

The artist Käthe Kruse (*1958) has been an integral part of the West Berlin art scene since the early 1980s. As a member of the collective ‘‘Die Tödliche Doris’’ she worked in the intersection between performance, music, text, painting and film. It was the group’s way of creating a counterweight to the established art world in the city. When Käthe Kruse went solo, her projects retained this cross-genre approach and deliberate amateurism, with large installations.
She frequently takes everyday objects as a starting-point, changing them in material respects to ascribe new meanings. Käthe Kruse’s works are often closely interwoven with her personal experience, although they also relate to social issues such as domestic violence, abortion and war. This is the first comprehensive institutional exhibition in Berlin.
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Käthe Kruse at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, 1985, Photo: Joachim Blank / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 (JPG, 2 MB)
Käthe Kruse, 2021, Photo: Sibylle Fendt / Ostkreuz (JPG, 1 MB)
Käthe Kruse vor „Texte und Töne“, 2023, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, Photo: Max Cramer (JPG, 417 KB)
Käthe Kruse, In Leder, 2023, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, Photo: Christine Fenzl (JPG, 2 MB)
Käthe Kruse, In Leder, 2023, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, Photo: Christine Fenzl (JPG, 2 MB)
Käthe Kruse, In Leder, 2013, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025, Photo: Jens Ziehe (JPG, 932 KB)
Käthe Kruse, Jetzt ist alles gut, 2024, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, Photo: Christine Fenzl (JPG, 4 MB)
Käthe Kruse, Jetzt ist alles gut, 2024, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, Photo: Christine Fenzl (JPG, 4 MB)
Käthe Kruse, Jetzt ist alles gut, 2024, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, Photo: Christine Fenzl (JPG, 4 MB)
Käthe Kruse, Jetzt ist alles gut, 2024, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, Photo: Christine Fenzl (JPG, 4 MB)
Käthe Kruse, Unhörbar, 2023, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025, Photo: Max Cramer (JPG, 685 KB)
[Translate to English:] Käthe Kruse, 48 Farben, 2021-2022, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, Photo: Ludger Paffrath (JPG, 4 MB)
Die Tödliche Doris, Maria, 1985, Photo: Christine Fenzl (JPG, 3 MB)
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