Thomas Judisch

Today was yesterday

Between leisure cult and high culture

An exhibition of the Schleswig-Holstein Art Association

23 April to 26 June 2016

In his series of works Today Was Yesterday, Thomas Judisch explores traditional imagery in sculptures from antiquity. In the setting of the Antiquity Collection, the artist’s attention is particularly focused on the plinths and supports of famous sculptures such as the Capitoline Venus or the Apollo Belvedere.

In this context, the new object – a revenant of an earlier form – is shifted to centre stage in the question of what art is, and the role of structural elements and function. In so doing, Thomas Judisch also draws our attention to the way in which our visual habits are shaped by convention.