Anna Laudel Contemporary will host their group exhibition “When Did We Stop Playing?” from Friday 16 December through Sunday 12 February. The exhibition is curated by Isabel Bernheimer and hosted in collaboration with Bernheimer Contemporary.
From the organizer:
Curated by Isabel Bernheimer, founder of Bernheimer Contemporary, the group show ‘When Did We Stop Playing?’ marks the first exhibition at Anna Laudel Contemporary’s new gallery space.
The multi-artist show features the work of artists including Peter Alasztics, Blue and Joy – Daniele Sigalot, Alexander Deubl, Swaantje Güntzel, Felix Höfner, Sebastian Klug, Jan Kuck, Milana Schoeller, Ludovic Thiriez and Johannes Vetter.
Through framing the question ‘When did we stop playing?’, the exhibition aims to explore the great, universal game of life in our shared, contemporary existence.
Isabel Bernheimer said “Sometimes we make the rules of this game, but most of the time we are being ruled by it. As we deem our lives to be more important and more serious, we begin to a sense of playfulness. Yet a life without joy is not worth living. That is why I felt it was time to ask ourselves, in all seriousness, when did we stop playing?”
Johan Huizinga defines play in his book Homo Ludens as the central activity in flourishing societies. According to him, games offer a fundamental mechanism through which to determine meaning in human life, and our cultural systems are raised out of this game. Inspired by Homo Ludens, When Did We Stop Playing? deals with the intriguing dichotomy of play being at once both genuine and joyful but always
responsible and suspenseful.
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For more information, be sure to visit the official exhibition page.
Tuesday – Saturday: 12:00 – 19:00 / Sunday: 12:00 – 18:00 / Closed Mondays
info@annalaudel.gallery
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