Franziska Opel | Black sun
She said: what is history? - And he said: history
is an angel being blown backwards into the future.
An angel who looks like he's about to
away from something he's staring at. His
Eyes are open, his mouth is open,
and its wings are spread.
Franziska Opel puts herself in the place of the Angelus Novus described by Walter
Benjamin's Angelus Novus. In her
Exhibition, the visitor becomes an onlooker to a
carousel of thoughts playing out in front of them. One
Room like the other, charged with symbols
and meanings.
backwards into the future