From October 25, 2024 to April 13, 2025, my painting “Hügel II” can be seen alongside works by Hörner/Antlfinger, Max Liebermann, Neozoon and other artists in the exhibition “Crazy about Meat” at the Museum Brot und Kunst in Ulm.
“Meat polarises. It is by far the most emotional food we know. Many consider it to be primal and energising, deeply rooted in human history and culture as well as in individual biographies and lifestyles. Pleasure, celebration, status and power form a tightly woven fabric together with meat. And so the desire for meat is growing worldwide, while in Europe it is stagnating at a high level or declining only slightly.
But eating meat is not sensible. In the quantities consumed by the average German, it is not only a climate killer and resource guzzler, but also unhealthy. And the expectation that meat should be affordable for everyone several times a week has led to ever more “efficient”, i.e. ethically questionable, methods of animal husbandry.
Our exhibition examines why meat was taken for granted and viewed positively for so long, and how a slow change in values began in this country as the global view opened up. It discusses the conflicts inherent in meat and encourages visitors to adopt their own attitude. In doing so, it plays on two levels of experience: exploring a thematically structured tour and immersing oneself in artistic worlds.
The thematic tour looks at meat in cultural, social, political and ecological contexts, questions our relationship to animals and animal rights and considers whether lab-grown meat can be a solution.
The artistic approach ties in with the chapter topics, but also opens up new windows with sometimes personal, sometimes surprising associations and discussions.”
– Museum Brot und Kunst
Artists
Ute Bartel // Michael von Brentano // Pieter Breughel // Young-Hae Chang // Pascal Dreier // Paul Gong // Robert Häusser // Hörner/Antlfinger // Andrea Jäggi-Staudacher // Madame d’Ora // Hartmut Kiewert // Jochen Lempert // Max Liebermann // Peter Menzel // Neozoon // Dieter Roth // Chloé Rutzerveld // Kyoko Takemura // Marije Vogelzang // Silvia Wald // Henk Wildschut // Wu Gales
As well as statements by
Karen Duve // Arianna Ferrari // Olayinka Kareem // Amelie Michalke // Stefen Michel // Friederike Schmitz // Marcel Sebastian // Philipp Sontag
Curator
Dr. Isabel Greschat
Venue
Museum Bread and Art
Forum World Food
Salzstadelgasse 10
89073 Ulm
Vernissage
Thursday, October 24, 2024, 7 pm
Exhibition duration
October 25, 2024 until April 13, 2025
Opening hours
Mon: 10:00 – 15:00
Tue: 10:00 – 17:00
Wed: 10:00 – 19:00
Thu – Sun: 10:00 – 17:00
