Katrin Mayer / Christo Shroud or unfold. facing each other #8 19.8.2312.11.23 https://kunsthalle-bielefeld.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/230831_KH_Bielefeld_Miteinander-8_Christo-und-Mayer_V3.mp4 Curator Laura Rehme on the interaction of the works. Film by Roman Schauerte Clip from Roman Schauerte In the series “facing each other” a work from the collection of Kunsthalle Bielefeld meets a selected loan from another institution. This encounter leads to new, often surprising perspectives. In the eighth installment of the exhibition series, “Package” (1963) by Christo from the ahlers collection and “Screens” (2014) by Katrin Mayer from the Kunsthalle’s collection meet.A unifying element of both works is the use of textiles, which refer to something underneath. Shrouding has a long art-historical pictorial tradition. While in Christo’s “Package” (1963) a tied-up bundle of linen in an ornate frame becomes a work of art and explodes the pictorial space, Katrin Mayer’s “Screens” (2014) as linen fabrics push themselves multilayered in front of the architecture of the Kunsthalle and thematize the history of the museum’s textile wall panels. Both artists play with the viewers’ expectations and make their role in the interpretation of artworks apparent: What do the textiles show us? Do they keep something hidden or do they open up new ways of looking?The University of Bielefeld also describes the project in more detail in their Uni-Aktuell-Blog. Kunsthalle Bielefeld installation view, photo: Philipp Ottendörfer The exhibition is produced in cooperation with the Ahlers Pro Arte Foundation. The exhibition series is produced in cooperation with the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 1288 “Practices of Comparison. Arranging and Changing the World” at Bielefeld University. facing each other The series “facing each other” focuses on a work from the collection of Kunsthalle Bielefeld that addresses central issues in juxtaposition with a selected external work. The focus is always on a concentrated comparison of the selected works. In 2023, the Kunsthalle is cooperating with the Herford-based Ahlers Pro Arte Foundation, which is providing the external artworks on loan for all three interventions. In the three juxtapositions we show works by Alberto Giacometti, Christo, Paul McCarthy and Katrin Mayer, among others. Slideshow Close Gallerie Kunsthalle Bielefeld installation view, photo: Philipp Ottendörfer Kunsthalle Bielefeld installation view, photo: Philipp Ottendörfer Kunsthalle Bielefeld installation view, photo: Philipp Ottendörfer Katrin Mayer, Screens (detail), 2014, installation view Kunsthalle Bielefeld Kunsthalle Bielefeld installation view, photo: Philipp Ottendörfer Kunsthalle Bielefeld installation view, photo: Philipp Ottendörfer Kunsthalle Bielefeld installation view, photo: Philipp Ottendörfer Katrin Mayer, Screens (detail), 2014, installation view Kunsthalle Bielefeld Kunsthalle Bielefeld installation view, photo: Philipp Ottendörfer Kunsthalle Bielefeld installation view, photo: Philipp Ottendörfer Kunsthalle Bielefeld installation view, photo: Philipp Ottendörfer Katrin Mayer, Screens (detail), 2014, installation view Kunsthalle Bielefeld