Philipp Modersohn: Matter as Active Agent at Kunstverein Springhornhof
Philipp Modersohn's exhibition at Kunstverein Springhornhof centers on stones, peat, fossils, and sediments, challenging human-nature hierarchies. The Berlin-based artist, born in Bremen in 1986, creates sculptures, films, and installations where geological processes like pressure, heat, growth, erosion, and decay actively shape the work's final form. Earth is portrayed as an active, unstable force rather than a passive backdrop.
Key facts
- Exhibition at Kunstverein Springhornhof
- Focus on stones, peat, fossils, and sediments
- Artist Philipp Modersohn is Berlin-based, born in Bremen in 1986
- Works include sculptures, films, and installations
- Themes: human-nature hierarchy, matter as active agent
- Processes: pressure, heat, growth, erosion, decay
- Earth portrayed as active and unstable
- Natural phenomena participate in making the work
Entities
Artists
- Philipp Modersohn
Institutions
- Kunstverein Springhornhof
Locations
- Berlin
- Bremen