When can the exhibition Pieces for Works be seen?

The exhibition can be seen from 2 April 2026 to 10 January 2027 at the Kunsthalle Mannheim.

How much does admission cost?

The regular admission to the Kunsthalle Mannheim costs 16 Euros. The reduced admission is 14 Euros, and the evening ticket is 12 Euros. Children and young people under 18 have free admission.

When is the Kunsthalle Mannheim open?

The Kunsthalle Mannheim is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays to Sundays and on public holidays from 10 am to 6 pm. Extended opening hours apply on the first Wednesday of the month until 10 pm.

Are there public tours or educational offerings?

The Kunsthalle Mannheim offers public tours and art education programs. Public tours start from 6 Euros plus admission.

Is the exhibition accessible for people with disabilities?

The Kunsthalle Mannheim is nearly accessible for people with disabilities.

Is photography allowed in the exhibition?

Photography without a tripod or selfie stick is generally possible. For publishing photos on the internet and social media, the copyright regulations of the Kunsthalle apply.

Alexander Tillegreen Lets Artworks Sound: An Exhibition for New Perception

Name: Alexander Tillegreen – Pieces for Works
Start: 2026-10-02T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2027-01-10T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Kunsthalle Mannheim

When Art Begins to Sound: Alexander Tillegreen at the Kunsthalle Mannheim

With the exhibition Pieces for Works, Alexander Brix Tillegreen transforms selected artworks from the Kunsthalle Mannheim into starting points for an intense aesthetic experience. The Danish artist and composer develops site-sensitive sound installations and musical works that bring painting, sculpture, space, and listening into a multilayered dialogue.

An Exhibition Space Between Seeing and Hearing

Tillegreen's artistic practice oscillates between painting, printmaking, sculpture, light, video, composition, and sound installation. In Mannheim, his new sound works interact with ten pieces from the museum's collection. The exhibition thus expands the classical work consideration to an acoustic dimension: art appears not only as an image or body in space but also as resonance, movement, and temporal experience.

Sound in Dialogue with the Collection

The nine newly developed pieces were created in close collaboration with the Berlin Ensemble mosaik. They respond to works by artists such as Francis Bacon, Auguste Rodin, Isa Genzken, Edvard Munch, László Moholy-Nagy, and Rosemarie Trockel. Sound becomes not just a mere accompaniment but an independent artistic form that shifts perception and opens new connections between historical positions and contemporary sound art.

From Francis Bacon to Isa Genzken

Among the works featured is Around Corners, a vibraphone solo in dialogue with Isa Genzken's sculpture Yamasaki. The sound moves like an architectural body around the reduced form. Other compositions relate to Francis Bacon's Pope II, Auguste Rodin's Thetis au bouclier, Edvard Munch's Utsikt fra Nordstrand, and works by László Moholy-Nagy. The site-specific curation makes audible how strongly visual forms carry rhythm, tension, and movement within themselves.

The Art of Conscious Listening

Alexander Tillegreen investigates how language, voice, psychoacoustics, and spatial listening shape our perception. His works play with formal ambiguity and the question of how meaning emerges. The audience does not remain a passive observer but becomes an active part of the work: only through their own movement, attention, and memory does the sound installation fully unfold.

Art Historical Contexts and Contemporary Research

Tillegreen studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt, at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York, as well as art history, musicology, and sound studies at the University of Copenhagen. His works have been exhibited, among others, at the MMK Museum for Modern Art Frankfurt, Museum Tinguely in Basel, CCA Glasgow, FuturDome Museum in Milan, and the National Gallery of Denmark. His connection of visual art, new music, and perception research places the exhibition at a productive intersection of contemporary art and cultural education.

Art Experience for the Eye, Ear, and Body

The exhibition atmosphere arises from the interplay of collection, space, and sound. Subtle shifts, directed sound events, and the physical presence of the artworks open up a contemplation of the work that changes with every step. Thus, a sensual art experience emerges that makes familiar works of the Kunsthalle Mannheim newly readable and audible.

Conclusion: An Exhibition That Moves Perception

Pieces for Works invites visitors to engage with art not solely through their eyes. Visitors will experience an exhibition where sound installations, sculptures, paintings, and spatial movements merge into an open composition. Anyone wishing to discover contemporary art, new music, and unusual forms of aesthetic experience should visit this exhibition live at the Kunsthalle Mannheim.