Berlin. From September 27, 2018 – March 3,
2019 the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin
presents a new multi-channel video installation of the winner of the
ninth Preis der Nationalgalerie Agnieszka Polska (born 1985 in Lublin,
lives and works in Berlin). Under the title “The Demon’s Brain” the
artist combines realistic film and animated sequences in her
especially for her solo exhibition produced work.
The Preis der Nationalgalerie is enabled by the Freunde der
Nationalgalerie and since twelve years supported by BMW to reward the
winner with a solo exhibition as well as an accompanying publication.
“The Demon’s Brain”
Agnieszka Polska visually-rich universe of works addresses the
state of the world today and our role and responsibility within it.
For her latest project Polska takes as her starting point a historical
correspondence from the fifteenth century between Mikołaj Serafin, the
official who governed the Polish salt mines, his workers, and a web of
creditors and debtors. In an unprecedented occurrence the mines were
leased to Serafin by the king and functioned as an early form of
capitalist entity within the feudal system.
Polska’s immersive sound and video installation presents the
story of the illiterate messenger delivering Serafin’s letters, who
one day becomes stranded in the forest. Here a sudden and unexpected
encounter offers the protagonist a hallucinatory vision that merges
the contemporary notions of unsustainable usage of raw materials and
information-based capital with Christian apocalyptic theology.
For more information and press photographs to download, see the
press area at our websites www.preisdernationalgalerie.de or www.smb.museum
The Preis der Nationalgalerie was enabled by the Freunde der
Nationalgalerie eighteen years ago. Since twelve years BMW supports
the Preis der Nationalgalerie as a long-term partner, as well as the
Förderpreis für Filmkunst in cooperation with the Deutsche Filmakademie.
Press Conference
11:00 am Tuesday September 25, 2018
The artist will be
present.
To attend the press conference, please send an email by
Monday, September 24, 2018 to: presse@freunde-der-nationalgalerie.de
Opening
8:00 pm Wednesday September 26, 2018
Opening Hours
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Thursday
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Saturday, Sunday 11:00 am – 6:00
pm
Mondays closed
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