Soon at the SCHIRN: Olaf Holzapfel’s “Parlament”

The title “Parliament” emphasizes the discursive aspect of the work, which specifically addresses the relationship between a society seeking order and the material spaces of nature and the city.

Holzapfel illustrates the connections between humans, technology, and nature based on the abstract aesthetics of weaving, arranging, and joining. Taking center stage are the materials, the creative engagement with them, and the sense of connection fostered across boundaries. At the same time, “Parliament” highlights the enduring relevance of craft traditions that exist across Europe. The structure, built from natural raw materials, stands out against Frankfurt’s skyline of high-rise buildings and speaks to the intra-European links of technical exchange that continue to shape Frankfurt’s urban society to this day.

On August 26, 2026, 7 PM Olaf Holzapfel talks with Kathleen Reinhardt about the creative process behind his new work “Parliament.”

Olaf Holzapfel ives and works in Berlin. He studied painting at the Dresden University of Fine Arts (HfBK). His work has been shown in many group and solo exhibitions and is well known internationally since his participation at the Venice Biennale 2011 and at documenta 14 in 2017. Moreover, he is the recipient of the Zurich Art Prize 2024.

Kathleen Reinhardt has directed the Georg Kolbe Museum in Berlin since 2022, which was named “Museum of the Year 2025” by AICA Germany earlier this year. She is the curator of the German Pavilion at the 61st Venice Art Biennale. Previously, she was curator for contemporary art at the Albertinum Dresden (2016–2022). She earned her doctorate at the FU Berlin and teaches in Germany and internationally. Her interests center on the museum as a site of artistic research and production, and on the discursive spaces of collections tied to particular times and to historical and ideological narratives.

Free entry, without registration, in German