Strangers and Freedom at BLMK Cottbus: Painting and Photography in Dialogue
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Strangers and Freedom: An artistic dialogue about Pückler, cosmopolitanism, and images of urbanity
At the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus, Strangers and Freedom unfolds as a three-part exhibition cycle that brings painting and photography into a dialogical space. Mona Höke and Kathrin Karras engage with Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau and, for the first time in this project, work not only side by side but directly on shared images. The exhibition thus opens up an artistic experience where work observation, historical reflection, and aesthetic experience intertwine. ([cottbus.de](https://cottbus.de/veranstaltungen/fremde-und-freiheit-pueckler-dialog-ueber-einen-kosmopolit-mona-hoeke-und-kathrin-karras-5/))
A resonance space between biography, landscape, and idea
Pückler appears here not as a monument figure but as a projection surface for questions about mobility, cultural openness, and the relationship between strangeness and freedom. The exhibition venue enhances this interpretation: The former industrial building Diesel Power Plant, a converted industrial monument, is one of the two locations of the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art and houses one of the most extensive collections of art from the GDR and modernity. This creates a curatorial framework where contemporary art and art history productively meet. ([berlin.de](https://www.berlin.de/museum/brandenburg/3843123-3130530-brandenburgisches-landesmuseum-fuer-mode.html))
Painting and photography in a shared image space
The collaboration between Mona Höke and Kathrin Karras promises an exciting interplay of materiality and perspective. Höke's painterly language meets Karras' photographic perspective; the result is not mere illustration, but a multifaceted structure of color, surface, space, and memory. Kathrin Karras is positioned within contemporary photography and has been represented at BLMK multiple times; her portfolio indicates a continuous engagement with image sequences and work groups. ([bbk-brandenburg.de](https://www.bbk-brandenburg.de/kathrin-karras/))
The Diesel Power Plant as a distinctive exhibition space
The BLMK in Cottbus is located at Am Amtsteich 15, 03046 Cottbus. The museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 11 AM to 7 PM; the exhibition rooms are largely accessible via elevators. For the Cottbus location, the museum lists regular admission prices of 4 euros, reduced 3 euros, free entry for children up to 18 years; similar prices apply for solo exhibitions. This provides reliable conditions for art education and visit planning at the location. ([berlin.de](https://www.berlin.de/museum/brandenburg/3843123-3130530-brandenburgisches-landesmuseum-fuer-mode.html))
Education, mediation, and museum visit
Those who visit the exhibition experience not only a presentation of contemporary art but also a place for cultural education. The BLMK connects collection, exhibition, and mediation, and the barrier-free accessibility facilitates access to work groups, themes, and contexts. In an exhibition that deals with strangeness, freedom, and historical projection, the slow, focused observation gains particular significance. ([berlin.de](https://www.berlin.de/museum/brandenburg/3843123-3130530-brandenburgisches-landesmuseum-fuer-mode.html))
Conclusion
Strangers and Freedom combines art historical reflection with contemporary imagery and makes Cottbus a place of intense engagement with Pückler, cosmopolitanism, and artistic dialogue. Anyone wishing to experience painting, photography, and curated contemporary art in a distinctive museum space should visit this exhibition live. ([cottbus.de](https://cottbus.de/veranstaltungen/fremde-und-freiheit-pueckler-dialog-ueber-einen-kosmopolit-mona-hoeke-und-kathrin-karras-5/))
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