Opening: September 10, 2025
On view: September 11 – November 1, 2025
July 24, 2025 (Berlin, Germany) – ‘States of Being’ assembles works by thirty artists in a collaborative exhibition by SOCIÉTÉ and Hauser & Wirth. Ranging from emerging voices to canonical positions, the exhibition showcases artists across both galleries’ programmes, including Nairy Baghramian, Darren Bader, Phyllida Barlow, Louise Bourgeois, Tina Braegger, Trisha Baga, Lee Bul, Petra Cortright, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Salim Green, Camille Henrot, Rashid Johnson, Lee Lozano, Glenn Ligon, Conny Maier, Jeanette Mundt, Wynnie Mynerva, Kaspar Müller, Thomas J Price, Pipilotti Rist, Mika Rottenberg, Bunny Rogers, George Rouy, Cindy Sherman, Marianna Simnett, Avery Singer, Timur Si-Qin, Alina Szapocznikow, Anh Trần and Lu Yang.
Framed as an exploration of the unstable boundaries of identity, embodiment and agency, ‘States of Being’ considers the many ways humanity is constructed—and contested—through art. Through an intergenerational and cross-disciplinary lens, the exhibition explores themes including vulnerability and fragility, identity and role-play, hubris and violence. Special emphasis is placed on the performative, aesthetic, and affective strategies through which these themes are negotiated— highlighting how meaning shifts over time and across contexts, and how networks of influence foster vibrant transgenerational dialogue. ‘States of Being’ is a resonant exploration of the shared complexities of the human condition.
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Image Credits:
1. Petra Cortright, crystal_faults ‘’1996_f2_boards’’ PATHLOCK echo_veil, 2025. Digital painting on anodized aluminum. 30 x 30 x 2 cm / 12 x 12 x 1 in. Courtesy the artist and Société, Berlin. Photo: Sebastiano Pellion di Persano.
2. Phyllida Barlow, untitled: pointer; spinner; 2019, 2019. Hessian scrim, paint, plaster, plywood, polystyrene, polyurethane foam, PVA, steel. 168 x 58 x 41 cm / 66 1/8 x 22 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. © Phyllida Barlow Estate. Courtesy the Phyllida Barlow Estate and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Alex Delfanne.