DISORDER

This summer, THE GÄLLERY will host a juried exhibition as part of Fotosommer Stuttgart for a second time. This year’s theme is DISORDER, meaning a state of disorientation in which we have to recalibrate and find our bearings. When an existing order loses its validity, there is not only a loss of stability but also a gain of unexpected perspectives. The exhibition presents works by 23 artists who explore various dimensions of the theme through photography. In these works, disorder does not always manifest as a visible phenomenon but is sometimes hidden beneath a strictly organized surface. Photography can both capture states of obvious disorder in images and make subtle forms of disorder perceptible.

Featuring works by Evi Blink, Eckart Bartnik, Sabine Bungert & Stefan Dolfen, Martin Eberle, Jonas Glanz & Leon Adam Haas, Gosbert Gottmann, Celia Joy Homann, Martin Janczek, Markus Kaesler, Barbara Karsch-Chaïeb, Matthias Kleinen, OA Krimmel, Leonie Lass, Anna Lehrer, Marcel Mayer, Ann-Kathrin Müller, Eva Schmeckenbecher, Valerie Schmidt, Susanne Wegner, Valentin Wormbs, and Wolfgang Zurborn.

This exhibition represents the prominent centerpiece of the wide-ranging Fotosommer program. During the festival’s main run from July 18 to July 26, numerous galleries in Stuttgart will host exhibitions and events on the theme of disorder.

For more details and the complete festival program, please visit the Fotosommer Stuttgart 2026 website.

Credit: Valerie Schmidt, Bild aus der Serie „Claus stolpert“, 2018, © Valerie Schmidt