When can the exhibition be seen?

The exhibition runs from 14.03.2026 to 31.05.2026 at the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus.

How much is the entrance fee?

The regular entrance fee is 4 euros, reduced 3 euros.

Are there tours of the exhibition?

Yes, the BLMK offers tours. Several dates in May 2026 are scheduled for this exhibition.

Is the museum barrier-free?

Yes, the exhibition rooms in the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus are accessible via elevators.

Where is the venue located?

At the Diesel Power Plant of BLMK, Uferstraße/Am Amtsteich 15, 03046 Cottbus.

Can I combine my visit with other activities?

Yes, the BLMK combines exhibitions with art education, lectures, and other educational formats.

Photography that Irritates and Enchant: BLMK Shows Strong Image Worlds in Cottbus

Name: Strange? Strange! Photographs from the BLMK Collection
Start: 2026-05-29T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-31T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Dieselkraftwerk

Photography as Irritation: When Images Demand a Second Look

The Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art – Diesel Power Plant Cottbus opens with Strange? Strange! Photographs from the BLMK Collection, an exhibition that makes seeing itself the subject. The show brings together photographic works that utilize unusual perspectives, alienation, and staged image spaces, prompting viewers to pause, examine, and see anew. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/programm/merkwuerdig-merk-wuerdig/))

An Artistic Experience Between Awe and Uncertainty

The exhibition relies on the quiet power of photography: Overexposures, blurs, long exposures, and multiple exposures, chemical manipulations and digital interventions dissolve the familiar claim to reality of the medium. Therein lies its aesthetic tension. The images waver between reality and fiction, between document and staging, between portrait, landscape, and everyday object. Thus, an exhibition atmosphere arises where irritation does not appear as a disturbance, but as a moment of discovery. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/programm/merkwuerdig-merk-wuerdig/))

Photography as a Critical Visual Language

With 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, the BLMK presents a polyphonic perspective on its collection. The positions interrogate visual habits, societal norms, and the boundary between deception and truth – a historically precise approach to photography as a medium of the present and reflection. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/programm/merkwuerdig-merk-wuerdig/))

About the Museum as a Place of Learning

The BLMK considers itself a museum for modern and contemporary art with a collection of over 45,000 works and a wide range of educational offerings. In addition to exhibitions, there are tours, lectures, readings, performances, and educational formats. For the Cottbus location, the museum notes barrier-free access via elevators; the venue is located at the Diesel Power Plant at Uferstraße/Am Amtsteich 15. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/museum/))

Why a Visit is Worthwhile

This exhibition is not merely a storage room for photographic images, but a precisely curated artistic experience. Those who engage with the works will discover how strongly photography can trigger thought processes: through the unfamiliar in the familiar, through visual friction, through the poetic uncertainty of the gaze. A visit to the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus is worthwhile for all who wish to not only see art but to question it in the best sense. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/programm/merkwuerdig-merk-wuerdig/))