Beers.Lambert Contemporary presents painter Regina Nieke, sculptor Frauke Wilken, and multidisciplinary artist Heike Jobst in Out of Context: Female Artists from Germany, an exhibition that presents three female German artists whose work offers commentary related to a political address of the body as a site of repression/expression, response, and metonymy of fantasy and historical reference.

Where:

Beers Lambert Contemporary
1 Baldwin Street
London EC1VNU

When:

PREVIEW 22nd Nov EXHIBITION 23rd Nov-22nd Dec

FREE ENTRY

Each of the German-born, raised, and based artists (Nieke hails from Berlin, Wilken from Cologne, and Jobst from Munich) present the body as a porous site of interpretation, but also operate an artistic practice that perhaps peripherally comments on whether there fails to exist a historical canon of work from Germany that incorporates the female artist? And if so, what this means for the contemporary, female German artist hailing from this geographical, political, and artistic context. While the exhibition is influenced by these potential oversights in the history of German art, it is equally propelled by recent developments within a contemporary art scene in Germany that attemp to include these artistic perspectives.

It is a bold – but not hyperbolic – statement to claim that the history of German art has largely excluded the female voice. Since the early 20th century a European canon expanded to begin including key – albeit marginalized – female artists. For interest, this exhibition chooses to focus on a select and microcosmic sampling (as opposed to the impossible task of attempting a survey-show) on exclusively female, exclusively German artists. A brief glance at feminist artistic heritage in Germany proves a severe lack of identifiable artists, in fact, this set back in female visibility can be seen in Germany’s history compared to its European counterparts, perhaps due – but not limited to — the socio-political unrest during and post – Nazi Germany and the factions of repression that were operating on a larger socio-political context.

Author: Beers.Lambert Contemporary

Beers.Lambert Contemporary is an art gallery based in London between Hoxton / Shoreditch, at the core of the vibrant East-Central art scene. Our exhibition program is dedicated to the exploration and dissemination of relevant issues addressed through progressive, contemporary (and typically emerging) art. Since its inception in 2008 in Canada, and relocation to London in 2010, Beers.Lambert has worked with emerging and established artists internationally to explore exciting paths and trends in contemporary art. Today, our exhibitions offer a diverse array of thematic, aesthetic, and political concepts, highlighting an exciting approach to contemporary art that is both progressive and thought-provoking.