30/09/2025
LIFTVAN TRIEST by
Opening thursday, 2nd of October, hosts the show LIFTVAN TRIEST by German artist Heidi Specker. The exhibition, in via del Monte 2/1, pays tribute to the life and work of Aenne Biermann (1898–1933), one of the most important figures in German photography of the 1920s. The result of in-depth artistic and historical research, this show revolves around two symbolic places: Gera, where Biermann lived, and Trieste, chosen as the exhibition venue for its significance. In fact, after the photographer’s death, the N***s in Trieste confiscated a container holding thousands of Aenne’s negatives, which had been saved by her husband to be shipped to Palestine. The negatives were never recovered—hence the title Liftvan Triest Heidi Specker creates an artistic dialogue on photography itself and material loss. Additional photographs, which expand the scope for this exhibition were taken in Trieste during the winter of 2024 and in the summer of 2025 in Vienna. The exhibition will open on 2 October at 6 pm with an introduction by the art historian Claudia Tittel and a conversation featuring the artist.
An artist publication and a poster edition will accompany the exhibition.
Here the poster edition: Heidi Specker, Triest, 2025, poster, 50 x 70 cm (courtesy: the artist)
Also exhibition with a view:
Encounters: Giacometti X Mona Hatoum
Here: Mona Hatoum: Interior Landscape, 2008 (detail)
Steel bed, pillow, human hair, table, cardboard tray, cut-up map, metal rack and wire hanger
Alberto Giacometti: Figurine Between Two Houses, 1950
Bronze, oil paint and glass
Private collection
Mona Hatoum: Divide, 2025
Three panel screen, bared wire