The exhibition Du sollst dir ein Bild machen [You Shall Make for Yourself an Image] tells of the imaginative power of the religious experience, its visual counterpart in the tradition of Christian imagery, and how these are interpretated by contemporary artists. The exhibition’s focus is on works by artists who approach Christian iconography from critical, but also from loving, humorous, and feminist perspectives, thus enabling new, contemporary viewpoints of motifs that have been handed down across centuries. The concept and direction the exhibition takes does not seek to create superficial provocation or loud protest, choosing to take a more differentiated approach, searching for commonalities and striving to promote dialogue between contemporary art and religion.

Artists:

Marina Abramović, Irene Andessner, Sumi Anjuman, Anouk Lamm Anouk, Siegfried Anzinger, Teodora Axente, Ursula Beiler, Renate Bertlmann, Guillaume Bruère, Victoria Coeln, Aron Demetz, Leslie De Melo, Christian Eisenberger, Manfred Erjautz, Valie Export, Paul Sebastian Feichter, Paolo Gallerani, Philipp Haslbauer, Lois Hechenblaikner, Siggi Hofer, Martin Kippenberger, Julia Krahn, Evelyn Kreinecker, Lena Lapschina, Ina Loitzl, Sissa Micheli, Hermann Nitsch, Adrian Paci, Drago Persic, Margot Pilz, Arnulf Rainer, Johannes Rass, Bettina Rheims, Sylvie Riant, Thomas Riess, Marco Schmid, Deborah Sengl, Andres Serrano, Aljosa Smolic, Thomas Sterna, Esther Strauß, Billi Thanner, Timm Ulrichs, Markus Wilfling.