March 24, 2025, 10 am – 1:30 pm
Many thanks to the artist Norbert Erwin Witzgall for his lecture SHIFTING FRAMES: Painting, Curating, and the Politics of Representation and discussing the works of our participants within the Studio Program at BAI | Berlin Artist Residency, Art School, Arts Incubator, and Live Online Courses & Classes.
“This lecture explores the intersections of painting and curatorial practice in Norbert Witzgall’s work, focusing on how images construct and challenge hierarchies of visibility. Witzgall’s portraiture engages with questions of class, gender, and perception, drawing on historical techniques while embedding a critical, contemporary gaze. In parallel, their curatorial projects extend these inquiries into exhibition-making, examining how institutional frameworks shape artistic discourse. Reflecting on recent presentations, the lecture traces the connections between these two approaches and considers how artistic and curatorial strategies can be used to question established narratives.” (Text by courtesy of Norbert Erwin Witzgall)
Norbert Erwin Witzgall (*1976, Münchberg, Germany) studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nürnberg, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Lyon, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, and Universität der Künste, Berlin. He has exhibited internationally, at venues including the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), the Kunstverein Nürnberg in der Albrecht-Dürer-Gesellschaft, DEWEER Gallery (Otegem, Belgium) and Venetia Kapernekas (NYC) e.a.
Witzgall has been a visiting professor at the MA program of VCU’s Painting and Printmaking Department in Richmond, VA. Since 2015, he has been teaching fine art at Berlin’s Universität der Künste.
More information on the Norbert Erwin Witzgall Instagram account.
