Trust acts as an invisible yet unifying force in personal relationships as well as in broader societal contexts. It is a fundamental force that operates where knowledge and uncertainty intersect; in private relationships as well as in the fabric of a globalized society. The exhibition Longing for Trust: On Trust in Art at the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop explores this fragile phenomenon through the lens of visual art.
Longing for Trust brings together works by international artists since the late 1950s that address, demand, or critically examine trust. The exhibition thus provokes reflection on trust, its prerequisites, implications, and manifestations, whether in the intimate dialogue between artwork and viewer or in the confrontation with political systems of power and control. The selected artworks invite viewers to explore this seemingly ubiquitous yet so specific concept and to understand trust not as a static state, but as a dynamic process whose necessity and vulnerability repeatedly play a central role in contemporary art.