Simon Wachsmuth’s solo exhibition Evil Spirits – Measures for Revitalization at Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz (28/02/2025)


The exhibition takes as its inspiration Bertolt Brecht’s legendary play “Mother Courage and Her Children”, one of the most famous anti-war dramas of the 20th century. Wachsmuth’s works reflect the impact of violence and war on people. Violence and power are also issues addressed in the work entitled Saligia, a cluster of cast bronze human arms symbolising the seven deadly sins – Saligia is an acronym formed from the initial letters of the Latin terms for these sins.
 

Wachsmuth adopts and alienates theatrical forms in order to determine, in the Brechtian sense, how historical narratives can be deconstructed and how their as yet untapped potential for resistance to authoritarian conditions can be unlocked. To this end, he makes use of chassis, puppets and hand gestures, not forgetting an evil spirit that also has a hand in the proceedings. Curated by Brigitte Reutner-Doneus, the exhibition will run from February 28  to May 18, 2025 at Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria.  


Image: Simon Wachsmuth, O´Crudele Spectaculum!, 2018; Carriage, iron balls, leg prosthesis, 279 x 263 x 156 cm. Photo by CHROMA

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