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ART SHOWS
ART SHOW
Urban Echoes: Experience Nikolaus Rauch's Captivating Exhibition!
Join us in the King Rooms from June 24 to August 17 to experience a captivating new exhibition by artist Nikolaus Rauch.
The UUSF Art Committee is pleased to present M-irror & W-alls, an exhibition by Munich-based artist Nikolaus Rauch.
Rauch’s work begins with photographs of everyday urban environments: walls, reflections, construction sites, streets, windows, and overlooked details of city life. Through subtle interventions using paint, lines, color, and texture, these images are transformed into visual explorations of memory, perception, and change.
The exhibition invites visitors to slow down and look again. What at first appears ordinary may reveal unexpected connections, hidden traces, or entirely new ways of seeing. Reflections become fragments of remembered experience. Walls become surfaces that carry stories, transformations, and signs of time.
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Even the exhibition title hints at the uncertain relationship between what we see and what we believe we see. Perception is often shaped by memory, interpretation, and occasional misreading.
Drawing on photographs made in cities including Munich, Chicago, São Paulo, and San Francisco, Rauch's works explore how reality is shaped not only by what we see, but also by what we notice, remember, and imagine.
Rather than providing fixed answers, the exhibition encourages viewers to make their own discoveries and interpretations.
Nikolaus Rauch lives and works in Munich, Germany. His artistic practice combines photography, painting, and conceptual exploration, focusing on the hidden layers of urban environments and everyday experience.
Visitors are invited to meet the artist during the reception and learn more about the ideas and processes behind the work.
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Don't Miss the Artist Reception:
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Date: Sunday, June 28
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Time: 12:15 PM – 3:00 PM
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Location: The King Rooms
Come meet the artist, explore the collection, and view the stunning visual pieces in person.