Strange? Mark it! at BLMK: Experience photography art in Cottbus
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Strange? Mark it! – Photography that irritates and stays in memory
This exhibition at the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art in Cottbus brings together striking photographs from the BLMK collection. The curatorial concept invites viewers to engage with the works beyond familiar ways of seeing: images that disturb, astonish, and condense an aesthetic experience.
Alienation as an Artistic Language: When Reality Tilts
Unusual perspectives, long exposures, multiple exposures, analog interventions in the lab, and digital alterations undermine the supposed realism of photography. The exhibition atmosphere sharpens the view for composition, light management, and materiality – from silver gelatin prints to C-prints.
Positions Between Concept and Body
With works by VALIE EXPORT, ORLAN, Thomas Florschuetz, Hans-Christian Schink, Andreas Gefeller, Marc Räder, or Klaus Elle, a panorama of artistic attitudes unfolds: staging, collage, serial work, and critical image politics. Themes like body, landscape, cityscape, and everyday objects are experienced as aesthetic experimental arrangements.
Art Historical Context and Collection Competence
The exhibition shows how photography has shaped discourses on perception, deception, and truth as an autonomous art form since the 1970s. The BLMK, which emerged from the Diesel Power Station Art Museum and the Museum of Young Art, has an outstanding collection where East German art lines are dialogically curated with international positions.
Education, Context, Art Experience
Opening hours from Tuesday to Sunday 11 AM to 7 PM allow for concentrated viewing of the works. Tours and educational programs deepen the art experience, from short tours to workshops. Photography for private purposes is permitted – an invitation to train one's own perception.
Conclusion: Those who love irritating visual ideas will discover photography here as a space for thought. Between estrangement and recognition, the works unfold a lasting intensity – striking in the best sense. A visit to the industrial building of the Diesel Power Station enhances the spatial impact of the works and makes the exhibition a defining museum experience.
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