After studying under Gerhard Richter and Klaus Rinke, Marianne Pohl was initially quite successful in the 1970s and 80s. Her strictly conceptual and at the same time very personal investigations into the perception of architectural spaces were shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout Germany. At the beginning of the 1990s, this public attention was replaced by an interest in art history. Exhibition and research projects on the aesthetic practice of female artists were at the beginning, later artistic and art historical aspects moved to the centre of attention.

It is worth paying renewed attention to the artist's large-format drawings, books and photographs. In the 1970s, Marianne Pohl switched from the illusionary art of painting to installations in space, with the intention of using her art to establish a direct relationship to the things and spaces around her. Today, in view of the progressive virtualisation of our everyday lives, these motives are more comprehensible to us than ever.

Curated by Alexander Grönert