The Museum Abteiberg presents a group exhibition titled "sum," curated by Grant Mooney. The show brings together an international roster of artists including Laura Aguilar, Olga Balema, Joseph Beuys, Patricia L. Boyd, Wisrah C. V. da R. Celestino, Hanne Darboven, Melvin Edwards, Niloufar Emamifar, Flint Jamison, Jannis Kounellis, Grant Mooney and Winona Sloane Odette, Robert Morris, Ulrich Rückriem, Karin Sander, and Takis. The exhibition explores thematic connections across generations and media, from post-war conceptualism to contemporary practices.
This exhibition matters because it recontextualizes canonical figures like Beuys, Darboven, and Kounellis alongside emerging and mid-career artists, creating new dialogues about materiality, space, and process. By staging these juxtapositions at Museum Abteiberg—itself a landmark of postmodern architecture—the show underscores the institution's ongoing commitment to experimental curatorial approaches that challenge linear art-historical narratives.