Panel Talk
Dennis Scholl “Neue Wunden oder Vom Beginn der Unmittelbarkeit”

( New wounds or
On the Beginning of  Immediacy)

with Dr. Alexander Leinemann und Stephan Klee

Saturday, 10.08.24 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
5:00 – 6:00 pm: Guided tour of the exhibition by Dr. Leinemann and Mr Klee
6:00 – 7:00 pm: Open Panel Discussion with Dr. Leinemann, Mr Klee and the visitors

Topic
“The Creatures in Transition”
– Christian and ancient iconography in Dennis Scholl’s work –
Guided tour of the exhibition and discussion with Dr Alexander Leinemann, art historian
and Stephan Klee, curator of the exhibition

Dennis Scholl’s pictorial world generates itself as a mystical, primordial nature in which humans, animals and plants come together and find themselves in enigmatic moments of ‘silence within the transition’. These culmination points are often characterized by intensive exchange processes between the beings, whether they are of a physical or symbolic nature. Cover by signs of heightened physical activity such as drops of sweat or blood, the depicted touch each other tenderly, they grow or intertwine. These subtle metamorphoses are richly complemented by motifs from Christian and Ancient mythology and elevate the events to a timeless and more spiritual level. But which signs, symbols and protagonists actually appear? – and what do they stand for?

After a joint tour through the works with a direct discussion about what is depicted, Dr. Leinemann and Stephan Klee will explore the topics in greater depth in an open dialogue on the podium. The focus will be on people’s relationship to the wilderness as a place with an increased potential for transformation and what all this might have to do with our current relationship to the environment.

“Why should our bodies end at the skin, or include at best other beings encapsulated by skin?”
Donna J. Haraway

About our Guest Expert:
Dr. Alexander Leinemann studied art history and history at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and has been a student/research assistant for Prof Dr Michael Thimann since 2015. In 2017 and 2019, he received the residential and doctoral scholarship of the City of Göttingen. He worked on the DFG-funded research project ‘ASCH’ from 2017-2018 and has been an elected member of the advisory board of the Göttinger Künstlerhaus since 2017. He has been working as a freelance research assistant at the Sprengel Museum Hannover since 2018. He graduated with a Master of Arts in 2019 and completed his doctorate at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen with the MKM Küppersmühle scholarship on the topic: ‘Allover – Genesis and History of a Concept in the Context of Jackson Pollock’.

We ask for your pre-booking under: info@kunstvereingoettingen.de or +49 (0) 551 – 44 8 99

Dennis Scholl “Transitional Environments”, 2023, oil on canvas, 140 x 115 cm

We would like to thank our sponsors: Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, City of Göttingen, Landschaftsverband Südniedersachsen e.V. Sparkasse Göttingen
With the support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Trustee Programme EHF 2010