Based on the Agfa advertising archive in the Museum Ludwig, Pauline Hafsia M’barek examines the materials that make up photography, and the chemical processes behind it. The artist draws attention to the medium as a sensitive object, which requires protection against light, warmth and voracious insects. In space-consuming installations she weaves together historical photographs, toxic documents, microscopic examinations and material experiments. In doing so she steers the gaze onto the fragile balance between conservation and decay as well as the constant interchange between image and museum surroundings.
Artists
Pauline Hafsia M’barek
Veranstaltungsort
Museum LudwigHeinrich-Böll-Platz
50667 Köln
Dom / Hbf:
Linie: 5, 14, 16, 18
Bus: 172
Breslauer Platz:
Linie: 14, 16, 18
Bus: 124, 132, 133, 171
Dauer und Eintritt
17.05. – 09.11.202512,00 €, reduced 7,50 €
Vernissage und
Special Events
16.05.2025
19:00 Uhr
20.05.2025
18:00 Uhr
Museum Ludwig, Auditorium
Pauline Hafsia M’barek, Lotte Arndt and Barbara Engelbach in conversation. In the series KunstBewusst of Freunde des Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Museum Ludwig
(German)
25.05.2025
15:00 Uhr
Public guided tour through the exhibition
(German)
08.06.2025
15:00 Uhr
Public guided tour through the exhibition
(German)
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1st Thu of the month 10 a.m.–10 p.m.
Mon closed (except holidays)
