What can a body tell us without using words?

With Bodies that Speak, Haus. Kunst. Mitte. turns its attention to one of the oldest motifs in art while also addressing a subject of immediate contemporary relevance: the human body. Following the success of the exhibition Faces of Mind, the Haus once again brings together a group of outstanding women artists and explores the many ways in which the body can be represented, experienced, and reimagined.

17 women artists from four generations are at the heart of the exhibition. They all live and work in Berlin and engage deeply with the question of corporeality in their artistic practices. Many of them are among the important voices of their respective generations and have exhibited internationally. Their backgrounds are diverse: the artists come, among other places, from Iran, China, the United States, Turkey, Poland, Japan, and Germany. What connects them is not a shared artistic school, but the city in which they live and an intensive engagement with the body as a means of artistic expression.

Berlin thus becomes a place of exchange. For decades, the city has attracted artists from around the world and has been a place where different ways of life, cultural backgrounds, and artistic positions come together. Bodies that Speak makes this diversity visible and, in particular, gives space to women artists who are shaping Berlin’s art scene today.