WELTEN WANDLER N°3

Thomias Radin
Rhizome: Time of Revelation

 

The works of Thomias Radin (*1993 Abyme, Guadeloupe) are collages of cultural references with which he explores questions of identity and cognition. He himself describes his paintings and objects as representations of „inner life“ and attempts to depict a double consciousness: one that is shaped by the intellect and one that is at home in the physical experience of the black body. Elements and memories of everyday life in his native Guadeloupe home, are combined with the urban culture informed by its practice of Hip-Hop, Afro-diasporic lifestyle and highly visible influences from the history of European painting in his multi-material works. In particular, the wood craftsmanship from his family’s tradition forms the material basis of his work groups.
Thomias Radin is also a trained contemporary dancer, which provides him with further important impulses for his artistic work: the physical memories from his dance sessions flow directly into his paintings, and the confrontations in his painting influence his choreographies. In keeping with his approach to art, there is no separation of disciplines in his work; all forms of expression are mutually dependent on each other in his expressive work.

 

Cover Image: RIVÂL – a collaborative film by Thomias Radin, Alex Brack, Mats Meisen, Karthago Films, 2023,  photo by Emmet Holmes-Boyes

 

Programme

Sat 17.08.24, 5 – 8 pm
Vernissage – Reception including Speeches and the Premiere of the film RIVÂL (Kartago Films) at 6 pm

Sat 14.09.24, 3 – 8 pm
The Long Art Afternoon with Thomias Radin, Jumoke Adeyanju, and Stephan Klee within the exhibition

Sun 22.09.24, 3 – 4 pm
Sunday guided tour with Justus M. Müller

Sun 06.10.24, 3 – 4 pm
Finissage with guided tour through the exhibition
and the new Edition by Thomias Radin

 

Please reserve your participation in the events at info@kunstvereingoettingen.de or klee@kunstvereingoettingen.de or by telephone on 0551-44899

 

 

 

The Annual Programme 2024
TERRA DIASPORA – CHANGING WORLDS

TERRA DIASPORA is the leitmotif of the Kunstverein Göttingen 2024–2025. In the face of fundamental upheavals in the coexistence of nature and mankind, TERRA DIASPORA stands for a world on the move; for a terrain that is becoming increasingly alien to its inhabitants, and for an earth on which people are becoming foreign bodies. It is an earth in a foreign territory, a terra diaspora.
The first part of the 2024 programme series is called TERRA DIASPORA – WELTEN WANDELN and shows artists, who create new worlds between rational reality, dream, and fantasy. Dubious of a purely functional picture of reality and often affected by family experiences of migration, the exhibited artists connect the accustomed with the new, combine facts with the fantastic and create their own identities out of old stories and new experiences. Worlds are made visible which stem from our roots and emerge when we wander the earth. The 2024-2025 annual programme, developed by curator Stephan Klee and the participating artists, will be overseen by him over the next two years.

In late summer 2024, we are particularly pleased to present the interdisciplinary artist Thomias Radin at the third solo exhibition of the year. His oeuvre moves fluidly between dance, painting, sculpture and film and brings attention to the cultural roots and world concepts of an Afro-Caribbean diaspora, in which a spiritual network of signs, movement and music permeates, transforms, and enriches the questionable principles of Western cultural hegemony.

We would like to thank our sponsors: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, Stadt Göttingen, Landschaftsverband Südniedersachsen e.V. and Sparkasse Göttingen