Exhibition "‘Depth and Surface. Scientific Tableaux in Dialogue with Olaf Holzapfel’
September 27th to December 1st, 2024
Oktogon. Exhibition space of HfBK Dresden
Exhibition Opening:
September 26th, 2024, 7 pm, Albertinum, Dresden State Art Collections
Curatorial Team:
Kirsten Vincenz / Dr Jörg Zaun / Gwendolin Kremer (Office for Academic Heritage, Scientific and Art Collections at TUD), Susanne Greinke (HfBK Dresden)
The starting point of the exhibition project are the 40 teaching and research collections of TUD Dresden University of Technology and the collections of the HfBK Dresden, including the Anatomical Collection. In the teaching collections of the TU Dresden and the Dresden University of Fine Arts (HfBK Dresden), models, teaching panels, display cases and objects of other genres have been preserved, which were created with special didactic intentions.
In the Oktogon, groups of works created or arranged especially for the project by Olaf Holzapfel (*1967 in Dresden, lives in Berlin) are presented in the form of commentaries and interventions in the context of the scientific tableaux. The idea is to create a complementary form of display that considers the tableau and Olaf Holzapfel's artistic references from several angles. Based on the scientific tableaux of the university collections, Holzapfel will create significant references to the various object cultures in his artistic tableaux and the arrangements of the exhibits.
The aim is to visualise the close intertwining and interdependence of art and science in Dresden from the 19th century to the present day.
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With kind support by:
Amt für Kultur und Denkmalschutz, Landeshauptstadt Dresden
Stiftung Kunst und Musik für Dresden
Ostdeutsche Sparkassenstiftung