Language/Text/Image. Can you hear me? Can you see me?
Vernissage in KAI 10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION, Düsseldorf, June 26., 2025, 7:00 p.m.
The exhibition LANGUAGE/TEXT/IMAGE which was presented at the Draiflessen Collection from October 20, 2024 to February 16, 2025, has opened under the title Language/Text/Image. Can you hear me? Can you see me? at KAI 10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION, Düsseldorf, where it will be on display until December 7, 2025.
The exhibition was conceived and curated by Dr Barbara Segelken and Birte Hinrichsen of the Draiflessen Collection. Ludwig Seyfarth curated the exhibition for KAI 10.
Artists:
John Baldessari, Alice Bidault, Natalie Czech, Ayşe Erkmen, Nadine Fecht, Gary Hill, National AIDS Memorial Quilt, Gordon Parks, Markus Vater, Gillian Wearing
KAI 10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION
Kaistraße 10
40221 Düsseldorf
+49 (0) 211 99 434 130
info@kaistrasse10.de
www.kaistrasse10.de
Opening Hours
Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed on public holidays.
Free admission
Language, text and image are among the most importantmeans of human expression. Far from being neutral in character, they are allied to certain values, norms and cultural procedures, as well as being anchored in social systems. Inevitably, they also serve to draw boundaries which can include or exclude people. Who or what arbitrates whether something may be said or seen?
The exhibition Language/Text/Image. Can you hear me? Can you see me? presents works from the 1950s to the present day, in which the relationship between language, text and image is addressed, reflected and interrogated in regard to its social and political dimensions. Using artistic means, the works explore the possibilities of getting something said, heard or seen.
The selected sound- and text-based works, photographs, prints, films or textiles all take up the challenge of working with something which—initially, depending on the respective circumstances—is unstable and hard to control. Conventions in language and image usage are not subverted but used innovatively to foster new semantic spaces. In this, the artists research the practices of reading and seeing, the interweavings of memory and history, and the boundaries between fact and fiction. At the same time, they challenge ingrained patterns of perception and give space to the representation of insecurities and misunderstandings.
The exhibition was conceived and curated by Dr Barbara Segelken and Birte Hinrichsen of the Draiflessen Collection. Ludwig Seyfarth curated the exhibition for KAI 10.
Artists:
John Baldessari, Alice Bidault, Natalie Czech, Ayşe Erkmen, Nadine Fecht, Gary Hill, National AIDS Memorial Quilt, Gordon Parks, Markus Vater, Gillian Wearing
KAI 10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION
Kaistraße 10
40221 Düsseldorf
+49 (0) 211 99 434 130
info@kaistrasse10.de
www.kaistrasse10.de
Opening Hours
Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed on public holidays.
Free admission
Language, text and image are among the most importantmeans of human expression. Far from being neutral in character, they are allied to certain values, norms and cultural procedures, as well as being anchored in social systems. Inevitably, they also serve to draw boundaries which can include or exclude people. Who or what arbitrates whether something may be said or seen?
The exhibition Language/Text/Image. Can you hear me? Can you see me? presents works from the 1950s to the present day, in which the relationship between language, text and image is addressed, reflected and interrogated in regard to its social and political dimensions. Using artistic means, the works explore the possibilities of getting something said, heard or seen.
The selected sound- and text-based works, photographs, prints, films or textiles all take up the challenge of working with something which—initially, depending on the respective circumstances—is unstable and hard to control. Conventions in language and image usage are not subverted but used innovatively to foster new semantic spaces. In this, the artists research the practices of reading and seeing, the interweavings of memory and history, and the boundaries between fact and fiction. At the same time, they challenge ingrained patterns of perception and give space to the representation of insecurities and misunderstandings.
Language/Text/Image Can you hear me? Can you see me?
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