Checkpoint
Turiner Kunstverein ?•Oct 31, 2025 — Dec 05, 2025
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TURINER KUNSTVEREIN is pleased to present Checkpoint, a solo exhibition by Birgit Megerle (Germany, 1975).
The painting that gives the exhibition its title, Checkpoint, portrays a female figure frontally. The body, which occupies a space larger than the face, defines a direct physical presence, while the anonymity of the subject is interrupted by a uniform of a ticket inspector that places the figure in a clearly professional context.
The underlying eroticism of the uniform — whether it is a conductor or a waitress — evokes a psychological condition of tension and expressionist exasperation; Manet’s La serveuse de bocks (1875) comes to mind, activating a process of emotional exchange between viewer and subject.
A similar relationship of exchange between the professional element and the anonymity of the figures is emphasized by the circular painting of a coin, 20 Rappen; the floral motif that embraces the numerical element “20” echoes the nature of the work Scrub, a space devoid of gazes…
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Checkpoint
Turiner Kunstverein ?•Oct 31, 2025 — Dec 05, 2025
Press Release
TURINER KUNSTVEREIN is pleased to present Checkpoint, a solo exhibition by Birgit Megerle (Germany, 1975).
The painting that gives the exhibition its title, Checkpoint, portrays a female figure frontally. The body, which occupies a space larger than the face, defines a direct physical presence, while the anonymity of the subject is interrupted by a uniform of a ticket inspector that places the figure in a clearly professional context.
The underlying eroticism of the uniform — whether it is a conductor or a waitress — evokes a psychological condition of tension and expressionist exasperation; Manet’s La serveuse de bocks (1875) comes to mind, activating a process of emotional exchange between viewer and subject.
A similar relationship of exchange between the professional element and the anonymity of the figures is emphasized by the circular painting of a coin, 20 Rappen; the floral motif that embraces the numerical element “20” echoes the nature of the work Scrub, a space devoid of gazes…
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