artist talk: Nadine Karl at Galerie 3AP (Düsseldorf)
In the exhibition, Nadine Karl develops an approach to archipelagic thinking following Édouard Glissant and turns her attention to a simple yet far-reaching question: What do we see when we see landscape? Lucius Burckhardt writes that “perceiving landscape […] has to be learned.” Landscape, then, is never simply what lies before us. It is shaped by perception, memory, and the knowledge we associate with a place.
In Karl’s works, this familiar understanding of landscape begins to waver. Using light, photographic objects, and olfactory elements, she explores landscape as something that changes, in which different temporalities and forms of life converge. Photographs of the Atacama Desert are juxtaposed with images of the Himmelgeister Rheinbogen nature reserve. Two landscapes that could hardly be more different geographically and ecologically. It is precisely through this difference that they enter into relation with one another.
On the occasion of the exhibition, Nadine Karl, curator Aileen Treusch, and art historian Sophia Naumann will discuss the development of Karl’s practice and the ideas explored in »Intimate Complicity – An Arid Shimmer«.
Nadine Karl (*1990) is a Düsseldorf-based artist working across installation, sculpture, and photography. Her practice brings together memory, temporality, and fiction into spatial constructions expanded through sound, smell, and tactile elements. At its core lies an ecofeminist perspective on the relationships between bodies, environments, and more-than-human agents. Before her studies, Karl worked as a theatrical sculptor, developing a strong sensitivity toward material and spatial dramaturgy. She studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Gregor Schneider (2019–24, Meisterschülerin). Her work has been presented at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Julia Stoschek Foundation, Langen Foundation, and the Parliament of NRW.
Artist Talk
Friday, September 18, 2026 at 7 PM
Exhibition Dates
September 5 – October 17, 2026
Visiting Hours
Fridays 2–7 PM and Saturdays 12–4 PM, and daily by appointment.
To enquire about a personal visit please feel free to contact us.
Galerie 3AP, Fürstenwall 74, 40219 Düsseldorf
