The Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein is presenting the first extensive museum exhibition of works by the Cologne based artist Matti Braun. His works enable the viewer to become immersed in atmospheric spaces characterised by an eminently clear and precise aesthetic.

With the exhibition title Kola, Matti Braun (b. 1968) takes us into the Arctic tundra, to the northern shores of the White Sea. On Russia's Kola peninsula, near the Norwegian and Finnish borders, unique rock formations have remained virtually unchanged for more than two and a half thousand million years. in 1970, the peninsula was therefore chosen as the site for the so-called Kola Superdeep Borehole. By 1994, it had been drilled to a depth of more than 12,000 metres, making it the deepest borehole in the world. At the same time, Kola is threatened by the environmental impact of radioactive waste, both from civilian power plants and from the spent fuel rods of Soviet nuclear submarines.

Both the motif and the title that introduce the exhibition sum up, in a nutshell, Matti Braun's artistic approach and his profound interest in atmospheric relationships. Each object, each material used points beyond itself, catching the attention of the viewer and enticing it into a web that is rich in associative imaginative spaces.

In his research, Braun includes historical, cultural, geographical and biographical contexts. Facts, memories, images and forms are woven into a complex mesh while at the same time allowing his work to be permeable. Braun is particularly interested in the paths taken by cultural exchange; he therefore interweaves heterogeneous historical and personal truths, opens and shifts standpoints, intermingles internal and external realities.

This exhibition is the first to provide insight into the development of his work to date and to outline the range of his multifaceted explorations. On show will be samples from all his work groups, ranging from smaller objects with a partly folkloric or ethnological aura, to extensive room installations, such as S.R., R.T., Ghor or Lota. The exhibition also contains conceptually related works taken from the collection of the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein.

The exhibition was conceived by the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein and curated by Christiane Meyer-Stoll.

More pictures to this exhibition

  • Matti Braun
    Exhibition view Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich © Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
  • Matti Braun
    Exhibition view Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich © Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
  • Matti Braun
    Exhibition view Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich © Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
  • Matti Braun
    Exhibition view Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich © Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
  • Matti Braun
    Exhibition view Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich © Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
  • Opening
  • Thu, 5.2.2009
    18.00
  • Guided tours
  • Thu, 19.2.2009
    18.00
  • Sun, 1.3.2009
    11.00
  • Thu, 2.4.2009
    18.00
  • Thu, 23.4.2009
    18.00
  • Thu 5.2.

    Opening

    Matti Braun. Kola
  • Sun 8.2.

    Reading

    Rabindranath Tagore
    Reading and speach with Martin Kämpchen, specialist in German studies, translator of texts by Rabindranath Tagore
  • Thu 12.2.

    Film

    Charulata (The Lonely Wife)
    by Satyajit Ray, India 1966, 114’ (English subtitles)
  • Tue 17.2.

    Introduction for Teachers

    Introduction for teachers
    "Matti Braun. Kola"
    with Christina Jacoby
  • Wed 18.2.

    Introduction for Teachers

    Introduction for teachers
    "Matti Braun. Kola"
    with Christina Jacoby
  • Thu 19.2.

    Guided tour

    Matti Braun. Kola
    with Christiane Meyer-Stoll, curator
  • Thu 26.2.

    Take Away

    Take Away to "Matti Braun. Kola"
    short guided tour during the lunch break
  • Thu 26.2.

    Lecture

    Vikram Sarabhai
    Speach by the artist Matti Braun
  • Sun 1.3.

    Guided tour

    Matti Braun. Kola
    with Sandra Frimmel
  • Sun 15.3.

    Families

    Family Sunday
    for children aged between 5 and 10 years and their (grand)parents, with Tonia Weibel
  • Thu 19.3.

    Film

    The film "Yol" and the story of the producer
    with Donat Keusch (Zürich), producer (at the TaKino in Schaan)
  • Thu 26.3.

    In cooperation with the Art Society

    Léopold S. Senghor: Stories between Germany, France and Senegal
    Speech by Jakob Vogel, professor for European history and European colonialism, University of Cologne
  • Thu 2.4.

    Guided tour

    Matti Braun. Kola
    with Christina Jacoby
  • Thu 23.4.

    Guided tour

    Matti Braun. Kola
    with Christiane Meyer-Stoll, curator
  • Sun 26.4.

    Families

    Family Sunday
    for children aged between 5 and 10 years and their (grand)parents, with Tonia Weibel