Nadia Kaabi-Linke. Seeing Without Light

“For her solo exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin-based artist Nadia Kaabi-Linke explores hidden traces of violence that unnoticeably shape our understanding of history and the present time. The exhibition confronts historical erasure and examines the role of censorship and violence in Central Europe’s art and political history. The focus is on the project “Blindstrom-Extrakte” (2023), which refers to a collection of paintings that were censored and confiscated by Soviet intelligence during the 1930s. This collection is now preserved at the National Art Museum of Ukraine. In addition, the new production “Bud’mo,” a video-sound project produced in Ukraine in spring 2023, will premiere at Hamburger Bahnhof. …”