femininity

Experiencing Femininity – an exhibition about being, becoming and remembering

Galerie SCHLUH | Worpswede | May 16 – July 6, 2025

Femininity is not a state. It is a flow, a constant movement between worlds. It does not exist as a fixed concept, but as an experience - lived, felt, often unconscious. It is in art, in nature, in the memories of the women who came before us.

In this exhibition, Anna Schill , Julia Pugacheva and Markus Lippeck explore the question of what femininity means. Their works are not answers, but stories, fragments of a dialogue between past and future, between light and shadow, between conformity and self-determination.

In her paintings, Anna Schill deals with the duality of existence. In her paintings, symbols merge with realistic details to create a world that is both close and distant. Her texts, summarized in the book "Between Two Worlds" , are reflections on femininity as a force that shapes without ever being grasped. Femininity does not appear here as a role, but as a movement - as something that grows in silence, blossoms in contradictions and manifests itself differently in every person.

In her art, Julia Pugacheva tells stories of women who move between reality and dreams. Her graphic works and artistic dolls are more than objects - they are beings that carry memories, fragments of beauty, pain and transformation. Her art speaks of women as creators, as bearers of lived stories, as characters who cannot be forced into a single form.

Markus Lippeck turns the exhibition into a physical experience and combines different art forms. In his works, collages, graphics and photographs merge into complex images that raise social and personal questions about femininity and identity. His textile installation, a giant "umbilical cord", runs through the entire room and links the works together. The exhibition thus becomes a walk-in experience in which art, space and viewers enter into a dialogue.

Why now? Why here?

Worpswede is celebrating Paula Modersohn-Becker this year - a woman who pushed boundaries in her art, who was not satisfied with what was expected of her. This exhibition continues to think in her spirit. What does it mean to be a woman today? What does it mean to understand femininity not as an attribution but as a possibility?

This exhibition is not a homage to a particular image of women. It is an invitation to feel, to remember, to question. It is a journey into the essence of what connects us - in art, in life, in ourselves.

📅 Vernissage and opening program : May 16, 2025, from 5:00 p.m.
📍 Location : Galerie SCHLUH, Im Schluh 71, 27726 Worpswede
🕰 Opening hours : Friday – Sunday, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

The artists look forward to sharing this journey with you.