Interviewfilm: Catherine Opie – The Pause That Dreams Against Erasure

Video (21:02): Interviewfilm: Catherine Opie – The Pause That Dreams Against Erasure about her creative pracis and her exhibition in Kassel, Germany

CATHERINE OPIE: THE PAUSE THAT DREAMS AGAINST ERASURE
February 14 – July 19, 2026
The Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany

The Fridericianum is now presenting Catherine Opie’s first institutional solo exhibition in Germany, concurrently with the artist’s show at the National Portrait Gallery in London. The presentation in Kassel is designed by the artist as a site-specific installation in which she enters into a dialogue with the architecture and history of the historic building. On display are key series of works spanning a period of over thirty years: from early portrait photographs in the LGBTQIA+ communities to photographic series that explore landscapes as resonant spaces for identity, hopes, and traumas, and from documentation of movements such as Black Lives Matter to protest marches in the context of Donald Trump’s presidency.

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