“Puzzle” (2021) is a site-specific artwork by Mathias Lempart that consists out of 16 metal signs with laser engraved FAQ (frequently asked questions) on palliative practice. The signs were integrated in the Stauden-, Schau- und Sichtungsgarten on the Freundschaftsinsel that surrounds the Kunstverein in Potsdam.
Special thanks to Ewen Guehenneux and Marit Neeb.











“Die Palliative Wende – wie würden Sie gern Abschied nehmen?”
19. August – 7. Oktober 2021
Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany, 2021
„Es ist einige Zeit her, dass sich Künstler widerspruchslos mit Schneidern und Maurern vergleichen ließen. Damals zählte die Medizin noch zu den praktischen Künsten und umgekehrt galten Malerei und Bildhauerei als respektables Handwerk mit handfestem Nutzen. Heute, ein halbes Jahrtausend später, lässt Kunst sich lieber als Gegenbild zu den Zielen und Zwängen der Gesellschaft feiern. In einer Welt voller Abhängigkeiten ist sie eine Fata Morgana der Freiheit und kümmert sich nicht um Regeln. Niemand verlangt ihr einen anderen praktischen Nutzen ab, als unser Bewusstsein und unsere Aufmerksamkeit zu schärfen. Doch was, wenn die Wirtschafts- und Ökosysteme zu kollabieren beginnen und ein Rekorde brechender Kunstbetrieb so zukunftsweisend erscheint wie ein Dieselmotor?“
Künstler*innen: Simon Blanck, Kasia Fudakowski, Anna Gohmert, Annemarie Goldschmidt, Ethan Hayes-Chute, Lars-Erik Hjertström Lappalainen, Per Hüttner, Alex Kwartler, Karin Kytökangas, Keith Larson, Mathias Lempart, Dafna Maimon, Nala Tessloff, Carima Neusser, Nina Katchadourian, Michael Norton, Rattelschneck, John-Luke Roberts, Xavier Robles de Medina, Lydia Roeder, Carola Uehlken, Olav Westphalen.
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***Exhibition currently on view at GROTTO: “Future Mobility And Other Ghosts From The Past. The Library and Café Edition” with Sascia Reibel, curated by Elke Falat. Please check the opening hours of Hansabibliothek and Café Tiergarten.***
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Berlin-based artist and graphic designer Mathias Lempart (b. 1990 in Poland) studied Communication Design at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, with minors in Art Research and Product Design.
Lempart’s practice explores the relationship between applied design and contemporary art, focusing on conceptual and experimental approaches to visual communication. His work has been included in exhibitions at the Bauhaus Museum Dessau, Badischer Kunstverein, Museum of Humor and Satire in Bulgaria, and Nida Art Colony in Lithuania. He has participated in residencies in Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Germany.
From 2017 to 2018, he served as an elected federal representative of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation’s scholarship holders, where he coordinated university groups, organized a national conference, and undertook negotiation and moderation tasks.
Since 2020, he co-directs Shortnotice Studio with Sascia Reibel. The Berlin-based graphic design studio collaborates with institutions such as Kunsthalle Basel and Dinamo Typefaces, developing projects in the field of contemporary art and visual culture.
Lempart has received multiple awards in the competition 100 Beste Plakate Germany–Austria–Switzerland. In 2020 he was nominated for the German Design Award Newcomer, and in 2023, together with Sascia Reibel, he received the Peter Jacobi Foundation Stipend. He has taught at several universities in Germany, Switzerland, France and the UK, including the University of the Arts Bremen, Kunsthochschule Kassel, the University of Education Karlsruhe, and Pforzheim University. At Bremen, he co-led the Master Studio during Professor Tania Prill’s sabbatical, taking on both teaching and administrative responsibilities.
He is currently presenting the third edition of the exhibition series Future Mobility and Other Ghosts From The Past, developed with Sascia Reibel, at Hansabibliothek (hosted by GROTTO) in Berlin. The speculative exhibition follows earlier editions at Pforzheim Galerie (2024) and aboard the ship MS Dauerwelle in Bremen (2024). Alongside his artistic and design practice, Lempart currently holds a position as Production Coordinator for documenta 16.
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