Gabriele Stötzer: Be there and not be silent

For over five decades, Gabriele Stötzer has been dealing with topics such as justice, self-determination and gender. About Her own body often plays a central role – not as an object, but as a stage for resistance and feminist self-assertion. With participation and not silence , the Gropius Bau will present the artist's largest institutional solo exhibition to date, starting in June 2026. Gabriele Stötzer's artistic practice is inextricably linked to her social and political engagement: In 1976, she was imprisoned in the GDR on charges of „defamation of the state“ for a petition, whereupon she joined the literary and artistic underground and later co-founded the Erfurt Women Artists' Group. Many of her works formulate radical counter-proposals to state repression and standardization by subverting borders and opening up space for vulnerability and longing. With around 150 works, the exhibition underlines the diversity of her experimental work between painting, literature, photography, textile art, Super 8 film, performance and actions in public space – and sees itself as an impetus for the long overdue wider reception of this pioneering artist. Read more Toggle Installation