Out of the Display Case: Kerstin Flake

In Flake’s photo series, the laws of time and physics are suspended. The contours of objects blur as they make a final, ghostly appearance before falling apart. This reveals the fractures between past and present and a shift in what seems possible. Flake’s works are imbued with a fleeting lightness, yet are precisely planned and staged.

Kerstin Flake was an artist-in-residence at the Bauhaus Dessau in 2022. During this time, she created her photo series “Unsteady Stages” at the Muche / Schlemmer Masters’ Houses, in which it is not only tubular steel furniture that takes on a life of its own. The series has since been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig. In 2024, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation presented the series at the Kandinsky Masters’ House.

As part of the event, there will be a curator’s tour of the exhibition Bakelite | Glaze | Colour starting at 5 pm The lecture will then begin at 6 pm.

Language: German

The centennial exhibition Bakelite | Glaze | Colour at the Bauhaus Museum Dessau showcases selected pieces that the foundation has received since the museum opened in 2019. Accompanying the exhibition, a series of public discussions and lectures with academics and donors will take place.