NATALIE BREHMER | SWEAT BABY, SWEAT

Opening May 15: In her first solo exhibition at Galerie Judith Andreae, the artist explores the dynamics of power, resistance, and transformation within the constraints of normative systems. Borrowed from pop culture, the title becomes a feminist manifesto: “SWEAT BABY, SWEAT” — not as a sexualized command, but as an act of radical self-empowerment.

Infused with personal, societal, and historical threads, Brehmer revisits central motifs from her ongoing series Confronting Careers. The point of departure: her father, a long-distance runner at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City — a stage as politically charged as it was transformative. Protests, massacres, the Black Power salute on the podium — and the debut of the tartan track: a new symbol for progress, efficiency, and speed.

In her transdisciplinary, concept-driven practice, Natalie Brehmer (*1989) combines photography, installation, and experimental glasswork. She studied Communication and Urban Design as well as Fine Arts at the State Academies of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and Nuremberg. Brehmer has been awarded several prestigious scholarships, including a grant from the Alexander Tutsek Foundation for Glass.

A unique edition will be released on the occasion of the exhibition.

Natalie Brehmer | SWEAT BABY, SWEAT
May 16 – June 21, 2025

OPENING: May 15, 2025, 7–9pm
The artist is present.