konSEHquent
Artists from the gallery per-seh are showcasing their works.
The centerpiece of the exhibition is a triptych by Georgian artist Rocko Iremashvili titled "D 5,25." It references the biblical quote from Daniel Chapter 5, Verse 25: the fateful prophecy received by King Belshazzar during a banquet. An invisible hand writes the words "Mene mene tekel upharsim" on the wall.
This moment was already depicted by Rembrandt in 1635. Rocko Iremashvili's "D 5,25" quotes the painting with its Old Testament prophecy and translates it into our globalized age, as well as into the last refuges of regional cultural societies, which simultaneously point to Iremashvili's own roots.
The three parts of this work are displayed in the seclusion of a cabinet designed specifically for the exhibition. "D 5,25" in its own cube also guides visitors through the rest of the exhibition. From within the installation space, viewers can look through SEH-slits at the surrounding wall of the CUBE, each featuring a text that programmatically represents the individual artistic positions.
The other works by Rocko Iremashvili also reflect biblical quotes in the present day.
In Simona Deflorin's work, the words "The unheard realm of the Anomisen is a brave place" by Annette Behnken refer to the depiction of emotional states through artistic means. The paintings on display relate to human vulnerabilities and entanglements.
Additionally, a series of watercolors will be presented, offering another painterly approach to the themes of physicality and soul.
Hans-Georg Hofmann's love for the sea and his travel experiences in Madeira have inevitably led him to Fernando Pessoa and his quote, "I feel no weariness for landscapes that do not exist and books I will never read." The exhibition features fictional landscapes, some seascapes, and some representations of people, whose depictions approach abstraction in an almost expressive manner. Like a trademark, striking monochrome squares repeatedly accentuate and question his works.
The painterly theme of Susanne Knaack has long been concerned with directed chance and the colors black and white. Depending on the viewer, mountain or water landscapes emerge, raising the question of the desired image of an ideal landscape. As if Giambattista Marino had written, "Ah, and nothing answers but the murmuring of the waves."
Behind prophecies, there are always wishes. Therefore, visitors to this exhibition are invited to formulate their own wishes:
What will happen to the world?
What could be the guiding principle of my actions?
What do I wish for from art?