CLAUDIA WIESER – THE AURATIC OBJECT
2024-04-01The exhibition title The Auratic Object can be read as a reference to Walter Benjamin and his famous essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, published in 1936, in which the author defines aura as “the unique apparition of a distance, however near it may be,” only to immediately diagnose its “decay” as a result of its technical reproducibility through photography and film. Benjamin predicted a “testing” distraction as a new form of art perception. In this sense, Claudia Wieser’s woven images can perhaps be understood as an invitation to test one’s own sensory perception: haptically and visually. They open up a space of immense temporality where past, present, and future intertwine.
Opposite – Installation view
Exhibition runs through to May 11th, 2024
Sies + Höke Galerie
Poststrasse 2+3
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany
