When is the exhibition running

The exhibition takes place from April 11, 2026, to June 7, 2026.

Where can the exhibition be seen

It can be seen at the Kassel Art Association e. V. at Friedrichsplatz 18 in Kassel.

How much is the admission fee

The regular admission costs 5 euros, reduced 3 euros. Admission is free on Wednesdays.

Is the exhibition space barrier-free

Yes, the exhibition rooms are barrier-free, accessible via ramps, and have accessible toilets.

Are there public tour infos

The available material mentions an Artist Talk on April 11, 2026, at 2 PM. Further tours may follow through the Art Association.

How do I get there by public transport

The Art Association is reachable via the Friedrichsplatz stop with lines 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 8.

Tanja Nis-Hansen transforms painting into space, language, and quiet tension

Name: What an old Woman Will Wear
Start: 2026-05-03T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-08T01:59:59+02:00
Location: Kasseler Kunstverein e. V.

An exhibition between language, painting, and physical presence

What an old Woman Will Wear at the Kassel Art Association shows how powerful contemporary painting can tell stories today. Tanja Nis-Hansen combines 30 large-format oil paintings into an extensive installation, in which letters, fragments, and textile materials become a multifaceted visual language. The exhibition opens an intense aesthetic experience between vulnerability, control, and questions about the future.

Painting as a spatial body

The work unfolds not as a mere sequence of images, but as a walkable composition. From 30 oil paintings emerge four monumental letters that structure the space and transform the viewing of the works into a physical art experience. Painting, sculpture, and installation interact with each other. The visible construction with linen, cotton, seams, and screws emphasizes the materiality of the art and gives the exhibition an immediate presence.

Language becomes ornament, sentence becomes attitude

Nis-Hansen works in the expanded field of painting and uses language as a visual material. Everyday formulas, word fragments, and typographic signs detach from their original context and gain new poetic density. The acronym GRWM refers to the digital short-form cosmos of Get Ready With Me, but is here transformed into a reflected artistic gesture. This creates a dialogue between social media, painting, and cultural self-presentation.

Between vulnerability and self-determination

Thematically, the exhibition revolves around physical and mental states, mortality, uncertainty, and the question of how people prepare for what is to come. The title refers to Lydia Davis and opens a literary resonance space in which aging, the future, and self-image are intertwined. It is precisely this connection of art history, contemporary culture, and personal perspective that gives the exhibition its special depth.

A glance at the artist

Tanja Nis-Hansen is internationally exhibited and awarded. Her works combine painting, text, and performance into a concentrated visual language that remains connected in museums, art associations, and curated exhibition contexts. Her practice represents a contemporary art direction in which material work and conceptual precision do not exclude each other but rather strengthen one another.

The Kassel Art Association as a venue for contemporary art

The Kassel Art Association provides the appropriate setting for this presentation. With its open, experimental exhibition architecture and proximity to the Fridericianum, an atmosphere emerges where curatorial quality, mediation, and work observation come together particularly well. The space supports the effect of the large formats and makes the relationship between image, body, and architecture immediately tangible.

Conclusion

Those who want to not only view contemporary painting but experience it spatially will find an exhibition of rare consequence here. What an old Woman Will Wear invites you to discover language, material, and image with new intensity. A visit to Kassel is worthwhile for all who appreciate art as an aesthetic experience and intellectual challenge.