News (2013)
News (2013)
9 June – 18 June 2013
Opening: Wednesday 12 June, 4.00 pm, ‘
’ in the Lecture Theatre Centre (A 14), Uhlhornsweg 86, 26129 Oldenburg
Art students from the University of Oldenburg are presenting their artistic works on the theme of ‘News’ as part of an exhibition. The exhibition features drawings, paintings, objects, photography and mixed media. The works were created during the 2012/13 winter semester at the Institute of Art and Visual Culture as part of a practical course led by lecturer Natascha Kaßner.
The students made a selection of news stories from political and cultural events in order to reflect on them artistically. They considered not only the events themselves, but also the media through which they are conveyed, including images, newspapers and their layout systems. The resulting works are diverse and highly individual. Alongside papier-mâché figures of the former *Zeit* editor Countess von Dönhoff and the US talk show host Oprah Winfrey, there are paintings on the Arab Spring and an installation on the Middle East conflict. Photomontages take aim at the current fashion press, whilst a photo series, in light of the decline of the print newspaper, documents various ways in which newspapers can be repurposed. Delicate photographic objects shed light on the NSU’s series of assassinations, whilst a series of images soberly analyses the type areas of newspaper pages.
But there are also works that seek a connection to the private and the physical; for instance, one photographic series interprets the skin as the body’s text, whilst another pictorially reconstructs a family history.
Participants: Janina Bergmann, Lydia Dirks, Jantje Sara Groeneveld, Svenja Hincke, Tajana Konradi, Eva Johanna Maibaum, Susanne Meyer, Lena Plescher, Julia Uhlig, Tamai Annika Woetzel, Undine Josephine Ricarda van Elsberg
The works are on display in Lecture Theatre Building A14 on Uhlhornsweg from 8 to 19 June. A guided tour of the exhibition led by students will take place on 12 June at 4 pm.
