26. April - 20. Juni 2026
Poetry
with Sibylle Princess of Prussia (Collages, Cuts )
and Monika Schulz-Fieguth (Photography)
Opening
on Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 4 p.m.
The composer and accordionist Cathrin Pfeifer will perform.
With POETRY, we present the art of two established artists under the lines of a poem by the renowned Polish lyricist Adam Zagajewski (1945 Lviv – 1921 Krakow).
Poetry searches for radiance,
poetry is the kingly road
that leads us farthest...
because we firmly believe in the healing power of poetry and creative beauty.
Sibylle Princess of Prussia (born 1952 in Berlin) and Monika Schulz-Fieguth (born 1949 in Potsdam) belong to the same generation as Adam Zagajewski, whose ancestors were still directly affected by the last great war. This imprint is like a never-ending background melody, forever sensitizing their feelings and thoughts. For both artists, nature and creature are at the heart of their poetic thought processes, grounding them profoundly. Both artists have never shied away from encounters and engagement with those on the margins of society, dedicating their attention, space, and time to them, and thus creating real poetic spaces. The experience gained from this: beauty and poetry are both healing essences.
That we once again live in a world that seems to have gone off the rails and deeply unsettles some of us is not a new phenomenon. In difficult times, which we have almost forgotten today, great art and poetry have always emerged because they provided support for mind and soul. Let us think of the famous Brandenburg poet Paul Gerhardt, who was eleven years old when the Thirty Years' War broke out.
Sibylle von Preussen has miraculously liberated paper cutting and knife-cutting from the stuffiness of the Biedermeier era, consciously drawing inspiration from the Frederician period, Enlightenment ideas, and sacred elements.
From Monika Schulz-Fieguth's oeuvre, we are showing works that capture the Holy Lake in its incredible magic, that "archive of climate history" which was once named by the religious community of the Kalandsbruderschaft. Her photographs capture a reality that is only possible through an intimate knowledge of the seasons and times of day above and around this legendary lake.
Join me in looking forward to an exhibition whose beauty and poetry will embrace us joyfully and powerfully.