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Shedding Light(s) –

A view into the Collection #11

A brightly lit screen stands under an open night sky. Its light makes a deserted area in front of it visible. Below the screen, the scaffolding is hidden by bushes. The sky is criss-crossed by white threads of light.
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Union City Drive-In, Union City, 1993 This work is part of the series Theaters that includes more than 100 photos of American movie theaters and was taken between 1978 and 1995. Kunsthalle Bielefeld

Art A to Z

Press material

How does light influence our perception of space and time? What artistic, philosophical and social meanings can it have? And how is our approach to light changing as a result of digital technologies?

Light makes things visible, creates atmosphere and shapes how we perceive spaces and forms. Its role in art has changed considerably over the centuries. Shedding Light(s) shows how artists use light as a creative force, as a symbol and as a visible theme.

Light appears in the collection presentation in different ways: as a medium, as a motif, as a metaphor.

As a medium, it becomes the material of art itself – in projections, reflections or luminous bodies, light becomes a spatial experience and is transformed into energy, movement and perception. As a metaphor, it stands for knowledge, spirituality or hope, but also for power and transience. Finally, light becomes the subject of depiction as a motif. In painting, photography and graphic art, artists explore how light can be captured, bouned or staged – between fleeting appearance and permanent form.

The collection presentation is presented in the context of the exhibition All light. Light and Space yesterday and today shown.

Highlights

We invite you to the opening of our new exhibitions!

The program begins at 18:30 with a welcome by our director Christina Végh and introductory words by the curators Laura Rehme and Benedikt Fahrnschon.

Afterwards, the exhibitions on the upper floors All light. Light and Space yesterday and today’ ‘Shedding Light(s) – A view into the collection #11’

In the foyer you can also expect Gender – Domination – Visuality. Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological view’.

We look forward to celebrating this evening with you and ending it together at Café Gemach Manhattan.

Nine works of art to touch! – Virtual reality meets art museum Come along and experience together how small paintings fill entire rooms, how a landscape breaks the frame and how sounds change the effect of pictures. Try out with us how VR creates a new way to experience art.
VR headset use for ages 10 and up.

We designed the current version of our virtual art gallery together with pupils from a year 10 class at the Hans Ehrenberg School.
More information on the entire Virtual Kunsthalle project

Tickets

The Bielefeld artist Herbert Pörtner gives exclusive insights into his artistic practice in his studio. In his work, Pörtner experiments with light and movement to create kinetic objects that slowly change their shapes and colors. The studio visit provides a direct insight into the creation processes and working methods of Pörtner’s light and movement objects.

It is necessary to buy a ticket in advance. Tickets are available at the museum box office and in the online store. The meeting point on the day of the event is at the artist’s studio at Wertherstraße 32, 33615 Bielefeld.

 

 

Welcome to Bielefeld!
Welcome to the Kunsthalle!
The Open House sees itself as a safe space for all people who have had to experience flight. You can take part in free creative workshops in the painting room once a month.

Nine works of art to touch! – Virtual reality meets art museum Come along and experience together how small paintings fill entire rooms, how a landscape breaks the frame and how sounds change the effect of pictures. Try out with us how VR creates a new way to experience art.
VR headset use for ages 10 and up.

We designed the current version of our virtual art gallery together with pupils from a year 10 class at the Hans Ehrenberg School.
More information on the entire Virtual Kunsthalle project

Tickets

Light is a symbol of the divine, of hope, knowledge or transcendence. Art has also taken up this motif time and again – from the luminous gold background of medieval icons to the immaterial spatial experiences of the art of the Light and Space Movement. Spirituality is therefore a central theme.
Together with Pastor Lars Hofnagel and the curators Laura Rehme and Benedikt Fahrnschon, we will walk through the exhibition “Alles Licht” and discover how spiritual dimensions unfold in the works.

Electronic sounds in the middle of the exhibition with “Nummer zu Platz”.

With the Sound Collection, Kunsthalle Bielefeld and Volksbank Bielefeld-Gütersloh invite you to an evening at the museum unlike any other. Listen to the electronic sounds of the Utopia 615 crew from Nr. z. P., stroll through the exhibitions and spend a relaxed time surrounded by art.

The museum closes at 21:00, but the event will continue until 24:00 in Café Gemach Manhatten.

In cooperation with: Volksbank Bielefeld-Gütersloh eG, Volksbank Lobby, No. z. P.

