Galatea will Freiheit

Berlin
Mar 22 — Apr 24, 2025

GALATEA WILL FREIHEIT
OPENING: 21th March | 6–9 PM
EXHIBITION: 22nd March – 24th April
AOA;87 BERLIN

PROGRAM:

VENUS TALK: “Feminism and Art” with Martine Johanna and Ida-Marie Corell | 22nd March | 5 PM

The exhibition intertwines perceptions of ancient Greek mythology with contemporary themes of strength, poetry, escapism, and dark humor.
Painted like live sculptures—flawless, poised, and eternal — these figures are not simply objects of admiration, but embodiments of power, fragile yet fierce, mythical yet human. Evoking resilience, with a sense of kalm introspective endurance. These works invite the viewer into a space where logic doesn’t apply, where the boundaries between waking life and dreams blur into something both beautiful and mysterious.
Some figures are infused with a dark humor, where irony and wit comes through, for example through disembodied heads, referring to the beheading of medusa, symbolic to women criticizing women from a place of male prejudice.
The show reflects on the construction of identity, from a very personal place to the artist; evoking a sense of constructing oneself from the myriad influences of memory, culture, and self-perception. An open exploration and modern interpretation of mythology, contemporary life, and personal experience converged into a surreal world where power is both internal and external.
All to deal with a world where the boundaries of female power are constantly redefined and judged. A meditation on the myths we carry within ourselves, the beauty in our imperfections, and the seduction of dreams that refuse to let us sleep.