Exhibition with works by Annette Bischoff and Menno Fahl on view until 20 September
The new exhibition at Galerie Netuschil, “Pas-de-deux of Color,” which opened at 11 a.m. on Sunday, August 10, 2025, is a double play between wall and space and a correspondence between the paintings of Annette Bischoff and the sculptures of Menno Fahl.
What we see is an exhibition of format, form, and cheerfulness, borne out by the material substance and the optical value of the color! The exhibition thrives on a positive and cheerful mood, which is essentially created by the color and is evident in the interplay of the two positions, large and small format.
Annette Bischoff discovered abstraction early on and has continued to explore new avenues in recent years. From small-scale painting and the combination of materials—sand and paint, for example—to the deliberate use of collage, her current paintings achieve a form of abstraction that is both large-scale and expansive and generous. Often applied in pastels and glazes, close to watercolors, the resulting color flows convey poetic pictorial narratives.
Photo: Regina Eimler
Menno Fahl follows an artistic path from the wall into the room and back again! He moves equally between painting and sculpture, between the second and third dimensions. The strong and indispensable connecting link is color. His sculptures arise from found objects from the world, which he constructively assembles and captures in color: heads, steles, curious creatures that combine wit and depth. He has realized some of his pictorial ideas in bronze and painted them! The consistency of the colored sculpture is a rare exception in contemporary sculpture.
Photo: Menno Fahl
At the end of the exhibition, at the finissage on Friday, September 19, 2025, at 7 p.m., Annette Bischoff and Menno Fahl will come to the gallery and offer insights into their artistic work. The conversation with the artists will intensify on the last day of the exhibition: on Saturday, September 20, 2025, starting at 11 a.m. at Breakfast with the Artists (registration only / €15), the painter and sculptor will be available for personal discussions about their lives and work. The exhibition will be on view until September 20, every Thursday and Friday from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Menno Fahl was born in Hanover in 1967 and studied under Peter Nagel at the Muthesius Academy of Art and Design in Kiel from 1988 to 1992. He then studied sculpture at the Berlin University of the Arts under Lothar Fischer from 1994 to 1997. He has received numerous art awards and scholarships. Most recently, he was an artist in residence in Australia in 2010 and received a scholarship from the Kulturfonds 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 things, the Salzburg Summer Academy with 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 awards; she lives and works in Darmstadt.
Cover image: Balance, acrylic on canvas, 2024, 140 x 100 cm by Annette Bischoff
