Hempel transforms the exhibition space into a stage on which the visitor becomes an actor in a story full of cross-references and contradictions.
[2] In 2007 Hempel's work was the subject of the retrospective exhibition 'Alphabet City' curated by Florence Derieux at Le Magasin, Grenoble.
Lothar Hempel's work has been included in the exhibitions Heaven, Athens Biennale (2009), Le Song D’un Poete, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Nantes (2009); Beaufort 03, Triennial for Contemporary Art, Blankenberge (2009); 7th Gwangju Biennial (2008); Pale Carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol and DCA, Dundee (2007); Imagination becomes Reality.
Hempel has exhibited regularly since 1991, during which time his work has been seen in exhibitions at art institutions, among them: the Venice Biennale; Tate Liverpool, ICA, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; MoMA PS1, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Portikus, Frankfurt am Main; Secession, Vienna; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway David Roberts Art Foundation, London Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris, France Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples, Italy Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France FRAC Limousin, Limoges, France FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst GfZK, Leipzig, Germany Honart Museum / Ebrahim Melamed Collection, Tehran, Iran Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany The Saatchi Gallery, London Zabludowicz Collection, London