Nevin Aladağ: Interlocking

Nevin Aladağ (lives and works in Berlin) is one of the most internationally renowned contemporary artists. She has been represented at contemporary exhibitions like the Venice Biennale and documenta 14 with her installations, performances and video works. Music and sound, dance, textiles and ornaments play a key role in her work.

The survey exhibition Interlocking features textile collages, sound sculptures, installations and videos, drawing connections between different patterns of artistic creation and their socio-cultural backgrounds. The creative forging of such connections is an important aspect of Nevin Aladağ’s extensive oeuvre.

The artist has produced new works specifically for the exhibition in the Max Ernst Museum. These include two works of the series Color Floating, in which she covers lamps with coloured nylon stockings, thus playfully combining everyday materials into a new aesthetic. In the Social Fabric, Floating Leaves series, she weaves various textiles to form a “utopian rug” that visually brings together the origins of the materials from distinct cultures.

Nevin Aladağ’s latest sculpture series Resonator consists of objects comprises components of various string, wind and percussion instruments—from harp, mandolin and glockenspiel through acoustic and bass guitar to drum, didgeridoo, pan flute, tuba and trumpet. The sculptures, as fantastic generators of sound, seem surreal. The Resonator Strings, Wind and Percussion will be regularly activated by musicians during the period of the exhibition. The installation Carpet Ball Game invites visitors to literally play with the artworks in an indoor basketball court themselves. The gymnastics balls covered with crochet work, the Crochet Balls, provide visitors with mobile seating. In addition site-specific installations with the Best Friends flags can also be seen outside the museum.

Upcoming exhibition
Alberto Giacometti: Unveiled Surrealism
September 1, 2024–January 15, 2025