STRANGEPLACE Impossible Landscapes
An Essay on Appearance
Weld seams on steel, evaporation traces on paper, photographs of industrial slag heaps – Impossible Landscapes shows landscapes that do not exist.
Wulf Kirschner
Michelle Concepción
Peter Voigt
Opening remarks — Ilka Mottscheller
Opening — 17 April 2026
Wulf Kirschner
Wulf Kirschner covers steel surfaces with rhythmic patterns of weld seams. The cooled lines form structures that recall aerial views of terraced fields or petrified sediment – an industrial gesture as geological form.
100 x 100 cm, Schiffbaustahl, Chromnickel geschweißt
36 x 26 cm, Schiffbaustahl geschweißt, Tinte
Relief (Schraffur), 2017
Detail
Kybele XIII, verdreht verlängerte Dreieckskuppel
Johnson‐Körper, 2024, Schiffbaustahl, Chromnickel geschweißtHöhe 38 cm, Durchmesser am Boden 42 cm
Michelle Concepción
Michelle Concepción lets liquids evaporate on paper. What remains are traces that recall river deltas, erosion or contour lines – topographies without territory, painted by the behaviour of matter itself.
2020
Acrylic ink on paper
100 x 70 cm
2020
acrylic ink on paper
100 x 70 cm
2023
Acrylic on board
50 x 40 cm
Suspension 2
2024
Acrylic on paper
30 x 24 cm
Peter Voigt
Peter Voigt photographs industrial deposits and processes whose structures can be perceived as landscapes – between documentation and deception.
Bauxit‐Staub, Al(OH)₃
40 x 50 cm
Canson Baryta Photographique 2 auf Aludibond
90 x 120 cm
Hahnemühle PhotoRag Baryta auf Aludibond
Gold in Cyanide Leach Solution Na[Au(CN)₂]
40 x 50 cm
Wulf Kirschner
Drei Tinten
36 x 26 cm, Schiffbaustahl geschweißt, Tinte
Links Tisch:
Wulf Kirschner
Tripthychon, Würfel, Kleines Buch
Schiffbaustahl, Chromnickel geschweißt
Rechts Wand:
Peter Voigt
Eisenpellets‐Depot, Fe₂O₃, Alumina‐Düne, Al₂O₃
50 x 40 cm
Canson Baryta Photographique 2