Tag: Katharina Arndt

“Seeing” has never been a one-way act. As we see artworks, the artworks, in turn, see us back.

“The Reposition of Sights” centers around the dual states of “seeing” and “being seen,” inviting ten international contemporary artists to respond to the familiar act of seeing through their distinctive visual languages.

Some works within the exhibition embody an active gaze: figures within the compositions confront the viewer directly, projecting emotion, energy, and imagination outward, at times even carrying the intention of forming a connection. In doing so, viewers gradually become aware that they themselves are also being seen. Other works return to the more traditional role of being observed, where unfolding scenes, situations, and relationships within the image carry the viewer’s gaze and interpretation, turning seeing into a process of negotiating relationships, power, and distance.

By placing “seeing” and “being seen” side by side, the exhibition dissolves the fixed boundaries between observer and observed, allowing the two positions to continuously shift and exchange throughout the act of viewing. As gazes begin to circulate back and forth, seeing becomes more than a simple action. Through the notion of “Reposition,” the exhibition further reflects on the shifting nature of perspective and perception: how we see artworks, how artworks see us, and how we come to recognize ourselves through these constantly changing positions of seeing.

Baku Maeda
Dima Kashtalyan
Giorgio Tentolini
Katharina Arndt
Marcelo Suaznabar
Mario Soria
Moises Yagues
Rhys Brown
Shoko Mihira
Yasuhito Kawasaki