andrea bowers: we. the body as a sign

The exhibition ‘WE. The body as a sign’ at the Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr places the image of man, his corporeality and his body at the centre of attention. Both the individual body and the body as a political moment bear cultural and social signs and traces. At the same time, the exhibition also explores what connects us as human beings – the ‘WE’ that seems to be disappearing more and more. The visual examination of the human body is therefore always also a reflection on being human as such.

The exhibition ‘WE. The Body as sign’ presents more than 70 artists with over 90 works of art from the 1920s to the present day. Based on the collection of the Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr, the artistic representation of the body and thus also the image of the human being in dialogue with contemporary positions constitutes the central theme of the exhibition.

The exhibition is sponsored by the Kunststiftung NRW and the Stiftung Kunst, Kultur und Soziales der Sparda-Bank West.