12/06/2026
One more month to see our current exhibition:
VERFÜHRUNG & WIDERSTAND. STRATEGIEN DES ÜBERLEBENS.
SEDUCTION & RESISTANCE. STRATEGIES OF SURVIVAL. Until July 10, 2026 💚
With works by Fatma Abdulhadi (SAU), Thomas Hitchcock (AT) & Mary-Audrey Ramirez (LUX, Artist in Residence)
Curated by Irmi Horn
Opening remarks by City Councillor Dr.in Claudia Unger & Dr.in Tanja Gurke (Grazer Kunstverein)
The exhibition brings together international positions spanning photography, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and installation, exploring the tension between attraction and resistance as fundamental strategies of life.
For centuries, the rose has been regarded as a symbol of beauty and, at the same time, seduction. Its colour, form, and fragrance appeal to the senses and attract. Yet it also sets boundaries: thorns protect it from predators and careless touch. Within it, a fundamental principle emerges that extends far beyond the rose itself. Seduction is countered by resistance. Resistance, too, is a recurring motif in art: as an act of conscience, doubt, or open opposition. It can manifest quietly or loudly, individually or collectively, symbolically or concretely. Seduction and resistance, desire and boundary, proximity and distance are not merely cultural or political phenomena — they are deeply embedded in the very mechanisms of life itself.
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