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Self-determined work is the logical foundation of the artist profession. In the exhibition »Unknown«, Benedikt Gahl describes the necessity of (artistic) autonomy. How can and will the Unknown still exist and become visible in the year 2025? This question of visibility contains a criticism of a cultural politics of representation. Here, the Unknown is set against the new and technically innovative, and understood as an investment into visual strategies capable of (re)forming us. What do I recognize on these canvasses, what is this Unknown? It transforms into a call to see and think differently. Dissent with the reality of our times can provide an opportunity to develop new forms.
The primary focus of Gahl’s work lies on oil painting on canvas and paper. Beyond, but not outside of the digitalized world, Gahl’s paintings follow familiar historical traditions of abstract painting and visual mass culture. They are supported by a pursuit of autonomy which goes beyond artistic self-de…
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Self-determined work is the logical foundation of the artist profession. In the exhibition »Unknown«, Benedikt Gahl describes the necessity of (artistic) autonomy. How can and will the Unknown still exist and become visible in the year 2025? This question of visibility contains a criticism of a cultural politics of representation. Here, the Unknown is set against the new and technically innovative, and understood as an investment into visual strategies capable of (re)forming us. What do I recognize on these canvasses, what is this Unknown? It transforms into a call to see and think differently. Dissent with the reality of our times can provide an opportunity to develop new forms.
The primary focus of Gahl’s work lies on oil painting on canvas and paper. Beyond, but not outside of the digitalized world, Gahl’s paintings follow familiar historical traditions of abstract painting and visual mass culture. They are supported by a pursuit of autonomy which goes beyond artistic self-de…
