Maximiliane Baumgartner's 'Proxy' Examines Nazi Continuities in Düsseldorf
Maximiliane Baumgartner's solo exhibition 'Proxy – Der Bürger als Pflanze' opens in Düsseldorf, comprising three interconnected chapters. The show investigates spatial contexts and their social, political, and historical implications, focusing on structural continuities from the Nazi era. Baumgartner examines how Nazi structures are addressed in urban planning and architecture, revealing ideological remnants post-1945 while resistance practices were marginalized. The first chapter features works from her engagement with Munich's historic 'Hof-Atelier Elvira'. The second chapter includes works related to painter Dore Meyer-Vax, active in Nuremberg.
Key facts
- Maximiliane Baumgartner's solo exhibition 'Proxy – Der Bürger als Pflanze' is in Düsseldorf.
- The exhibition comprises three interconnected chapters.
- The show examines spatial contexts and their social, political, and historical implications.
- It focuses on structural continuities from the Nazi era.
- Baumgartner reveals how urban planning and architecture carry ideological remnants after 1945.
- Practices of resistance were given little space.
- First chapter presents works from engagement with Munich's 'Hof-Atelier Elvira'.
- Second chapter includes works related to painter Dore Meyer-Vax, active in Nuremberg.
Entities
Artists
- Maximiliane Baumgartner
- Dore Meyer-Vax
Locations
- Düsseldorf
- Munich
- Nuremberg