Jan Tappe
Curator’s Tour

In a tour, curator Jan Tappe will give an in-depth insight into Verdet Bath by Caroline Mesquita and The Feast by Leon Höllhumer. Inviting visitors to join in conversation, Jan Tappe will explore complementary links between the two artists, who both work primarily with sculpture and film and are concerned with scenic storytelling. Both exhibitions develop from individual works placed in relation to each other, creating narratives that go beyond simple story-telling.

Less interested in portraying individuals than in whole communities, Caroline Mesquita’s installations explore how certain situations and experiences of social interaction can be created. While Mesquita uses the idea of a public swimming pool to transform her copper and brass figures into a hidden object-like scene, in Höllhumer’s work a sequence of stories unfolds from several (video) installations that functions similarly to an episodic film. Juxtaposing morbid imagery with more pleasant scenes, Höllhumer’s works come together in an installative parcours to form an ambivalent overall picture. Although the two exhibitions could not be more different in terms of content, production and tone, both are highly immersive by design, and share more in their methods for captivating a viewer than one might assume at first glance.