Seeing Without Light

Exhibition

Berlin, DE
2023

Over the last two decades, Berlin-based artist Nadia Kaabi-Linke has been uncovering the traces of violence in our society. Her solo show at Hamburger Bahnhof features several works that relate directly to the city of Berlin.

Born to a Tunisian father and a Ukrainian mother, the artist has developed two new creations central to this presentation: Blindstrom for Kazimir and Bud‘mo. The works confront historical erasure and examine the role of censorship and violence in Central Europe‘s art and political history. In addition, the exhibition features two site-specific works, Platform 69 and Die Alte Mauer (The Old Wall), both of which respond to the history of the Hamburger Bahnhof and the architecture of the exhibition space.

Through her diverse artistic practice, Nadia Kaabi-Linke continues to shed light on a broad spectrum of injustices, both historical and contemporary, that significantly influence the conditions of our human existence. Her works serve as a powerful social and political commentary, making the exhibition a must-see for those interested in such discourse.

— Sam Bardaouil

Exhibition

Media
Survey exhibition with works from 2008 until 2023

Duration
07/09/2023 – 07/04/2024

Location
Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery for Contemporary Art, Berlin

Pdf
Online Documentation with audio content

Links
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Review by Camille Levy Sarfati, Speciwoman
Review by Ulrich Seidler, Berliner Zeitung
Review by Sophie Jung, taz

 

NKL, Seeing Without Light, Catalogue, 2023

Exhibition catalogue
The exhibition is documentated in a catalogue
available online or through the SMB webshop of
the (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).

See the link below.