Devotion
With works by Monika Baer, Jonathan Horowitz, Pierre Klossowski, Stanislava Kovalčíková, Eric N., Mack, Paul P., Barbara Wesołowska and anonymous sculptures
11 MAR until 17 APR 2025
Opening – 7 MAR 2025, 6-9 pm
Installation view
Courtesy of the artist and Trautwein Herleth.
Taking both religious and secular expressions of devoutness, Devotion examines ritualized modes of engaging with images, texts and the body. The works included seek connections to – or highlight decouplings from – an era when the transmission of knowledge and imagery was far more cloistered than today.
Paul P.
Untitled, 2020
Oil on linen
35 x 27 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Trautwein Herleth.
Stanislava Koval íkováč
S alomes Oration (vandalised version), 2025
Pastel on felt verso-reverso
150 x 120 cm
S aint S ebastian, second half of the 15th century
Walnut
82 x 26 x 13 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Trautwein Herleth.
Can a parallel be drawn between the religious re-reading and rewatching your favorite film over and over on an old video tape? Does seeking out a passage in a spiritual text for guidance bear similarity to combing through decades of old magazines for something remembered from adolescence? Both are used as a means to understand who one is in the present and how one can go forward. The contemporary artworks included nevertheless demonstrate a wariness towards absolutes. Their devotions are less ritualized, less rote, encouraging plurality and reinterpretation.
Barbara Wesołowska
Water, 2025
Barbara Wesołowska
Water, 2025
Oil and shellac on linen
190 x 150 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Trautwein Herleth.
Jonathan Horowitz
Beyoncé, 2013
Jonathan Horowitz
Beyoncé, 2013
Silkscreen enamel on polished steel on aluminum
honeycomb panel
Silkscreen enamel on polished steel on aluminum
honeycomb panel
185.5 x 122 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Trautwein Herleth.
