When does the exhibition take place?

The event is scheduled for July 11, 2026, at 11:00 AM.

Where can the exhibition be seen?

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

How much is the admission?

According to web searches, the regular admission is 4 euros, reduced price 3 euros.

Is the exhibition location barrier-free?

Yes, the exhibition spaces are barrier-free accessible via elevators.

What art forms are the focus?

The focus is on painting, photography, and the connection of both visual languages in dialogue with Pückler's theme of strangeness and freedom.

Are there any hints for guided tours or educational offerings?

BLMK offers a wide range of educational programs and guided tours; specific dates for the exhibition will follow or can be checked with the museum.

A Dialogue of Painting, Photography and Pückler's Cosmopolitanism in Cottbus

Name: Strangers and Freedom. Pückler - Dialogue about a Cosmopolitan. Mona Höke and Kathrin Karras
Start: 2026-07-11T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-11T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Dieselkraftwerk

Painting, Photography and Pückler's Worldview at the Diesel Power Plant

At the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art in Cottbus, the exhibition series Strangers and Freedom. Pückler - Dialogue about a Cosmopolitan unfolds, intertwining historical reflection and contemporary visual art. Mona Höke and Kathrin Karras encounter the cosmopolitan Hermann von Pückler-Muskau not as a monument but as a catalyst for a multifaceted exploration of works between landscape, strangeness, and cultural openness.

An Art Experience Between Layers and Resonance

The exhibition relies on artistic collaboration, where photography, digital image production, and unique painting intertwine. From the layering of surfaces, colors, and image spaces emerges a calm yet tense exhibition atmosphere. Those who look closely can see how the aesthetic experience is fed by the interplay of presence and reworking: images are not just shown but shaped in dialogue.

Mona Höke: Painting as Poetic Condensation

Mona Höke, born in Guben, has been working freelance in Cottbus and Berlin since the 1990s. Her painting is historically anchored in an object-poetic, literarily sensitive visual language that develops form and color from observation and inner condensation. For her work, she has received, among others, the Art Promotion Award from the Sparkasse Spree-Neiße and the Brandenburg Art Prize. In this exhibition, her painting opens up to a space where history is not illustrated but questioned visually.

Kathrin Karras: Photography as a View on Interspaces

Kathrin Karras brings a photographic practice that, according to her documented exhibitions and projects, often engages with nature, landscape, memory, and atmospheres. Her images do not create mere representations but a concentrated perception of space and time. In collaboration with Höke, photography condenses into a position that does not capture the subject but puts it in motion.

Pückler as a Motif for Contemporary and Cultural History

The reference to Hermann von Pückler-Muskau anchors the exhibition in a cultural-historical line that brings together travel, landscape art, and openness to the world. The theme of strangeness appears not as distance but as a productive encounter. Especially in the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus, a venue with a strong collection of painting, photography, graphics, and poster art, this dialogue gains additional depth.

Visit, Education, and Museum Experience

The BLMK understands itself as a place of cultural education with barrier-free exhibition spaces at the Cottbus site. The exhibition is suitable for art enthusiasts who wish to experience contemporary painting and photographic art in the context of museum collection culture. The combination of industrial architecture, modern art, and reflective curation creates a sustainable aesthetic experience.

Conclusion

Strangers and Freedom promises an intelligent, sensual, and art-historically charged exhibition visit. Those who want to experience contemporary art in dialogue with Pückler's cosmopolitanism should definitely see this presentation live at the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus.