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, holders of the Recklinghausen Pass or a similar pass from different municipalities, holders of the honory post card NRW or the anniversary-honory post card NRW

The Kunsthalle is barrier-free.

Guided Tours

All public guided tours are at no charge. Only the entrance fee needs to be payed.

A guided tour is at 55.- EURO per group of max. 20 people bookable. Registrations via tel.02361 50 19 35.

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The Kunsthalle is located opposite the main train station close to bus station and can be reached by all forms of public transport. There is an underground parking garage under the bus station.