HOUSE OF THE CITY'S HISTORY

Mathias Weis (born 1955) paints representationally, mostly in
larger conceptual series. In the installation "Mobilien"
is about homes on the outskirts of cities, the so-called
the so-called "bacon belts". First with the camera, then
brush, he captures what he sees. In doing so
Weis reproduces a seemingly desperate search for individuality,
which, in view of the similarity of these settlements, is an
is an illusion. In this way, he creates a panopticon of self-realization
self-realization, regulated by the norms of
of building law. Everyone has seen these houses before
and yet not seen them. Everyone and no one is at home here.
The exhibition is complemented by doll's houses from the past
the past 250 years. The centerpiece is the large doll's house
from 1757 of the D'Orville family on the first floor of the museum.
of the museum.
Program for the Kunstansichten:
Talk on the exhibition "Mobilien / Offenbacher Version"
Artist Mathias Weis and curator Katja M. Schneider
May 6, 2023, 11 a.m.
Guided tours through the exhibition: Benjamin Denke
May 6 and 7, 3 pm each day "TraumhAus- von alten Traumhäusern
and new house dreams". Admission free in each case.