Fondazione Giuliani will host Blaue Nacht, a solo exhibition of Raphaela Simon. Known for her paintings of deceptively simple, non-distinct forms set against dark monochromatic backgrounds, Simon plays with the viewer’s desire to imbue abstract forms with meaning. Her paintings generate forms of palimpsests, with colours shining through the different layers, adding nuances to the compositions. For this exhibition, the artist will present artworks from the last couple of years, as well as new pieces produced specifically for the show. These works will include both her signature paintings on canvas, and a new corpus of sculptures.

Fondazione Giuliani

A catalogue, with German and English texts, has been published to accompany the exhibition Es liebt Dich und Deine Körperlichkeit ein Verwirrter, on view at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf from 10 December 2022 to 19 February 2023. In addition to an introduction by director Gregor Jansen and curator Alicia Holthausen, the catalogue features interviews with the artists, with questions from Questionnaire by Max Frisch (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag 1984).

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Raphaela Simon’s work will be presented alongside Carina Brandes and Florian Krewer in the trio-exhibition Es liebt Dich und Deine Körperlichkeit ein Verwirrter, at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. Questions of bodily self-determination and self-realisation dominate the respective oeuvres of the three artists, who were all born in the 1980s. Their work experiments with the body as an object of longing, freedom, and submission, and engages with corporeality with alternating closeness and distance. 

Es liebt Dich und Deine Körperlichkeit ein Verwirrter opens on 9 December 2022 and will remain on view until 19 February 2023. The exhibition is curated by Gregor Jansen and Alicia Holthausen. 

Kunsthalle Düsseldorf