February 17, 2021 at 1:29pm
Berlin-based conceptual artist Maria Eichhorn, whose work examines political, social, and economic systems, has been selected to represent Germany at the 2022 Venice Biennale. The selection was made by Ylmaz Dziewior, director of Cologne’s Museum Ludwig, who is curating the German Pavilion.
“Maria Eichhorn is
the artist I have always wanted to see in the German Pavilion,” said Dziewior in a statement. “In my view there are few artists who address themselves to German history and its impact on the present in as multifaceted and intensive a manner.”
Born in Bamberg, Eichhorn has built a multifaceted practice that encompasses a wide range of media including video, wall texts, artists’ books, public billboards, and staged events and symposiums. Her work can veer into the esoteric, as in her 2016 solo show at London’s Chisenhale Gallery, for which she simply closed the nonprofit space and gave its staff five weeks’