(Un)readable
Word-Images and Writing-Drawings from the Collections of the BLMK and the Muzeum Sztuki Łódź
05/07—13/09/26
Jan Bajtlik, Johanna Bartl, Barbara und Gerd Baumann, Marc Berger, Wolfgang E. Biedermann, Helmut Brade, Micha Brendel, Richard Burkart, Claudia Busching, Manfred Butzmann, Andrzej Cisowski, Carlfriedrich Claus, Jutta Damm-Fiedler, Frank Diersch, Andrzej Dudek-Dürer, Andrea Engelmann, Günther Friedrich, Michael Geyersbach, Hermann Glöckner, Ruthann Godollei, Wasja Götze, Dieter Goltzsche, Pola Grotrian-Steinweg, Erhard Grüttner, Jianging He, Joachim Heuer, Fons Matthias Hickmann, Heinz Hiltbrunner, Joseph W. Huber, Elżbieta Jabłońska, Joachim Jansong, Jürgen Jentzsch, Jürgen Meyer Jurkowski, Renata Kaminska, Günther Kieser, Ingo Kirchner, Janina Kraupe-Świderska, Andreas Küchler, Wilhelm Lachnit, Yvan Le Bozec, Stefan Lenke, Sven Lindhorst-Emme, Uwe Loesch, Pierre Mendell, Piotr Młodożeniec, Otto Niemeyer-Holstein, Ola Niepsuj, Andrzej Partum, Ewa Partum, Włodzimierz Pawlak, Wolfgang Petrovsky, Robert Rehfeldt, Hubert Riedel, Lukas Rösener, Jerzy Rosołowicz, Eckehart Ruthenberg, Jadwiga Sawicka, Gil Schlesinger, Friedrich Stachat, Antoni Starczewski, Henryk Stażewski, Erika Stürmer-Alex, Jan Tarasin, Hans Ticha, Chiara Toteda, Timm Ulrichs, Frank Voigt, Zbigniew Warpechowski, Christiane Wartenberg, Anna Werkmeister, Karla Woisnitza, Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt, Gert Wunderlich, ZWÖLF
The theme of text within the image plays a significant role in contemporary visual art. Artists incorporate writing into images or paint text, employing a highly diverse range of forms. Written elements may appear as clearly recognizable letters or legible words, or they may challenge the informational value of language through cryptic symbols, illegible scribbles, and fragmented lettering. These developments have unfolded internationally and can be observed alike in German and Polish contemporary art and poster design. This group exhibition places works from the collections of the BLMK and the Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi in comparative dialogue, highlighting aesthetic parallels between the two neighboring countries.