"BEATING WINGS. Insects in Contemporary Art"
Anita Albus, Mirko Baselgia, Bertozzi & Casoni, Lili Fischer, Esther Glück, Lea Grebe, Dominic Harris, Akihiro Higuchi, Timo Kahlen, Claire Morgan , Maximilian Prüfer, Vroni Schwegler, Günther & Loredana Selichar, José María Sicilia, Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau, Gregor Törzs, Rosemarie Trockel
In cooperation with the Senckenberg Nature Museum Frankfurt
presented by the gallery :
BECK & EGGELING
Bilker Strasse 5 und Bilker Strasse 4-6 40213 Düsseldorf Germany
+49.211.4 91 58 90 +49.211.4 91 58 99 e-mail:
Museum Sinclair-Haus
Löwengasse 15 Entrance Dorotheenstraße 61348 Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe Germany
T +49 (0) 6172 404-128 e-mail:
July 7 > October 13, 2019
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The relationship between humans and insects has always been ambivalent: usefulness and damage, curse and blessing, fascination and phobia come to mind. The pressing issue of the disappearance of insects, however, has changed human perspective on the little creatures: their indisputable importance for the earth’s fragile ecological balance and biodiversity has come into sharper focus. Their increasing absence is becoming more and more noticeable, and this also increases our longing for their return. Now the animals which were driven away for decades by means of insecticides and insect traps are being treated to “insect hotels” in gardens, and beehives abound in unexpected places.
Breathtaking polychrome ceramic scuplture "Vaso con mazzo di fiori" (2018) by the Italian masters of ceramic art Bertozzi & Casoni will be part of the exhibition "Beating Wings. Insects in Contemporary Art" from July 7 to October 13, 2019 at the Museum Sinclair-Haus in Bad Homburg, Germany.
"Once bees are extinct from the earth, mankind has four more years to live. No more bees means no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more humans."
(Albert Einstein)
In the exhibition, the artists presented explore this shift in the relationship between humans and insects in their works, finding their own approach to these strange creatures.
Breathtaking polychrome ceramic scuplture "Vaso con mazzo di fiori" (2018) by the Italian masters of ceramic art Bertozzi & Casoni will be part of the exhibition "Beating Wings. Insects in Contemporary Art" from July 7 to October 13, 2019 at the Museum Sinclair-Haus in Bad Homburg, Germany.
"Once bees are extinct from the earth, mankind has four more years to live. No more bees means no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more humans."
(Albert Einstein)
In the exhibition, the artists presented explore this shift in the relationship between humans and insects in their works, finding their own approach to these strange creatures.
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Anita Albus |
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Mirko Baselgia |
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Bertozzi & Casoni |
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Lili Fischer |
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Esther Glück |
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Lea Grebe |
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Dominic Harris |
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Akihiro Higuchi |
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Timo Kahlen |
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Claire Morgan |
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Maximilian Prüfer |
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Vroni Schwegler |
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Günther & Loredana Selichar |
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José María Sicilia |
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Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau |
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Gregor Törzs |
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Rosemarie Trockel |
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