The Pierre Klossowski exhibition Roberte Ce Soir at the Schinkel Pavillon is devoted to ‘Roberte’ who forms the core of
the most comprehensive series of graphic and sculptural work by Klossowski,
which is exhibited for the first time in Berlin. The exhibition examines
Roberte’s roles in Klossowski’s oeuvre, particularly the border of fiction and
reality: as Roberte holds features of Denise, Pierre Klossowski’s wife, though
the person can not be equated with the fictive character. Not only
relationships of gaze are addressed, shifting from resolute to submissive, but
also the complexity of role-play between regimented and unbounded sexuality.
