Kunstmuseum Stuttgart at the Kunstgebäude The Cold Heart
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Work by Rasmus Myrup titled "Protected But Penetrable"

The Cold Heart

The Kunstmuseum Stuttgart presented an exhibit at the Kunstgebäude on Schlossplatz that placed Wilhelm Hauff's (1802–1827) fairy tale “The Cold Heart” in the context of contemporary art for the first time.

The exhibition took the fairy tale of the same name as its starting point to reflect on the relationship between identity and social status. Hauff depicted the consequences that industrialization and accelerating capitalism had on society at the beginning of the 19th century as an individual story of monetary greed and emotional isolation. The story, published in 1827, was an allegory of a changing world: existing moral concepts were being shaken, and fears of social decline took hold among the awakening material demands.

By bringing together works of contemporary artists—including two new productions that dealt explicitly with the text—the exhibition presented an updated reading of the fairy tale’s central leitmotifs identity, violence and healing, affect, as well as ecological exploitation against the backdrop of current events.

Curator Dierk Höhne
Curatorial Assistent Anne Odenthal

Sponsored by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts, the Mondriaan Fund, and the Danish Arts Foundation.

Artists

Kader Attia, Tracey Emin, Jakob Grünenwald, Jenny Holzer, Jesper Just, Friedrich von Keller, Rasmus Myrup, Gabriela Oberkofler, Julius Pristauz, Ricarda Roggan, Erik Sturm, Pol Taburet, Rosemarie Trockel, Troika, Nora Turato

Works by Rasmus Myrup and Rosemarie Trockel in the exhibition “The Cold Heart”
Rasmus Myrup, Protected but Penetrable, 2024 / Rosemarie Trockel, Ohne Titel (Untitled), 1986
Work by Rasmus Myrup titled "Protected But Penetrable"
Rasmus Myrup, Protected But Penetrable, 2024
Installation by Julius Pristauz in the exhibition “The Cold Heart”
Julius Pristauz, choreography one (I wanna dance when I look at you), 2026 / sketch for navigating all that we perceive as given, 2026
Werk des Künstlers Friedrich von Keller, das eine Hammerschmiede zeigt
Friedrich von Keller, Hammerschmiede, um 1887
Two works by Troika in the exhibition “The Cold Heart”
Troika, Woolsey Watched Over by Machines, 2023 / Irma Watched Over by Machines, 2020
Work by the artist Tracey Emin titled Love Poem for C.F., consisting of a poem in neon script behind plexiglass
Tracey Emin, Love Poem for C.F., 1993/1997
Work by the artist Jakob Grünenwald titled Charcoal Burner’s Hut, depicting a charcoal burner’s hut in the forest.
Jakob Grünenwald, Köhlerhütte (Charcoal Burner’s Hut), o.J.
Video installation by Jesper Just titled “Bliss and Heaven” in the exhibition “The Cold Heart”
Jesper Just, Bliss and Heaven, 2004
Work by artist Erik Sturm from 2015 titled Neckartorschwarz, made from fine dust collected by the artist in downtown Stuttgart
Erik Sturm, Neckartor Black, 2015
Sculpture by artist Kader Attia from 2023 titled Culture, Another Nature Repaired
Kader Attia, Culture, Another Nature Repaired, 2023
Work by Kader Attia in the exhibition
Kader Attia, Culture, Another Nature Repaired, 2023
Work by Friedrich von Keller depicting a worker in the quarry, in the exhibition “The Cold Heart”
Friedrich von Keller, Arbeiter im Steinbruch (Worker in the Quarry), 1910
Works by Gabriela Oberkofler in the exhibition “The Cold Heart”
Gabriela Oberkofler, series “Buggelkraxen”, 2010
Works by Nora Turato created specifically for the exhibition “The Cold Heart”
Nora Turato, Warm Heart Long Arms, 2026
Work by Pol Taburet titled “Because He Spoke” in the exhibition “The Cold Heart”
Pol Taburet, Because He Spoke, 2025

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