The Inner Skin. Art and Shame
Hardly any other emotion has such a profound effect on the person concerned as shame: our face turns red, we become lost for words, or would simply love to sink into the ground.
Despite all the cultural differences, shame still affects almost every individual. Indeed, given the broad dissemination of nude images in the media, the subject appears more topical than ever. But can we actually diagnose a lowering of the shame threshold, or are we, on the contrary, observing an escalation of tabooisation? With humorous but also sensitive and moving contributions, the exhibition explores this familiar but inscrutable phenomenon.
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Hardly any other emotion has such a profound effect on the person concerned as shame: our face turns red, we become lost for words, or would simply love to sink into the ground.
Despite all the cultural differences, shame still affects almost every individual. Indeed, given the broad dissemination of nude images in the media, the subject appears more topical than ever. But can we actually diagnose a lowering of the shame threshold, or are we, on the contrary, observing an escalation of tabooisation? With humorous but also sensitive and moving contributions, the exhibition explores this familiar but inscrutable phenomenon.
Artists on show
- Albrecht Dürer
- Berlinde de Bruyckere
- Bojan Sarcevic
- Boris Mikhailov
- Bruce Gilden
- Clemens Krauss
- Donigan Cumming
- Erwin Wurm
- Eva & Adele
- Eva Ko钮átková
- Fergus Greer
- François Marie Banier
- Gao Brothers
- Gary Schneider
- Gillian Wearing
- Gustav Kluge
- Jamie Isenstein
- Johannes Lingelbach
- John Bock
- John Isaacs
- John Stark
- Jon Polypchuk
- Josephine Garbe
- Juergen Teller
- Julian Rosefeldt
- Jürgen Klauke
- Larry Towell
- Lars Rosenbohm
- Laure Prouvost
- Leigh Bowery
- Lotte Reimann
- Louise Bourgeois
- Marlene Dumas
- Michaël Borremans
- Michael Najjar
- Miriam Cahn
- Miroslav Tichý
- Nan Goldin
- Nezaket Ekici
- Oksana Pasaiko
- Oleg Kulik
- Rineke Dijkstra
- Santiago Sierra
- Sarah Lucas
- Shahryar Nashat
- Stefanie Trojan
- Tracey Emin
- Ulf Aminde
- Ulrike Lienbacher
- Valie Export
- Virgile Novarina
- Yoko Ono
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