event information:
“ZU FRÜH FÜR GEWISSHEIT”
New Perspectives
Featuring works by Tobias Degel, Trisha Kanellopoulos, Christine Loew, Tobi Olsen, and Brigitte Puschmann.
June 26 to July 23, 2026
There are exhibitions that exist to showcase their commonalities. This is not one of them. The artistic positions gathered here differ in almost every way: in their visual language, their materials, their art-historical references, and their strategies of perception. Yet, it is precisely for this reason that they form a remarkably precise portrait of the present. After all, our era is defined not by unity, but by simultaneity. Distinct realities, attitudes, and modes of perception exist side by side, overlapping and influencing one another to create a complex whole that defies simple description.
The works of Tobias Degel, Trisha Kanellopoulos, Christine Loew, Tobi Olsen, and Brigitte Puschmann exemplify this diversity. Each artistic stance possesses an unmistakable signature; at first glance, each seems clearly legible and rooted in a specific tradition. However, herein lies the temptation: to believe too quickly that we already understand what we are seeing.
Therefore, “Too Early for Certainty” focuses less on the works themselves and more on how we look at them. The exhibition suggests that initial orientation should not be confused with true insight. It invites us to look beyond the familiar categories of figuration and abstraction, gesture and system, material and sign, and to instead perceive the relationships that emerge between the works.
It is only in this interplay that the pieces unleash their true power—not because they tell the same story, but because together, they make visible just how multi-layered our reality has become. What initially appears to be a collection of individual positions condenses into a panorama of our time: contradictory, open, rich in references, and yet never fully graspable. Ultimately, the exhibition does not advocate for uncertainty, but for attentiveness. It calls for a willingness to suspend judgment and to accept the possibility that the world is larger than the terms we typically use to describe it.
Perhaps this is why the exhibition also speaks to our contemporary moment. Not because it illustrates current events, but because it shares an experience familiar to many today: the world feels simultaneously intimate and foreign, manageable and infinitely complex. The more we think we know, the clearer it becomes just how much is still in flux. The works in this exhibition respond to this not with explanations, but with presence and awareness. They serve as a reminder that reality is not a finished state, but something continuously assembling itself anew. In this lies their relevance—and perhaps, their hope.
Opening Hours:
Wednesday – Friday: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
