Hans Molzberger
"I Told Her Everything - A Lot of Fakes"

East Gallery
May 3 - May 31, 2025
Opening Reception:
Saturday, May 3, 6pm-9pm
ARTIST STATEMENT
"I Told Her Everything – A Lot of Fakes" explores the shifting nature of truth and authorship in the age of artificial intelligence. As machine-generated images blur the boundaries between the authentic and the artificial, the exhibition questions how we perceive, trust, and interpret visual narratives. The works combine laser engravings on paper with silkscreen prints, bringing together digital precision and analog imperfection. This tension becomes a metaphor for the interplay between control and chance, between algorithm and human gesture. Rather than offering answers, the exhibition invites viewers into a space of ambiguity—a place where fiction and reality intertwine, and where the origin of an image becomes less important than the story it suggests.
KÜNSTLERSTATEMENT
"I Told Her Everything – A Lot of Fakes" untersucht die wandelbare Natur von Wahrheit und Autorschaft im Zeitalter künstlicher Intelligenz. Während maschinell erzeugte Bilder die Grenzen zwischen Echtem und Künstlichem zunehmend verwischen, stellt die Ausstellung Fragen danach, wie wir visuelle Narrative wahrnehmen, ihnen vertrauen – und sie deuten. Die Arbeiten verbinden Lasergravuren auf Papier mit Siebdrucken und vereinen so digitale Präzision mit analoger Unschärfe. Diese Spannung wird zum Sinnbild für das Wechselspiel zwischen Kontrolle und Zufall, zwischen Algorithmus und menschlicher Geste. Anstatt eindeutige Antworten zu geben, öffnet die Ausstellung einen Raum der Mehrdeutigkeit – einen Ort, an dem sich Fiktion und Realität überlagern und die Herkunft eines Bildes zweitrangig gegenüber der Geschichte wird, die es erzählt.
BIOGRAPHY
Hans Molzberger, born on June 17, 1953, is a self-taught sculptor. Since 1982, he has maintained a studio in the Wendland region and has been doing figurative works since 1985. He has worked as a freelance sculptor since 1989 and became a member of the Association of Fine Artists in 1991. In 1993, he moved to the Altmark, where he has operated his own studio since 1996. Molzberger held his first exhibition in 1991 at the Jenny Marx Museum in Salzwedel. From November 2008 to May 2020, he taught sculpture and ceramics at Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas (USA), where he was appointed Assistant Professor in 2013. He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2012. Molzberger serves as chairman of the association Atelierhaus Hilmsen e.V., an artist residency offering studio space for artists and students.