Kunstverein Hamburg

The Kunstverein is pleased to present the first large solo show in Germany by Daiga Grantina (*1985 in Riga, Latvia), produced in collaboration with Neue Kunst in Hamburg. A young artist and graduate of the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, Grantina creates bodily sculptures that climb and crawl through the exhibition space in visceral, sensual formations. Operating at the interface of apparent contradictions, such as liquid/solid or soft/hard, the artist’s sculptural approach holds a transformative potential, dissolving the coexistence of inside and outside, while body and language or nature and technology are fluidly connected.
For this exhibition, Grantina combines an interrelated group of works with new components to form a grand, spatial tableau that employs the institutional infrastructure as a malleable matter. Creating a state of uncertainty between both alluring pull and swirling push, she shifts and slides, paints and undresses the pillars and walls of the Kunstverein.

The exhibition opens the new series Best & Boldest at the Kunstverein. The series introduces a broad range of young artists working with different media and approaches, yet sharing a multifaceted engagement with questions of our reality of today.

The exhibition is made possible by the kind support of the Ministry of Culture of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the Hamburgische Kulturstiftung, and the Leinemann-Stiftung für Bildung und Kunst.

Curated by Rhea Dall