An exhibition of Philip Grözinger, Marcus Moritz Wittmer and mucus.
OPENING: July 1, 2010, 19:00 clock
The exhibition takes place in Cheltenham House in the Friedrichstrasse.
The term juggernaut is connected with a grisly sacrificial ritual in which we both Greek sources as the Old Testament reports that children were burned alive in a heated bronze statue to honor the god Moloch or Milkmon. In recent times he is indeed a synonym for a man-eating machine, often in the form of the city as a complex network, lose by its people themselves. Examples in the literature to the big city novels of the 20s and 30s was made or at the movies, of course, like Metropolis or Blade Runner, to name a few.
The exhibition at the art APEX per eV will address the myth juggernaut and its contemporary reception.
important point is one of the Dutch painter Molochdarstellung Rombout van Troyen (1604-1656) from 1626 that is made for this exhibition. Van Troyen, especially for his representations of cave and unusual religious and mystical motifs known, illustrated in the picture, the sacrifice of his own son by King Ahaz.
The Berlin artist Moritz mucilages, Marcus and Philip Wittmer Grözinger have teamed up to compose on the basis of the old painting is a contemporary exhibition Moloch. They will serve both painterly and sculptural means.
Curated by Christian Schindler in collaboration with Andreas Wendt.
to Closing of the exhibition catalog.
The exhibition and the catalog will be financed from the state Lower Saxony, Göttingen Cultural Foundation and the SOR Rusche collection.
Curated by Christian Schindler in collaboration with Andreas Wendt.
to Closing of the exhibition catalog.
The exhibition and the catalog will be financed from the state Lower Saxony, Göttingen Cultural Foundation and the SOR Rusche collection.
