Precarious Mountains – Contemporary Perspectives on Svalbard

Bianca Hisse und Shahrzad Malekian, Installationsansicht Kunsthalle Recklinghausen 2023, Foto: Caroline Schlüter — Bianca Hisse and Shahrzad Malekian, Installationview Kunsthalle Recklinghausen 2023, Foto: Caroline Schlüter

Bianca Hisse and Shahrzad Malekian, Installationview Kunsthalle Recklinghausen 2023, Foto: Caroline Schlüter

Lena von Goedeke, Installationview, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen 2023, Foto: Caroline Schlüter

Stein Henningsen, Installationview, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen 2023, Foto: Caroline Schlüter

Stein Henningsen, The Boat, Performance 2021

Stein Henningsen, Bianca Hisse, Shahrzad Malekian, Lena von Goedeke

February 12 – April 10, 2023

The exhibition brings together a group of international artists who deal with the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard in various ways. Their works explore both the radically changing landscape and its imagery, as well as the history of the mining industry. The aesthetics of machines and people shaped by nature and technology, as well as the sociopolitical realities of the concept of the "North," are topics discussed in this exhibition. Bituminous coal is among many remarkable connections between the two places, a Kunsthalle in the Ruhr area and the Svalbard archipelago near the North Pole.

We cordially invite you to the opening on Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 5 p.m.

With generous support of the Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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* Pupils, Apprentices, Students, Groups from 10 persons, Owners of the Recklinghausen Pass i.e. any other equivalent identification card from other municipalites, Owners of the Ehrenamtskarte NRW or the Jubiläums-Ehrenamtskarte NRW

The Kunsthalle is barrier-free accesible.

Guided Tours

The public guided tours are free of charge, only the entrance fee needs to be paid.

Per group (20 persons max.) a booked guided tour is 55,- Euro. Registration via tel. (02361) 50 19 35.

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The Kunsthalle is located across the central station, close to the bus station and is accessible via all public transportations. An underground park station is located underneath the bus station.