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"Faith, love, hope"

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Place: Mettingen

Category: Arts & Culture

Faith-Love-Hope Trilogy
The Draiflessen Collection deals with the concepts of faith, love and hope in three consecutive art exhibitions. With the exhibition trilogy, the Draiflessen Collection is dedicated to three central ideas of Christian virtue, which are illuminated in the respective exhibitions from the modern age to the present, in order to trace what faith, love, hope meant in this time and how relevant they are to this day. Although each exhibition deals with a separate topic, it nevertheless makes reference to subsequent or preceding concepts.

The first part of the exhibition trilogy is dedicated to the topic Faith. Longings, promises of consolation and promises for the future, but also fears, disappointments and doubts are also associated with him far beyond the religious significance. Based on the works of Anna Oppermann, Francis Alÿs, Angela Strassheim and other represented artists, references to and breaks with traditional models – be they of biblical, mystical or legendary origin – become visible. The condensed selection of works offers space for an intensive examination of the works themselves and for reflection on one's own beliefs.

The exhibition Love follows the first part "Faith" of the trilogy "Faith, Love, Hope" and approaches the concept of love. She does not describe love as a short-lived affect or passionate feeling, but as a form of (special) social relationships and bonds, as a quality feature of interpersonal relationships.

In the last part of its exhibition trilogy FAITH, LOVE, HOPE, the Draiflessen Collection is dedicated to the concept of hope as an openness to possibilities that are not (yet) available. Artistic positions from the 20th and 21st centuries make ambiguities and possible contradictions clear: is hope trusting that “everything will go well” or rather blind misbelief? Is it a strengthening drive or is it not even a paralysis?

Artists
Francis Alÿs, Michael Buthe, Rupprecht Geiger, Harald Klingelhöller, Anna Oppermann, Louis Soutter, Angela Strassheim, Paul Thek, Stephan Balkenhol, Carl Buchheister, Michael Buthe, Marc Chagall, Maria Lassnig, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max, Duane Michals , Tracey Moffatt, Anna Oppermann, Philippe Vandenberg, Lee Bul, Michal Buthe, Joseph Beuys, Sofia Hultén, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Duane Michals, Anna Oppermann, Philippe Vandenberg, and Fritz Winter

Curator: Dr. Barbara Segelken, Olessja Nein und Andrea Kambartel
Text: Draiflessen Collection
Photos: Henning Rogge