Artists: Bady Dalloul, Flint Jamison, Lia Perjovschi, Lorenza Longhi, Ramaya Tegegne, Rindon Johnson
Exhibition title: The Equality of Possibility
Venue: Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Date: November 13, 2021 – March 20, 2022
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Kunstverein Bielefeld
The Kunstverein Bielefeld is delighted to present the group exhibition The Equality of Possibility, featuring the work of Bady Dalloul, Flint Jamison, Lia Perjovschi, Lorenza Longhi, Ramaya Tegegne, and Rindon Johnson. The exhibition frames questions of political equality in terms of aesthetic thought. It takes equality not to be a given, but rather a preconditioning act, one which does not refer to individual capacities, whether natural or socially or culturally acquired. Going back to the early Kunstvereine (art associations) of the nineteenth century, we find that they too followed the ideal of making art public and thus accessible to everyone. In the present day, questioning our own structures of representation – and the associated conditions of accessibility – remains a highly relevant task.
The exhibition is based on a number of questions, which we cordially invite you to reflect on with us. How can we conceive of different forms of equality from the perspective of art? In what ways can we critically question the prevailing mechanisms of the art field? What does this specifically mean for artistic production in today’s circumstances? What role do spectators have in all of this?
The Equality of Possibility features an extensive program of accompanying events, including artists’ talks, lectures, and workshops held in cooperation with Bielefeld University and the Bethel Theater Workshop. We also offer inclusive tours particularly aimed at people with visual impairments.
Lorenza Longhi, Caretaker(s), 2021, Courtesy the artist, Fanta-MLN, Milan, and Weiss Falk, Basel Panoramic Couch 1, 2021. Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT Kunstverein Bielefeld 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Lorenza Longhi, Caretaker(s), 2021, Courtesy the artist, Fanta-MLN, Milan, and Weiss Falk, Basel. Panoramic Couch 1, 2021, Panoramic Couch 2, 2021. Courtesy the artist, Fanta-MLN, Milan, Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Lorenza Longhi, Panoramic Couch 2, 2021, Courtesy the artist, Fanta-MLN, Milan, Flint Jamison, Opportunity Zone, 2019, Courtesy the artist and Air de Paris, Romainville. Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT Kunstverein Bielefeld 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Flint Jamison, Opportunity Zone, 2019, Courtesy the artist and Air de Paris, Romainville, Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld 2021, Photo: Fred Dott, 2021
Flint Jamison, Opportunity Zone, 2019, Courtesy the artist and Air de Paris, Romainville, Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Lorenza Longhi, Caretaker(s), 2021, Courtesy the artist, Fanta-MLN, Milan, and Weiss Falk, Basel, Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Bady Dalloul, Ordonator, 2019, Badland, 1999 – 2004, Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld 2021, Photo: Fred Dott, 2021
Bady Dalloul, Ordonator, 2019, Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld 2021, Photo: Fred Dott, 2021
Rindon Johnson, One long jointed board. There aren’t even even snakes in your country. Form into a closed one to gain rigidity. Mate the dam together, suitability or unsutability, an outline, I’ll sleep soundly and I haven’t given any thoguht to what I’ll do the day after that., 2021. Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Rindon Johnson, One long jointed board. There aren’t even even snakes in your country. Form into a closed one to gain rigidity. Mate the dam together, suitability or unsutability, an outline, I’ll sleep soundly and I haven’t given any thoguht to what I’ll do the day after that., 2021. Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld 2021
Photo: Fred Dott
Rindon Johnson, One long jointed board. There aren’t even even snakes in your country. Form into a closed one to gain rigidity. Mate the dam together, suitability or unsutability, an outline, I’ll sleep soundly and I haven’t given any thoguht to what I’ll do the day after that., 2021. Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Rindon Johnson, One long jointed board. There aren’t even even snakes in your country. Form into a closed one to gain rigidity. Mate the dam together, suitability or unsutability, an outline, I’ll sleep soundly and I haven’t given any thoguht to what I’ll do the day after that., 2021. Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Lorenza Longhi, Caretaker(s), 2021, Courtesy the artist, Fanta-MLN, Milan, and Weiss Falk, Basel. Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Lia Perjovschi, general culture timeline (from the fire discovery until today), 1997 – forlaufend/ongoing subjective art history (from modernism until today), 1990 – 2004, 2004 – today details, 2021, Global Warming survival kit, 2021. Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Lia Perjovschi, general culture timeline (from the fire discovery until today), 1997 – ongoing, subjective art history (from modernism until today), 1990 – 2004, 2004 – today details, 2021. Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Lia Perjovschi, general culture timeline (from the fire discovery until today), 1997 – ongoing, subjective art history (from modernism until today), 1990 – 2004, 2004 – today details, 2021. Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Lia Perjovschi, Global Warming survival kit, 2021. Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld, 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Ramaya Tegegne, Framer Framed, 2021, Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Ramaya Tegegne, Framer Framed, 2021, Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
Ramaya Tegegne, Framer Framed, 2021, Exhibition view DIE GLEICHHEIT DER MÖGLICHKEIT, Kunstverein Bielefeld 2021, Photo: Fred Dott
