Nadja Abt

Obsession

24 September – 3 December 2023

In her first institutional solo exhibition Nadja Abt critically examines obsessions — the way they are still often considered an almost pathological prerequisite for creating art, and the way they are profitably marketed. Through painting, text, objects and a dance performance she reflects on the conditions of art-making: on the conscious experience, construction and description of creative processes and the genesis of thoughts as an artist, as well as their transfer into a form of feminist-autofictional narration.

For the exhibition Obsession Abt has created three new groups of works in which she reveals her passion for literature, film, advertisement graphics, consumption and the works of other artists. She transforms painting and diary texts into collages, comments on them, reworks and alienates them. It is a process of self-editing in which fiction ultimately outgrows and challenges real life experiences.

Nadja Abt (*1984, lives in Berlin) studied literature, art history and fine art in Berlin and Buenos Aires. Her works have been part of international exhibitions at the HKW Berlin, Casa Triângulo São Paulo, Kunsthalle Freeport Porto and Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin.

curated by Rebekka Seubert

Artistic Director: Rebekka Seubert
Assistant Curator: Linda Schröer
Members of Staff: Steven Natusch und Katja Mudraya

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