For Gallery Weekend 2022, Galerie Guido W. Baudach is presenting its fourth solo exhibition with works by Jürgen Klauke. Klauke is one of the most renowned artists in Germany.
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..Klauke’s staged photographs from this period predominantly feature images of the artist as a spectacularly costumed, androgynous, and/or deformed figure...
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..Klauke’s provocative photographs are characterized by a critical examination of socially defined behavioral patterns and gender norms, using the body as an integral means of expression...
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..Complementing this, Klauke also installs two linguistic spaces and an environment with seven plasma screens, revealing another impressive aspect of the media artist’s extensive oeuvre...
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..Jürgen Klauke’s intermedia approach to art does not emphasise the moment of integration, but that of friction, of being caught in the middle, and represents a singluar position in contemporary art...
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