"Juxtaposition" by Merja Herzog-Hellstén and Volker Steinbacher
Exhibition duration from September 19 to November 7, 2021.
Vernissage on September 19 from 3-5 pm.
Finissage on November 7, 2021, 4:30 pm.
Pre-registration for the vernissage and finissage at 069/8065-2646 or hds-terminplanung@offenbach.de.
Prof. Klaus Hesse will speak at the vernissage.
An artist talk with Merja Herzog-Hellstén and Volker Steinbacher will take place at the final opening.
The double exhibition JUXTAPOSITION shows site-specific works by Merja Herzog-Hellstén and prints by Volker Steinbacher.
In their juxtaposition, they explore similarities, differences and references in the two-dimensional as well as in the spatial and spatial-related. In the same way that Herzog-Hellsten's works are inhabited by tendencies of the two-dimensional, Steinbacher's prints cross the threshold into the spatial.
Between the pillars of the industrial hall in the Haus der Stadtgeschichte, Merja Herzog-Hellstén places her installation underline, consisting of spatial characters and pureed text masses, among other things.
Volker Steinbacher has been developing new printing processes in the field of etching for years. The exhibited works are mostly combinations of relief and intaglio printing, embossing and so-called carborundum printing. The structures and forms originate from the initiated material events, the coagulation and precipitation processes and acid corrosion.
In addition to their independent artistic work, Volker Steinbacher (1957, Neu-Isenburg) and Merja Herzog-Hellstén (1969, Finland) teach at the Offenbach University of Art and Design.
With the kind support of the Cultural Foundation of the Städtische Sparkasse Offenbach am Main and the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art.