Klara Lidén – Kunstwerke

Kunstwerke is the first comprehensive survey exhibition and also the first institutional solo exhibition by Klara Lidén (* 1979, SE) in Berlin. Lidén has lived in the city since the 2000s and has established herself as a formative voice that examines power relations, the interplay of interior and exterior spaces, and forms of civil disobedience. The artistic practice is closely related to the architecture and infrastructure of the cities in which Lidén has lived - Berlin, New York and Stockholm - and draws on materials from urban space.

The exhibition spans three floors of KW and brings together key works from the early 2000s to the present day, including performances, sculptures, spatial interventions and video works. The works of art illustrate how Lidén repeatedly puts the rules that determine buildings, streets and markings of public space to the test - often using his own body. This reveals how such structures shape action and how environments characterized by control and exclusion can be reclaimed through subtle appropriation.

The exhibition is accompanied by the artist's most comprehensive monograph to date, published by Distanz Verlag in collaboration with Kunsthalle Zürich and MoMA PS1.

Curator: Emma Enderby
Assistant curator: Lara Scherrieble

Supported by the Capital Cultural Fund