Gruppenausstellung – Beyond Wakefulness
The oneiric—understood as the visual expression of the dream world—has long served as a powerful and inexhaustible source of inspiration in art. This dimension is marked by the suspension of logic, the eruption of symbolic imagery, and the fusion of seemingly incompatible realities. Surrealism, the 20th-century artistic and literary movement, harnessed this dreamlike potential as a creative method, aiming to liberate images emerging from the unconscious without the interference of reason or conscious will. In this light, the dream ceased to be a passive experience and became fertile ground for aesthetic and symbolic exploration.
The artworks featured in this virtual exhibition revisit and renew that legacy through contemporary visual languages. Despite differences in style, technique, and tone, all of them share a visual poetics that moves fluidly between the real and the imaginary. These pieces dissolve the boundaries between body, Landschaft, and object—figures appear transformed, suspended, or integrated into contexts that defy spatial or narrative logic. This departure from rationality is not an escape but a quest: these are images that delve into internal landscapes, hidden drives, and altered states of perception.
Elements such as metamorphic figures, floating environments, unreal natures, and dreamlike atmospheres reinforce the connection to the unconscious. Each composition embraces symbolic meaning while allowing room for ambiguity and open interpretation. Dabei, the artworks not only echo the legacy of surrealism but also give it new meaning—not as a closed historical movement, but as a living attitude toward the image. They offer a vision that seeks to depict what escapes rational control and emerges from the depths of the psyche.
