Exhibitions
Throughout the year, exhibitions at the Schafhof present international and local positions in contemporary art. The spectrum includes all forms of visual arts, such as painting, video art, sculpture, photography, drawing, conceptual art, and installation. Group exhibitions with international and German artists, solo exhibitions with renowned artists and presentations of works by younger or regionally based artists take place in alternation. Applications are welcome.
Annual themes serve as common threads throughout the exhibition program, and facilitate an engagement with the exhibited works through a range of perspectives. A thematic emphasis also fosters a better understanding of art and a more enjoyable viewing experience. Certain themes emphasize formal aspects (for example, Color in 2013, Structure in 2015, and Sound in 2017), while others focus on specific concepts (for example Illusion in 2014, Identity in 2016, and Art and Science in 2019).
The Schafhof features a gallery on the ground floor and a large exhibition hall on the first floor, with a total exhibition space encompassing almost 450 square meters. The barrel vault ceiling and its unusual shape offer an atmosphere unique to the region and beyond.
Current and upcoming exhibitions
Ich liebe dich, ich hasse dich (I love you, I hate you)
Date :
15.12.2018 until 10.02.2019
Dates
15. December 2018 - 10. February 2019: Exhibition
in the framework of the topic of the year: Emotion
opening hours: Tu ‒ Sa 2‒7 pm, Su + holidays 10 am‒7 pm
The exhibition spaces and the café are accessible to the disabled.
14. December, friday 7:00 pm: Exhibition opening
Shuttle bus from Freising Station to the House of Art: 6.30-7 pm; return: 8.50 pm
About the exhibition
Munich-based artist Stefanie Unruh combines various techniques and methods such as drawing, drawing on video, photography, objects, and installation in her artistic works. Drawing serves as the point of departure for many of her works, which she has expanded to include installations and, since 2002, the medium of video. While her earlier work developed out of stringent conceptual methods, she now employs a variety of approaches and incorporates narrative aspects and associative spaces. Her projects, some of which she develops over periods of several years, are based on extensive research on site, on the Internet, and in print media. She works with the traces and memories of places, with political events, as well as with everyday situations and her own sensibilities. Her examination of daily life and its specific myths emerges out her self-image as an individual living in a society that is also deeply shaped by time- and media-based phenomena. Stefanie Unruh analyzes everyday realities and employs artistic means to reflect on social realities, which she at times distorts and transforms into surreal worlds. A subtle irony runs consistently throughout her work.
