Böhler & Orendt
The Sweet Certainty
26 May - 14 Aug 2023
Böhler & Orendt, Give us, Dear, 2013 © Böhler & Orendt, 2013/2023, Collection of Neues Museum Nürnberg in cooperation with Elke Antonia Schloter and Volker Koch
Böhler & Orendt, Incantation, Drawing from the series: The Spirit of the B·U·D or The Sweet Certainty of Deliverance from the Darkness that Surrounds Us, 2021 © Böhler & Orendt, 2022, Photo: Gerhard Haug, Böhler & Orendt 2021
Böhler & Orendt, Assembly, Drawing from the series: The Spirit of the B·U·D or The Sweet Certainty of Deliverance from the Darkness that Surrounds Us, 2021 © Böhler & Orendt, 2022, Photo: Gerhard Haug, Böhler & Orendt 2021
Böhler & Orendt, B.U.D. – A Treatise on the sweet Certainty of Deliverance from the Darkness that surrounds Us, 2020/2023 © Böhler & Orendt, Photo: Annette Kradisch, 2020
The story of our furless species on Planet Earth is told here in two playful installations that fill the exhibition space. Matthias Böhler (*1981 Aachen) and Christian Orendt (*1980 Sighișoara, Romania) formed their artistic duo in 2008. In this exhibition a huge monkey-like creature serves as a multiple source of “raw materials” for busy squads of workers. At the heart of the second installation a spaceship resembling a lotus bud invites visitors to come inside and explore.