A warm invitation to join curators Günther Oberhollenzer and Miriam King for a guided tour of the exhibition DU SOLLST DIR EIN BILD MACHEN (You Shall Make for Yourself an Image)!

The exhibition DU SOLLST DIR EIN BILD MACHEN (YOU SHALL MAKE YOURSELF AN IMAGE) explores the imaginative power of religious experience, its visual counterpart in Christian iconography, and its interpretation by contemporary artists. The focus is on works whose creators approach Christian iconography with a critical but also loving, humorous but also feminist eye, enabling new perspectives on pictorial motifs that have been handed down over centuries. In its conception and orientation, the show does not stand for superficial provocation or loud protest, but rather for a differentiated view, a search for common ground, and an effort to promote a dialogue between contemporary art and religion.

Religion and art are both part of human nature and deal with fundamental questions about humanity: the question of meaning, the world, our existence. Religion makes the unfamiliar familiar, while art often contrasts the familiar world with the unfamiliar. Church and art are also connected by the irrational, the mysterious, and especially the imagination and the power to create a world with its own rules and laws—a world that also reflects back on our lives and tells us about our existence. A diversity of these worlds is made visible in DU SOLLST DIR EIN BILD MACHEN.

Registration required: FULLY BOOKED.

After the guided tour, the film screening GIRLS & GODS will take place at Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus starting at 6 pm, followed by a panel discussion on Feminism, Religion, and Contemporary Art. Please note: The film screening and panel discussion are not free of charge. Tickets are available at the evening box office of Stadtkino.

Panelists:

• Ina Loitzl, Artist

• Günther Oberhollenzer, Curator

• Pia Razenberger, Art Historian and Art Educator

• Verena Soltiz, Director of GIRLS & GODS

• Moderator: Miriam King