Name: Exhibition concrete fantasy - HBK Braunschweig 2026
Start: 2026-05-13T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-22T20:00:00+02:00
Location: HBK Braunschweig

Concrete Fantasy in the Assembly Hall: An Exhibition Between Material, Perception, and Imagination

The exhibition concrete fantasy will showcase student works from the class of Prof. Kalin Lindena at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe and from the class of Prof. Lutz Braun at HBK Braunschweig from May 13 to 22, 2026. This creates an art experience in the assembly hall of HBK that precisely shifts reality and imagination, body and material, fragment and form against each other.

A Space for Open Image Worlds

The exhibition does not follow a linear narrative. Instead, it opens states: fleeting, fragmentary, simple-complex. This is where its aesthetic tension lies. As one walks through the assembly hall, one encounters not only individual works but also an exhibition atmosphere in which painting, drawing, and installative ways of thinking condense into a multifaceted examination of the works.

Between Reality and Imagination

The title concrete fantasy refers to a productive paradox: The Concrete gains poetic breadth, the Fantastic acquires material contours. This tension fits contemporary artistic practice at universities, where artistic research, formal precision, and experimental openness intertwine. The works gather in a field between individual experience and collective perception.

The Handwriting of Kalin Lindena and Lutz Braun

Kalin Lindena has been a professor of painting/graphics at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe since 2014 and has been vice-rector since November 2023. Lutz Braun, a professor of Fine Arts with a focus on painting at HBK Braunschweig, works according to the university profile on various materials such as canvas, wood, carpet, upholstery, plastic, metal, and paper. His painting and drawing emerge in the tension between crisis awareness, everyday mobility, and narrative openness. Together, both teaching positions frame an exhibition that sharpens the view of contemporary painting and young positions.

Place with Academic Energy

The assembly hall of HBK Braunschweig provides a suitable framework for this. As an exhibition space within the art school, it directly connects production and presentation. For visitors, this creates not only a view of completed works but also of the thought and learning spaces of a lively art school. This makes the exhibition particularly attractive for art enthusiasts, students, and anyone who wishes to experience contemporary art in the context of its creation.

Visit, Education, and Accessibility

The exhibition is free of charge. It will be shown from May 13 to 22, 2026, and will be open on several days from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM. HBK Braunschweig is easily accessible by public transport; from the main train station, bus lines 419, 426, and 431 lead to the campus. Parking spaces are also available. This makes a visit suitable for spontaneous cultural discovery as well as for a specifically planned exhibition visit.

Conclusion: concrete fantasy promises a concentrated encounter with contemporary art that unfolds its full effect in the space of the assembly hall. Those interested in painting, student positions, and the aesthetic experience of open form processes should experience this exhibition live.