Strange? Notice it! at BLMK Cottbus: Photographs that change the gaze
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Photography that irritates and lingers
At the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art in the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus, an exhibition unfolds that sharpens the gaze and questions the act of seeing itself. Strange? Notice it! Photographs from the BLMK Collection gathers works that subvert the familiar, shift perception, and make photography an experiential artistic medium. The exhibition runs from 14.03.2026 to 31.05.2026 and highlights works that oscillate between irritation, wonder, and artistic precision. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/programm/merkwuerdig-merk-wuerdig/))
An art experience between unrest and curiosity
The exhibition begins where photography is more than a document: as staging, montage, condensation, and deliberate disruption of expectation. Unusual perspectives, extreme close-ups, overexposure, blurring, double exposure, and digital alienation open a space where truth and deception, proximity and distance, reality and fiction overlap. It is precisely here that the aesthetic experience arises, which remains in memory. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/programm/merkwuerdig-merk-wuerdig/))
Photographic positions with a strong signature
The artists featured include Claus Bach, Gerd Bonfert, Kurt Buchwald, Klaus Elle, VALIE EXPORT, Katja Eydel, Thomas Florschuetz, Andreas Gefeller, Stefan Heyne, Joachim Jansong, York der Knöfel, Matthias Leupold, Ulrich Lindner, Steffen Mertens, ORLAN, Marc Räder, Michael Schade, Hans-Christian Schink, Erasmus Schröter, Klaus Wittkugel, and Edwin Zwakmann. The selection makes visible how differently the medium of photography can be used: as portrait, landscape, image collage, conceptual study, or as a critical commentary on societal norms. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/programm/merkwuerdig-merk-wuerdig/))
The BLMK as a collection house of modern image worlds
The Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art preserves a collection of over 45,000 works at its locations in Cottbus and Frankfurt (Oder) and is considered a significant institution for art from the GDR and its lines of tradition. At the Diesel Power Plant, the exhibition spaces are reportedly accessible via elevators; the opening hours are Tuesday to Sunday from 11 AM to 7 PM. The house also sees itself as a place for art education with guided tours, courses, and educational offerings. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/museum/?utm_source=openai))
Why a visit is worthwhile
This collection exhibition invites focused engagement with the works and rewards careful observation. Those who want to experience photography as a medium between observation and construction will find here a cleverly curated exhibition with high substantive density and strong atmosphere. A visit is worthwhile for all who wish to not just view art but to experience it in its intellectual and sensory depth. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/programm/merkwuerdig-merk-wuerdig/))
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