NEW RELEASE!
ARE WE THERE YET? NO.
Despite the undeniable gains over the last fifty years, women artists still have to prove their worth—literally, in the art market. […] “Famous” women artists, like Louise Bourgeois or Alice Neel or many of my own generation, tend to be either old or dead when they are recognized. And so it goes…We are not there yet, and too many of the texts in this rehash remain relevant. —Lucy R. Lippard
MOVING TARGETS
FEMINIST ESSAYS ON WOMEN'S ART 1970-1993
LUCY R. LIPPARD
published by Seidelman & Company on september 22nd, 2024
edited by Mirjam Pajakowski
paperback | 544 pages
6 x 9 inch | black and white
english
ISBN: 978-3960349983
27 €
still from subotopic, Nikki Schuster
FISHING IN GREEN, LIVING IN YELLOW
Black Box, Düsseldorf
Cinema in the Film Museum
June 18, 2025
8 p.m.
A short film program as part of the exhibition Fishing in Green, Living in Yellow, curated by the artists Liza Dieckwisch, Jungwoon Kim and Mirjam Pajakowski and realised in cooperation with the archive of the Filmmuseum, the Hans Hass Archive, sixpackfilm and Light Cone. In the foyer of the Film Museum, selected works by the artists as well as some objects by the Austrian marine researcher Hans Hass, kindly made available by Aquazoo Düsseldorf, will be presented.
The artists take us on a magical visual journey through experimental film – from 1931 to the present day. Humorous, critical, sometimes overwhelmingly beautiful, sometimes disturbing, the selected short films explore nature in all its relentless splendor.
During the break, guests can enjoy a green aperitif and an experimental amuse-gueule.
Introduction by film scholar Lara Perski
https://www.duesseldorf.de/filmmuseum/black-box
FISHING IN GREEN, LIVING IN YELLOW
the pool, Düsseldorf
LIZA DIECKWISCH
JUNGWOON KIM
MIRJAM PAJAKOWSKI
Art and Exhibition Space
Tersteegenstrasse 63
40474 Düsseldorf
Opening May 23, 2025
18 p.m.
Opening Hours
Friday - Sunday
4 - 8 p.m.
Film screening curated by the artists at the Filmmuseum Düsseldorf, Blackbox
June 18, 2025, 8 p.m.
How do humans influence plant transformation processes, and what role does photosynthesis play in this? What opportunities and risks do adaptations entail, and what can we learn from nature?
In a dystopian, almost surreal atmosphere, transparent and luminous materials such as bioplastics made of agar-agar, silicone and latex are juxtaposed to explore the fluid boundaries between naturalness and artificiality and make them tangible for visitors. The artists are inspired by houseplants, algae production plants, deep-sea research, ghost mushrooms, bioluminescence and washed-up flotsam.
How do we shape nature – and how does it shape us? Technological interventions are changing our perception of what we perceive as natural. But how can we rethink our understanding of the connection between humans, nature and technology? With Fishing in Green, Living in Yellow, the artists create a space that is both organic and futuristic. The exhibition invites visitors to reflect on the fragility and beauty of nature and our complex relationship with it.
BEYOND PERCEPTION
Art Artist, Düsseldorf
Former Factory Buildings
Hansaallee 190
40457 Düsseldorf
April 11 - 13, 2025
Opening Hours
Daily 14 - 22 o'clock
WER SICH TRAUT, REIßT DIE KÄLTE VOM PFERD ODER NACHRICHTEN AUS DER IDEOLOGISCHEN ANTIKE (...GESTOHLEN VON ALEXANDER KLUGE)
reinraum e. V., Düsseldorf
August 3 - 24, 2024
Eight artists exhibiting works that served as the basis – or are in some way related to – a book cover they created for the "Artist Signature Edition". These books will soon be published by Seidelman & Company and available on Amazon. Stay tuned!
A project curated in cooperation with publisher Marco Siedelmann.
TRANSVERSE RIDE
Nilsson, Düsseldorf
Martinstraße 58
40223 Düsseldorf
July 19 - 21, 2024
What role does the interweaving of people with their environment play as part of a cosmic whole, and to what extent can inscribed memories be (re)revived through visual perception? Transverse Ride deals with the topography of travel and the dynamics generated between inner and outer worlds. Inspired by a road trip through several states in the USA, Mirjam Pajakowski's current cycle of works – based on notes, photos and memories – explores the sharp contrast between the vibrant urban centres and remote natural spaces of America. Above all, however, the exhibition deals with a very elementary motif: the search for authenticity.
https://www.martinstrasse58.de/nilsson/
VORSICHT UMBAU
kunsthalle weishaupt, Ulm
Hans-und-Sophie-Scholl-Platz 1
89073 Ulm
February 08 - March 31, 2019
23. Triennale Ulmer Kunst
The Kunstverein Ulm, the BBK Ulm, the Künstlergilde Ulm and the Museum Ulm are jointly organizing the 23rd Triennale Ulmer Kunst under the motto “Vorsicht Umbau!” as a cooperation project in the kunsthalle weishaupt.
SHAPESHIFT
ES365, Düsseldorf
Former Car Dealership
Erkrather Straße 365
40231 Düsseldorf
December 04 - 10, 2021
Opening Hours
Daily 6 - 9 p.m.
CARNAL DISORDER
reinraum e. V., Düsseldorf
40215 Düsseldorf
October 09 - 21, 2020
Feeling is seeing is believing. Carnal Disorder by Mirjam Pajakowski takes place in the flesh. The focus is the human body and, more specifically, the artist’s body, so it’s an intense personal journey presented in a somatic dialectic – a sometimes gentle, sometimes horrifying nonverbal take on the consistency and fragility of what is considered breathing and pulsating physicality. Enclosed in a very confined space, the subconsciousness becomes literate, nightmares and dreamscapes slashing themselves ways into explorations of bodily disintegration or into a duality of material and vision. We can see the body invaded by metamorphosis and constant transition, illuminated by different stages of the working process, although every step of the way becomes an integral part of the body of work and the work of the body. Tangible and ephemeral at the same time, the objects seem to move into unknown territory – photography, paintings and sculptures blend expansively, all carved out of the obsessions and passions of the artist’s mind. As tender as it may appear, it seems to implode in an act of ruthless violence, each piece simultaneously birthed of beauty and abjection. Carnal Disorder can be experienced as a reflective series of experiments on the dichotomy of impermanence and imagination – but on its most primitive layer, it grabs us by the neck and shakes around our most quintessential sentiments: we’re inevitably made of broken parts and put together in an abstract way. Long live the new flesh – in everlasting osmosis.
Text: Marco Siedelmann
PLANET58
K21, Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf
Former Car Dealership
Erkrather Straße 365
40231 Düsseldorf
February 08 - March 31, 2019
Graduates of the Düsseldorf Art Academy
The exhibition “Planet 58” shows current works by graduates of the Düsseldorf Art Academy. All participating artists graduated from the internationally renowned art academy in 2018 and are now presenting one to three works each in the museum space.
DAMENSALON
Haarmoden Junge, Düsseldorf
Former Hairdressing Salon
Brehmstraße 11
40629 Düsseldorf
April 28 - May 18, 2018
GOLDEN SHOWER
reinraum e. V., Düsseldorf
40215 Düsseldorf
October 04 - 27, 2017
ANSCHEINEND
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou CN
Location 2F, 4th Building
March 10 - 15, 2015
Group Exhibition
HOW TO RESPECT THE SPACE
KIT, Düsseldorf
Location 2F, 4th Building
February 08 - 16, 2014
Group Exhibition
Klasse Schütz