Candice Breitz
Hot Potato
1 MAI bis 27 JUN 2026
Opening – 1 MAI 2026, 18-21 Uhr
KOW’s storefront will serve as a vitrine for ‘Private Dancer,’ a live performance by Breitz:
1 MAI, 18-21 uhr
2 MAI, 11- 8 Uhr
3 MAI, 11-18 Uhr
Candice Breitz,
‘Code of Conduct (I Will Not Make Any More Political Art),’
courtesy of the artist and KOW, Berlin.
It’s been a long time since an artist was last swallowed whole by a bear in this city – twenty-two years, to be precise. That was, of course, a very different Berlin: one in which glass cages were still relatively transparent, one not yet shrouded in the fog of Staatsräson.
Once upon a time, bears roamed Berlin’s commons freely – despite being known, every now and again, to nibble on the hands of those who fed them. Bear traps were few and far between. A bear could bust its moves without fear of being pushed to the city outskirts as a threat to public safety. The sustenance of bears had yet to become contingent on dancing to the tune of their keepers.
KOW präsentiert „Hot Potato“, eine Einzelausstellung von Candice Breitz. Während in Deutschland und darüber hinaus die Rufe nach einer Entkopplung der Kunst von der Politik immer lauter werden, zeichnet die Ausstellung „Hot Potato“ die historisch belastete Beziehung zwischen Künstler*innen und den über ihnen stehenden Autoritäten nach – mittels einer Reihe von appropriativen Hommagen.
Nur für drei Tage, während des Gallery Weekend, dient das Schaufenster von KOW als Vitrine für „Private Dancer“, eine Live-Performance von Candice Breitz.
Private Dancer
