Leiko Ikemura's (*1951) exhibition project In Praise of Light at St. Matthew's Church in Berlin
was created at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A space of light and color specific to the
time and yet timeless began a dialogue with the church: paintings on glass and canvas
sculptures and a light installation that filled the apse of the church transformed the church
designed by Friedrich Stüler into an open interior space of protection and light creating a
vivid locale for debate and conversation ad hoc concerts worship services and performances.
The conversations published in the book reflect the dialogic creation of the exhibition and
document the artistic resonance of the show which was curated by Hannes Langbein and Alexander
Ochs.
