Kang Sunkoo

Kang Sunkoo

The work Sakristei is the result of my preoccupation with the historical legacy and the present-day institution of the Bauhaus Dessau. It is a contemplation of our desire for sanctity and an examination of my own belief and disbelief. (Kang Sunkoo, 2024)

In preparation for the centennial To the Core. Bauhaus Dessau 100, Kang Sunkoo’s exhibition turns relic-like fragments of Bauhaus history into artistic material for a prelude to what is to come. The artist devotes himself to the quasi-religious, mythically exaggerated charge and veneration of the historic Bauhaus. In addition, he follows the traces of faith in the Bauhaus and links this to his own biography. Kang grew up in Seoul, in South Korea, which is characterised by Christianity, Buddhism and shamanism, and in the Catholic Rhineland.


Exhibition opening
Thurs, 27 . 2 . 2025, 6 p.m.