Welcome to Bielefeld!
Welcome to the Kunsthalle!
The Open House sees itself as a safe space for all people who have had to experience flight. You can take part in free creative workshops in the painting room once a month.

Tickets

What is the nature of light? What are the differences between the various colors, and is it possible to “hear” light?

In this generally understandable lecture, almost without physical formulas, cosmologist Matthias Schmidt-Rubart (University of Bielefeld) introduces his audience to the fascinating world of light physics. He explains what physics understands by light, why astronomers often work with the wrong colors and what special applications a blue laser can have.

Welcome to Bielefeld!
Welcome to the Kunsthalle!
The Open House sees itself as a safe space for all people who have had to experience flight. You can take part in free creative workshops in the painting room once a month.

Nine works of art to touch! – Virtual reality meets art museum Come along and experience together how small paintings fill entire rooms, how a landscape breaks the frame and how sounds change the effect of pictures. Try out with us how VR creates a new way to experience art.
VR headset use for ages 10 and up.

We designed the current version of our virtual art gallery together with pupils from a year 10 class at the Hans Ehrenberg School.
More information on the entire Virtual Kunsthalle project

Calender

Events

We invite you to the opening of our new exhibitions!

The program begins at 18:30 with a welcome by our director Christina Végh and introductory words by the curators Laura Rehme and Benedikt Fahrnschon.

Afterwards, the exhibitions on the upper floors All light. Light and Space yesterday and today’ ‘Shedding Light(s) – A view into the collection #11’

In the foyer you can also expect Gender – Domination – Visuality. Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological view’.

We look forward to celebrating this evening with you and ending it together at Café Gemach Manhattan.

Try artistic techniques for yourself!
Without registration, for adults, teenagers and children with accompaniment.

Tickets

See, marvel and create together! This event invites children and adults to not only look at art, but to discover it together. After a short introduction to the exhibition, the whole group goes to the studio for a creative activity. Whether with paints, paper, pencils or other materials – you work as a family or side by side, try things out and create your own works that are just as different and lively as you are.
Finally, we invite you to come together again over coffee, juice and something sweet: to watch, talk, listen and let the experience sink in. No previous experience is necessary and there are no age restrictions.

Participation is only possible if a ticket for the event has been purchased in advance.
Tickets can be purchased until 15:00 on the last Thursday before the event in the online store or at the museum ticket office.

Nine works of art to touch! – Virtual reality meets art museum Come along and experience together how small paintings fill entire rooms, how a landscape breaks the frame and how sounds change the effect of pictures. Try out with us how VR creates a new way to experience art.
VR headset use for ages 10 and up.

We designed the current version of our virtual art gallery together with pupils from a year 10 class at the Hans Ehrenberg School.
More information on the entire Virtual Kunsthalle project

This information event is aimed at teachers from daycare centers and schools. We will look at how you can utilize a visit to the Art Gallery for your classroom.

KB Journal

Artist interview with Lars Rosenbohm

A slim man, about 50 years old, wearing a brown T-shirt and blue jeans, leaning against the frame of a room door. He is wearing horn-rimmed glasses with thin brown frames. In the background are stretcher frames and paintings wrapped in bubble wrap.

The Bielefeld artist Lars Rosenbohm explores the human condition in his haunting, sometimes disturbing depictions and reflects experiences of our time. Questions for the artist about his work from curator Felicitas von Richthofen.

A slim man, about 50 years old, wearing a brown T-shirt and blue jeans, leaning against the frame of a room door. He is wearing horn-rimmed glasses with thin brown frames. In the background are stretcher frames and paintings wrapped in bubble wrap.

Thomas Handke: What does the Kunsthalle Bielefeld sound like?
Cooperation with the HSBI 2022/23

Yana Wernicke: From quarry to art gallery – the red Main sandstone
Cooperation with the HSBI 2022/23

Rising red sandstone in the quarry with traces of cut stones.
Rising red sandstone in the quarry with traces of cut stones.

Vincent Hölscher: Engine room
Cooperation with the HSBI 2022/23

Galvanised pipework, partly at right angles.
Galvanised pipework, partly at right angles.

Running right now

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All light

Light and Space yesterday and today
Black and white photo of a street. We are looking at a wall of houses with stores. Women are crossing the street beneath the large lettering. Two of them are completely covered in white fabric, apart from their eyes.

Gender – Domination – Visuality

Pierre Bourdieu's sociological view
A scaffolding-like construction with metal struts and wooden planks, forming a two-storey element. On the outside, several large and small paintings, some made of fabric.

Duane Linklater. Cache