12.09. – 26.10.2023


WINFRIED MUTHESIUS
1.000 ODYSSEEN
OPENING: 09.09.2023, 14–18 UHR


On 9th September from 2 to 6 p.m. we will be celebrating the opening of the exhibition »1000 Odysseys« by Winfried Muthesius. In his new photographic series, the artist tackles the globally sensitive issues of flight and expulsion. As in his paintings, he concentrates his focus on what he intends to show in such a way that ambiguity is revealed. In addition to photographs, we will be presenting drawings and paintings from the »broken gold« series (gold leaf on wood, sawed).

On 13 September 2023 at 3 p.m. we invite you to the presentation of the book "1,000 Odysseys" in the exhibition rooms. The publisher of the book, Christhard-Georg Neubert, the chairman of the board of the Christian Art Foundation Wittenberg and the KERBER VERLAG will be available to answer your questions.

»One never knows enough. The known also carries within it the unknown.« (Eduardo Chillida) »As if the wanderer on the shores of the Cape Verde Islands had made this sentence of Eduardo Chillida's the focus of his work. Camera and sketchbook always at hand, Winfried Muthesius observes exactly what presents itself to his eyes. He photographs, he draws. In this way he intensifies his sight.

Cape Verde has become worthless; among it are remnants of life jackets, parts of fishing nets, plastic waste of almost every kind and variety - and then also flip-flops. The known carries within it the unknown. Who wore these lightest of all footwear? Why are there comparatively many lying here? "The lost shoes or flip-flops that I found on the beaches of the Cape Verde Islands," says Winfried Muthesius, "are the simplest footwear of poor people. The loss of a shoe usually means that the rest of the way has to be done barefoot. The washed-up flip-flops represent for me a symbol of flight and displacement.« Quote by Christhard-Georg Neubert

About Winfried Muthesius: Born in Berlin in 1957, lives and works in Berlin, Brandenburg and Cap Verde. Winfried Muthesius studied painting at the HDK (today's UDK) Berlin from 1979 - 1984. Numerous exhibitions followed at home and abroad. The works of Winfried Muthesius are represented in numerous private and public collections, including the Berlinische Galerie, Berlin.