The Eye of Reason. The “artificial eye” of Stephan Zick as leitmotif of the exhibition

The fixed, reptile-like stare of an artificial glass eye, surrounded by the veined skin of the eyelids and embedded in a ring-shaped wooden holder, is the equally disconcerting and captivating central advertising motif of the current temporary DHM exhibition “What is Enlightenment? Questions for the 18^th Century”. As such it adorns the catalogue, the poster, and all other promotion materials. But it is only in the exhibition that visitors encounter the respective object in it entirety and can recognise its context.