Strange? Remarkable! at BLMK Cottbus: Photography as an Intense Art Experience
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When photography irritates, real seeing begins
With Strange? Remarkable! Photographs from the BLMK Collection, the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art opens an exhibition at the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus that sharpens the gaze and consciously undermines viewing habits. The focus is on photographic works that irritate, capture attention, and invite deeper engagement with the works. The exhibition is designed as an artistic experience that oscillates between alienation, wonder, and insight. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/kalender/kategorie/ausstellung/?utm_source=openai))
Photography as a challenge to the gaze
The presented positions rely on unusual perspectives, extreme close-ups, staging, and partly surreal image compositions. This shifts perception: the familiar becomes questionable, the strange suddenly appears precise and meaningful. It is precisely this friction that constitutes the aesthetic appeal of the exhibition. It demonstrates how photography not only depicts but questions reality. ([photography-in.berlin](https://www.photography-in.berlin/brandenburgisches-landesmuseum-fur-moderne-kunst-merkwuerdig-merk-wuerdig/?utm_source=openai))
A collection view with art historical depth
The selection brings together works by 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. This creates a rich art historical arc through different generations and photographic strategies, from conceptual imagery to experimental forms of image production. ([photography-in.berlin](https://www.photography-in.berlin/brandenburgisches-landesmuseum-fur-moderne-kunst-merkwuerdig-merk-wuerdig/?utm_source=openai))
BLMK Cottbus: Museum, Collection, Mediation
The Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art has a collection of over 45,000 works at its locations in Cottbus and Frankfurt (Oder); the Cottbus location, the Diesel Power Plant, has evolved from the former Art Museum Diesel Power Plant Cottbus. The museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm, and the exhibition rooms are accessible via a ramp and elevators in the building. For educational inquiries and guided tours, the museum refers to its art mediation. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/museum/?utm_source=openai))
Exhibition atmosphere with resonance
Those who visit this exhibition will not experience a mere succession of photographs, but a concentrated engagement with irritation as an artistic principle. The light, the hanging, and the collection perspective combine to create an exhibition atmosphere in which each image demands a second, more precise reading. This results in a quiet yet intense art experience that lingers long after. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/kalender/kategorie/ausstellung/?utm_source=openai))
Conclusion: Strange? Remarkable! Photographs from the BLMK Collection is an exhibition for everyone who wants to not only look at photography but think about it further. It combines artistic precision, art historical depth of field, and museum mediation into a visit that irritates, enriches, and invites a re-examination of the image. A live visit to the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus is definitely worth it. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/kalender/kategorie/ausstellung/?utm_source=openai))
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