“Denn nichts ist vergeblich” brings together works that reflect on hope, resistance, and the search for refuge. Rooted in individual histories, the series explores what it means to confront systems of power that constrain lives and close off possibilities. It asks how we understand actions whose intentions remain unfulfilled or whose possibilities are cut short.
Titel: Denn nichts ist vergeblich...
Material: Erde, Sand, Steine, Kies, Papier, Farbe auf Leinwand
Material: Erde, Sand, Steine, Kies, Papier, Farbe auf Leinwand
130 × 200 cm.
The work refers to Walter Benjamin’s escape from Nazi persecution and its tragic end in Portbou. Through an opening, the sea draws the gaze towards a horizon that offers no certainty. Hope and fear meet in this view: the possibility of reaching safety, and the uncertainty of what lies beyond.
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Der treue Hund als Nationalheld – 22.02.1943 (The Faithful Dog as a National Hero – 22 February 1943), 2025
Clay, paper, paint, acrylic, gouache, wire and wood on wood
21.1 x 17.7 x 3.1 in.
The work incorporates fragments from German newspapers published in February 1943. While the execution of members of the White Rose resistance was reported only briefly, everyday wartime stories—including that of a celebrated “faithful dog”—were given considerably more space.
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Titel: Der Moment als Dante Florenz verlassen musste
Material: Sand, Paper, ink, print on canvas
Material: Sand, Paper, ink, print on canvas
100 × 100 cm.
The work refers to Dante’s exile from Florence. Following a shift in political power, he was banished from the city in 1302. What followed were nineteen years of displacement. He never returned.
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