Art in the sign of the apocalypse: Beate Passow addresses Europe!

Art in the sign of the apocalypse: Beate Passow addresses Europe!

A powerful artistic statement will soon be unveiled in the museum district in Vienna: the exhibition "Beate Passow: Four Apocalyptic Riders" opens on February 24, 2025. Here the artist is putting the current political challenges of Europe at the center of her multimedia works. Wolfgang Ullrich describes the work of Passow as pressing and revealing by showing "in an oppressive manner" how authoritarian and right -wing populist currents endanger the freedom democracies in Europe. This topic is examined in more detail in the context of the upcoming discussion "Picture Politics - The Politics of Images", in which Passow itself and prominent experts such as Emil Brix, director of the Diplomatic Academy Vienna, will take part. The event takes place in the Eikon showroom in the museum district.

The exhibition runs until April 9, 2025 and not only offers an insight into Beate Passow's works, but also into the multi -layered relationships between pictures, society and politics. Here, visitors are given the opportunity to deal intensively with the influence of art on social and political issues. Against the background of political developments in the past three years, the opening speech begins on February 24 at 6:30 p.m. - a date that symbolically commemorates the military invasion of Russia in Ukraine. This profound discussion should not only be informative, but also to stimulate thought and offer a platform to discuss current challenges, as Collection-spallart.at reports.

This exhibition and the accompanying discussion are more important than ever, because they allow the role of art to reflect in a time in which social and political constellations come under pressure worldwide. The committed artistic examination of Passow is in the service of the Enlightenment and reminders, which becomes significant in the critical view of images and their influences on society.