until 19.07. | #4319ARTatBerlin | alexander levy shows from 14. June 2024 the exhibition KONTROLLE by the artist Moritz Stumm and Stefan Neuberger.
What does the exploitation of animals by the police in order to wield their monopoly of violence at the beginning of the 21st century tell us about man’s claim to power over nature and the state over its citizens? What parallels can be drawn to human nature, our desires and instincts?
The series KONTROLLE addresses the power structure between animals, state power and, implicitly, citizens – in the form of stylised images of training sessions of police service horses and dogs. The focus of the works is on the animals, which calmy, agressively and even at times playfully obey commands. The composition is reminiscent of the iconography of authority of equestrian statues and raises the question of the staging of state power in the present day.
Vernissage: Friday, 14. June 2024, 6 – 9 pm
Exhibition period: Friday, 14. June – Friday, 19 July 2024
To the Gallery
Image caption: courtesy of the artists and alexander levy
Exhibition Moritz Stumm + Stefan Neuberger – Galerie alexander levy | Contemporary Art – Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin – Exhibition Berlin Galleries – ART at Berlin