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30% Dandelion

21.03. - 08.11.2026

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Duration

21.03. - 08.11.2026

Opening

20.03.2026 18:00

Location

Kunsthaus Graz, Space02

Curators

Katrin Bucher Trantow and Andreja Hribernik

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About the
Exhibition

The dandelion – as a flower, botanical plant, cultural symbol and aesthetic phenomenon – possesses strength and quiet courage. Unobtrusive yet persistent, it adapts radically, returns, and resists. Under the title 30% Dandelion, the exhibition at  Kunsthaus Graz brings together more than 35 works dedicated to the flower and its direct connection to humans: humans share 30% of their genetic material with the flower. In the works, we encounter the melancholy of a crumbling present. At the same time, they take us on a journey into the familiar, beautiful, and intoxicating aesthetics of the flower and its exuberant expression of vitality. The focus is on recurring arrival, symbiotic cooperation and farewell: poetic, political and ecological.

 

The dandelion serves both as a model of adaptive strength and as a language spoken by all. In the spirit of floriography – the historical language of flowers – it becomes a transcultural gesture of recognition and communication: overlooked, but persistent and beautiful. As a flower of the margins, meadows and gardens, it offers a symbolic vocabulary that resists normative constraints, speaks in everyday languages, possesses healing powers and, in the radiant colour of the sun, entices the insects that fertilise it. The exhibition is based on the concept of ‘entanglements’ as well as on philosophical and ecological framework concepts of ‘aesthetic offering’ (Elaine Scarry) and ‘critical hybridity’ – and is also linked to the exhibition on the upper floor, Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick supported by Liesl Raff – in which the productive and provocative forms of a polyphonic hybridity become the subject. The ‘entanglements’ are, as formulated by thinkers such as Donna Haraway, Karen Barad and Timothy Morton, just as politically and colonially charged as they are cross-genre, cross-gender and intrinsically seen. When Haraway writes, ‘We will be together or not at all,’ it is important to trace the connections and use the insights for a just future.

 

Amidst ecological crises, colonial aftermaths and digital acceleration, 30% Dandelion calls for new forms of attention – attuned to what grows slowly, demands time and returns quietly. The flower, but also the dandelion with its spreading seeds, its natural healing power and its communal flourishing, embodies this principle of an ethical way of life based on coexistence.

 

With i. a. Iris Andraschek, Suzanne Anker, Karl Blossfeldt, Andrea Bowers, Viltė Bražiūnaitė & Tomas Sinkevičius, Claude Cahun, Regula Dettwiler, Spencer Finch, Barbara Frischmuth, Anita Fuchs, Yevhen Holubentsev, Sanja Iveković, Anna Jermolaewa, Markus Jeschaunig, Claudia Larcher, Jonas Mekas, Joiri Minaya, Ryts Monet, Alois Neuhold, Agnieszka Polska, Anna Ridler, Ugo Rondinone, Martha Rosler, Sonya Schönberger, Nina Schuiki, Elfie Semotan, Petr Štembera, Alexander Stern, Thomas Stimm, Michael Stusser, Neja Tomšič, Dirck van Rijswijk, Anna Zemánková and further loans from collections such as cultural history, natural sciences or literature, the exhibition unfolds as a polyphonic exploration of the flower, its attribution and power of attraction.

 

The project is part of the collaborative project BLOOM, which will connect the locations of the Universalmuseum Joanneum from spring to winter 2026.

Trailer: 30% Dandelion

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Exhibition view "30% Dandelion" at the Kunsthaus Graz, Wolfram Hannig's plant collection

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Ausstellungsansicht "30% Löwenzahn" im Kunsthaus Graz, die Gartenschere von Barbara Frischmuth

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Ausstellungsansicht "30% Löwenzahn" im Kunsthaus Graz,

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Exhibition view “30% Dandelion” at the Kunsthaus Graz, featuring Anna Jermolaewa: “The Penultimate,” 2017

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Exhibition view “30% Dandelion” at the Kunsthaus Graz

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Exhibition view of “30% Dandelion” at the Kunsthaus Graz, featuring Anita Fuchs: "Ghillie Suit" (left) and Ugo Rondinone

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Exhibition view “30% Dandelion” at the Kunsthaus Graz

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Exhibition view “30% Dandelion” at the Kunsthaus Graz

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The “Earth Band” performs with various wind instruments, including the saxophone, trombone, and trumpet, at the opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion” at the Kunsthaus Graz.
Opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion” featuring the Earth Band, Kunsthaus Graz, March 20, 2026.

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Judith Schwentner, Deputy Mayor of the City of Graz, speaks at the opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion” at the Kunsthaus Graz.
Opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion,” Kunsthaus Graz, March 20, 2026

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Katrin Bucher Trantow, chief curator of the Kunsthaus Graz, speaks at the opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion” on March 20, 2026. An interpreter provides simultaneous translation into sign language.
Opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion,” Kunsthaus Graz, March 20, 2026.

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Andreja Hribernik, director of the Kunsthaus, at the opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion” in the foyer. Guests are standing in the background.
Opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion,” Kunsthaus Graz, March 20, 2026.

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Opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion,” Kunsthaus Graz, March 20, 2026

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A close-up view of a white flower surrounded by leaves in an enclosed space with artificial lighting. Part of the exhibition “30% Dandelion” at the Kunsthaus Graz.
Opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion,” Kunsthaus Graz, March 20, 2026.

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Glass display cases containing open books, texts, and photographs in the exhibition spaces of the Kunsthaus Graz.
Opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion,” Kunsthaus Graz, March 20, 2026.

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A view of the exhibition “30% Dandelion” at the Kunsthaus Graz. Photomontages featuring images that play with patterns stand out against the dark surroundings.
Opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion,” Kunsthaus Graz, March 20, 2026.

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View of the exhibition “30% Dandelion” at the Kunsthaus Graz. Garments or suits made from dried plants are illuminated by spotlight-like lighting.
Opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion,” Kunsthaus Graz, March 20, 2026.

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Numerous glass containers filled with dried plants are packed tightly together on a wooden shelf. Visitors are looking at the installation. Part of the exhibition “30% Dandelion.”
Opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion,” Kunsthaus Graz, March 20, 2026.

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Close-up of metal chains made of rings running diagonally in parallel lines. Part of a work of art in the exhibition “30% Dandelion.”
Opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion,” Kunsthaus Graz, March 20, 2026.

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At the opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion” at the Kunsthaus Graz, two visitors are standing in front of a work of art and examining it closely.
Opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion,” Kunsthaus Graz, March 20, 2026.

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A richly decorated porcelain clock sits in a glass display case. In the background, you can see a digital image of a pink flower. Part of the exhibition “30% Dandelion.”
Opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion,” Kunsthaus Graz, March 20, 2026.

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Framed pictures featuring floral motifs made of folded paper hang from the ceiling. They are viewable from both sides. Part of the exhibition “30% Dandelion” at the Kunsthaus Graz.
Opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion,” Kunsthaus Graz, March 20, 2026.

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Herbarium specimens of various dried plants were arranged side by side on a display stand. Part of the exhibition “30% Dandelion” at the Kunsthaus Graz.
Opening of the exhibitions “Hybrid Pleasures. Helen Chadwick Supported by Liesl Raff” and “30% Dandelion,” Kunsthaus Graz, March 20, 2026.

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