Finissage Thomias Radin
INVITATION
Finissage of
TERRA DIASPORA
Welten Wandler N°3
Thomas Radin Rhizome: Time of Revelation
Sunday, the 6th of October at 3 – 5 pm
with Stephan Klee and the brand new edition of Thomias Radin
Use the last chance to see the solo by the Afro-Caribean Artist.
Activities
3 pm – Guided tour through the exhibition with Stephan Klee
4 p.m. – Presentation of the Edition and final conversations
Event photo: RIVÂL – a joint film by Thomias Radin, Alex Brack, Mats Meisen, Kartago Film, 2023, Photography by Emmet Holmes-Boyes
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Thomias L. Radin is a French-Guadeloupean multidisciplinary artist based in Berlin. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Rennes 2 and has gained international recognition through his exhibitions and performances. Radin’s work includes paintings, performances, wood sculptures and short films, all following a non-linear narrative that serves as a human diary, exploring themes such as mental health, spirituality, geopolitics, cultural colonization and epistemology. His unique fusion of dance and painting results in fragmented figures that merge with vibrant Caribbean backgrounds, drawing inspiration from the ancient history of painting and the intangible heritage of humanity. Influenced by his native Guadeloupe, Gwo Ka, hip-hop culture and contemporary dance, Radin’s movements reflect his experiences as a black expatriate in Germany. He uses the musical technique of sampling to depict fragments of memory and convey the essential elements of dance: Intuition, intimacy and vulnerability.
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Please feel warmly welcomed to join us on the last day of the light and colourful and vibrant exhibition by Thomias Radin Rhizome: Time of Revelation. We would like to spend the Finissage on the first floor of the Old Town Hall in Göttingen with you. The curator will give a guided tour at 3 pm and the new edition by Thomias Radin will be revealed for the first time.
The curator Stephan Klee will be on-site the whole time.
Drinks will be served, admission is free and we look forward to seeing you there.
RELEASE OF THE EDITION OF THE SHOW
Thomias Radin
What a time to be alive, 2022/24
Edition 15 + 3 AP
H 42 cm x W 35.3 cm
Fine Art Long Duration Inkjet Print on
HAHNEMÜHLE Museum Etching, rough-matt
natural white, acid-free, 100% cotton, 350 gsm
Courtesy of the artist and Esther Schipper,
Berlin/Paris/Seoul
Price: 320 € / 240 € for members of KV Göttingen
The Kunstverein Göttingen considers itself very fortunate that Thomias Radin has once again produced an edition of one of his most impressive paintings for us. With this purchase you not only bring a wonderful work into your private space, but you also support the work of the Kunstverein Göttingen for contemporary young art and the artists involved.
> If you are interested, please contact us here: info@kunstvereingoettingen.de
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