Picture credits: Alexandra Ivanciu, https://gfzk.de/en/2022/protect-me-from-what-i-want/

Meehye Lee: I Do What You Do What They Do

Ongoing exhibition

Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig

https://gfzk.de/en/2022/protect-me-from-what-i-want/#

„The influence of social media on our daily life and behaviour is enormous. Posts and feeds continuously convey news and produce a constant stream of (self-)representations. The struggle for attention is huge, accompanied by a growing compulsion to keep up with others and a fear of missing out (FOMO). Meehye Lee, based in South Korea, has been exploring the influence of social media on communication and consumer culture since the 2010s. […] Lee’s work demonstrates that the popularity of certain places is more related to the images taken there than to their uniqueness or history. Places that offer a hip selfie background quickly become “must-visit sites”, with the selfie providing evidence of the “perfect life”.“

Glamour Studio. Contemporary Photography from the BMW Donation

Ongoing exhibition until September 18

Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig

https://mdbk.de/en/exhibitions/glamour-studio-zeitgenoessische-kunst-aus-der-bmw-schenkung/

With Glamor Studio. Contemporary photography from the BMW donation, the MdbK is showing a selection of photographs by internationally renowned artists.

The commissioned works created in the late 1990s open up lines of discourse on topics that are important today, such as locomotion, production conditions, climate change, identity and freedom. They are artistic analyzes that illuminate the aura and myth of the automobile and mobility and at the same time, almost a quarter of a century after their creation, illustrate the social change.

Fragile splendour. Masterpieces of Porcelain Art.

Ongoing exhibition

Grassi Museum of applied Arts

https://www.grassimak.de/en/museum/special-exhibitions/fragile-splendour/

„Outstanding 18th- and 19th-century porcelains from our own collection are presented in this special exhibition. The most important manufactories are represented with both crockery and figurines—from the Baroque, Rococo, Classicism, and Biedermeier periods. The focus is on porcelain from the Thuringian manufactories of Gera, Gotha, Limbach, Kloster Veilsdorf, Volkstedt, and Wallendorf, as well as early porcelain from Meissen—the first manufactory of its kind in Europe. Significant donations from recent years complete the presentation.“