“FOOL’S PARADISE”: Young artistic positions on a lost utopia – Kunstpunkt Berlin- Raum für aktuelle Kunst | 14.06-30.06.2024

Under the title “FOOL’S PARADISE”, 32 painting students from weißensee kunsthochschule berlin are presenting works that show paradise as a place full of contradictions and possibilities. The exhibition opens on 13 June at KUNSTPUNKT BERLIN – RAUM FÜR AKTUELLE KUNST and can be seen from 14 to 30 June.

Image above: Noé Borst

In Christian iconography, paradise is usually depicted as a sheltered and flourishing garden in which man and nature are harmoniously united. Today, this archetypal idea seems more distant than ever, as our modern way of life is causing irreparable changes to the climate and nature.

The exhibition “FOOL’S PARADISE” thematises our own forlornness in the face of this situation as well as the human longing for a utopia and alternative reality. The young artists locate themselves “between doubt, ballast and utopia” and use painting, drawing and installation to describe paradise as a place where anything seems possible: “It overwhelms us, makes us foolish, pushes us to our personal limits”. KUNSTPUNKT BERLIN – RAUM FÜR AKTUELLE KUNST and weißensee kunsthochschule berlin cordially invite you to rediscover paradise through the perspectives of these young artists.

Participating artists:
Imad Alfil, Laura Mercedes Arndt, Leonie Behrens, Hannes Berwing, Noé Borst, Elisa Bosse, Seonah Chae, Alanna Dongowski, Elena Mir Fakhraei, Maria Felsmann, Nele Fiedler, Elisabeth Fraenkel, Christopher von Gruben, Marieke Herbst, Nazlı Karaturna, Luka Keresman, Lana Kosovel, Felix Mehlig, Tara Mianji, Jakob Mirasol, Daria Pashchenko, Sebastian Pöge, Katharina Reinsbach, Léa Sarasola, Stella Severson, Janosch Sinn, Fanni Sléder, Antonia Stoyke, Yuuki Tang, Emma de Warren, Sheila Zimmermann, Obaida Zorik

Project management:
Prof. Pia Linz, Petra Trenkel

WHEN?

Opening: 13 June 2024, 7-10 pm

Opening hours:
Thursday and Friday, 4-8 pm
Saturday and Sunday, 3-7 pm

Exhibition dates: Friday, 14 June to Sunday, 22 December 2024

Finissage: Sunday, 30 June 2024, 4-7 pm

WHERE?

KUNSTPUNKT BERLIN – Raum für aktuelle Kunst
Schlegelstraße 6
10115 Berlin