Hope
Part 3 of the exhibition trilogy FAITH, LOVE, HOPE

Hope| Part Three of the triology of exhibitions FAITH, LOVE, HOPE
13 October 2019 to 26 January 2020

Draiflessen Collection 
Georgstraße 18 | D-49497 Mettingen
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People have hope, cling to hope, lose hope, regain hope, or hopelessly despair. But what does hope mean? 

In the final part of our exhibition trilogy FAITH, LOVE, HOPE, the Draiflessen Collection will focus on the concept of hope as a principle of openness to possibilities that are in actuality not (yet) available. Works of art from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including pieces by Michael Buthe, Duane Michals, and Fritz Winter, will highlight ambiguities and possible contradictions: is hope the confidence that “everything will go well”, or is it something closer to blind delusion? Is it invigorating and motivating, or might it not actually be paralysing? 

The works in this show will demonstrate that the process of hoping involves a shifting of the boundaries of knowledge, experience, and consciousness, that these boundaries can be transcended or completely dissolved. Via the medium of art, hope thus becomes an object of contemplation, self-inquiry, and discussion. 

A richly illustrated, trilingual catalogue (German, English, Dutch) will be published in conjunction with the exhibition.

Artists
Joseph Beuys, Lee Bul, Michael Buthe, Sofia Hultén, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Duane Michals, Anna Oppermann, Antoni Tàpies, Philippe Vandenberg, Fritz Winter

Credits
Joseph Beuys, Schlitten, 1969 | © Joseph Beuys Estate / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020 / photo: Tom Carter / Collection Thaddaeus Ropac, London • Paris • Salzburg

Michael Buthe, Hoffnung, 1982, © Kunstmuseum Bonn (Dauerleihgabe Privatsammlung), VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020

Sofia Hultén, Immovable Object / Unstoppable Force (Berlin), 2011, © Courtesy of the artist and Daniel Marzona, Berlin, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020

Wolfgang Mattheuer, Ikarus erhebt sich II (Der sächsische Ikarus),  1990 Privatbesitz, Nordrhein-Westfalen, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020

Duane Michals, Grandpa Goes to Heaven, 1989, © Duane Michals. Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York

Anna Oppermann, Paradoxe Intentionen (Das Blaue vom Himmel herunterlügen), 1988–1992 | © Nachlass Anna Oppermann und Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, photo: Hans Georg Gaul

Philippe Vandenberg, Over de berg loopt het spoor (The Track runs over the Mountain), 1995, © Philippe Vandenberg Foundation, Courtesy Estate Philippe Vandenberg, photo: Joke Floreal/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020