a dialogical museum visit that connects art mediation, collection, and the present.

Why the visit is worthwhile

Fragments of a Path is aimed at everyone who wants to experience art not just visually, but spatially. The exhibition connects formal precision with emotional depth and offers an impressive access to a position that has found its own language between visual language, object art, and sound. Those seeking a concentrated art experience in the special atmosphere of the Diesel Power Plant should experience this exhibition live.