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Exhibition featuring works by Annette Bischoff and Menno Fahl on display until September 20th.
The new exhibition at Galerie Netuschil, “Pas-de-deux der Farbe”, which opened on Sunday, August 10, 2025 at 11 a.m., is a double play between wall and space and a correspondence between the paintings of Annette Bischoff and the sculptures of Menno Fahl.
What you see is an exhibition with format, form, and cheerfulness, carried by the material substance and the visual value of the color! The exhibition thrives on a positive and cheerful atmosphere, which is essentially achieved through color and becomes visible in the interplay of the two approaches, large and small format.
Annette Bischoff discovered abstraction early on and has continued to explore new avenues in recent years, moving from small-scale works and material combinations – sand and paint, for example – to the deliberate use of collage. Her current paintings have resulted in an abstraction that is both expansive and generously expansive. Often pastel-colored and applied in glazes, close to watercolor, the resulting flows of color become vehicles for poetic visual narratives.
Photo: Regina Eimler
Menno Fahl's artistic journey takes him from the wall into the room and back again! He moves equally between painting and sculpture, between two and three dimensions. The powerful and indispensable link is color. His sculptures emerge from found objects, which he constructively assembles and colors: heads, stelae, curious creatures that combine wit and depth. He has even translated some of his pictorial ideas into bronze and painted them! The consistency of his colored sculptures is a rare and unique case in contemporary sculpture.
Photo: Menno Fahl
At the end of the exhibition, for the closing event on Friday, September 19, 2025, at 7 p.m., Annette Bischoff and Menno Fahl will be at the gallery to offer insights into their artistic work. The conversation with the artists will continue on the last day of the exhibition: on Saturday, September 20, 2025, starting at 11 a.m., the painter and the sculptor will be available for personal discussions about their lives and work at a breakfast with the artists (registration required / €15). The exhibition is open until September 20, Thursdays and Fridays from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Menno Fahl was born in Hanover in 1967 and studied at the Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel from 1988 to 1992 under Peter Nagel. From 1994 to 1997, he studied sculpture at the Berlin University of the Arts under Lothar Fischer. He has received numerous art prizes and scholarships. Most recently, in 2010, he was an artist-in-residence in Australia and received a grant from the Cultural Fund Foundation. Menno Fahl lives and works in Berlin and Schleswig-Holstein.
Annette Bischoff was born in Darmstadt in 1962, where she studied architecture from 1981 to 1985 and subsequently worked in stage design and as an actress. She attended, among other places, the Salzburg Summer Academy under Sandro Chia and Kiki Kogelnik. She undertook study trips to Mexico, the USA, Canada, Indonesia, China, South Africa, and many European countries. Annette Bischoff has received numerous scholarships and art prizes; she lives and works in Darmstadt.
Cover image: Balance, acrylic on canvas, 2024, 140 x 100 cm by Annette Bischoff
