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until 01.11. | #4763ARTatBerlin | ZWINGER Galerie shows from Saturday, 6 September 2025 (Opening: 05.09.) the exhibition “nähen nähen nähen” by the artist Käthe Kruse.
Käthe Kruse does not draw—she sews. In a focused, time-intensive process, the artist places stitch next to stitch with the sewing machine, densely layered from top to bottom. Her sewn drawings, known among others from 48 Farben (2021–22), unfold a diagrammatic linearity reminiscent of script or musical score.
For the new series presented at ZWINGER Galerie, photocopies of memory photographs from Pompeii serve as the starting material. Dense overlays of polyester thread shift and veil the motifs—as if seen behind a curtain.
Central to Kruse’s practice are a calculated susceptibility to error and irregularity and her insistence on hand production. In this exhibition, production becomes performance: on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 2:00–6:00 pm, the artist sews in the gallery—a permanent gesture between making and performing.
Production becomes exhibition: during opening hours, the artist sews at the machine—a permanent performance.
Opening: Friday, 5 September 2025, 6:00–9:00 pm
Exhibition dates: Saturday, 6 September – Saturday, 1 November 2025
Performance:Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 2:00–6:00 pm – “Käthe Kruse sews”
To the Gallery
Image caption title: © Käthe Kruse / Courtesy ZWINGER Galerie
Exhibition Käthe Kruse – ZWINGER Galerie | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen Berlin Galerien | ART at Berlin
