Even as a young boy, Stefan Rohrer (*1968) was infatuated with cars and scooters. During his childhood, numerous VW Beetles could still be seen driving through the streets of his hometown of Göppingen.

Studying at the Stuttgart Art Academy, Rohrer embraced his childhood obsessions and turned motor vehicles into his raw material. Cars, scooters, motorbikes are the fetishes of the mobile multi-option society. They are fast; they are beautiful, and they are versatile.

The vehicles the artist works with are all imbued with desires, energies and forces. Rohrer seizes on the dynamic movement of their constituent parts, materialising and extending it out of the object and into space. Speed becomes a metal loop. Cars blossom as they explode, components fly apart, movement becomes a whiplash dance ribbon.

A firework of paint and colour. The viewer cannot help but be reminded of comic book sounds: “Crash”, “Wow”, “Booooom” ...

Text: Dr. Tobias Wall

I find it great that I am allowed to express some secret loves under the guise of art.

Stefan Rohrer, 2023

Although the painter Gerhard Langenfeld ostensibly concentrates solely on the two-dimensionality of the picture plane, his highly differentiated, layered application of paint extends that surface into the depth, continuing the architecture and the gallery space, as it were, into the interior of the painting.

The dominant colour of his paintings is black, but it is a black that is underpinned by an infinite variety of colour textures, which allow us to comprehend the build-up of the composition from a multiplicity of colour to monochromy, and invite us to ponder a painting about the art and act of painting. Contemplating the interpenetrating layers of paint and colour, the viewer is, as it were, drawn in and absorbed by the works.

Dr. Gabriele Uelsberg, Bonn (in the exh. cat. Camill Leberer – Jörg Bach – Gerhard Langenfeld,  Kunstraum Villa Friede, Bonn)

Colour, light and space in the painting process are a kind of pictorial matrix for me.

Gerhard Langenfeld, 2023

With Jörg Bach (*1964), we have a regional artist who also enjoys international renown as our guest in the 2-Raum.

Bach works with a material that requires consummate craftsmanship and the use of machines and tools such as welding equipment, burnishers, hammers, pliers and clamps. His sculptures create three-dimensional space and offer intriguing views through and beyond the works. The artist is concerned with the essence of humanity; with his own thoughts and feelings and his relationship with himself and others.

Jakob Leander Bach (*1990), son of Jörg Bach, works at the interface of art, design and craft. He is particularly fascinated by the material qualities of silver. Jakob Leander Bach mostly creates one-of-a-kind pieces. His objects look raw and robust; they recall natural forms such as rock formations or ice floes.

The unknown wants to be discovered, and perhaps it is the task of the artist to approach what he does not suspect.

Jörg Bach

I want my works to be like natural finds turned into silver.

Jakob Leander Bach

"Solid craftsmanship is certainly the foundation for the uniqueness of Hubert Rieber's work. Equally fascinating is the rigour of his formal vocabulary. Rieber's works stand in a sculptural tradition that brings together the human figure and geometric abstract form. Thus the figure is not just a matter of content but also of form. Yet regardless of the degree of abstraction, the size and proportion of his works consistently bring to mind the human figure."

(Stefan Simon in: Hubert Rieber - The Human Image, Museum Biedermann 2011)

Photographic works from Ralf Brunner,
on the occasion of the CHI Fürst Joachim zu Fürstenberg Memorial Tournament

As the Donaueschingen Horse Show reaches one of its high spots when the four-in-hand marathon drives spectacularly through the Brigach, it is no surprise for regular visitors to the show to see a photographer standing in the middle of the water hazard calmly taking photographs, apparently unperturbed by what is going on around him.

It is photographer and photo-journalist Ralf Brunner, who originates from Donauseschingen and now lives in Hamburg. For many years, this has been one of his favourite locations for taking some of his best and most impressive pictures.

A selection of his best works is on show in the Museum Biedermann from 22nd September 2011.

Indian Ink Drawings and wood sculptures from Jo Winter

When you hear the word vegetation, you think of plants and how they grow. In "Vegetations" from the artist Jo Winter, you will also be confronted by different, abstract implementations and forms of plants and plant life: buds, tree sections and complete, stylised trees. It tackles the topics of envelopment and breaking out, it represents sharpness and softness, concealment and exposure.

The artist creates this in wood with a chainsaw and on transparent paper with brush and Indian ink. A small selection from his collection of organic creations appearing as they do to be almost alive, hinting at growth and change, will be on show at the Museum Biedermann Reading Room until February.

18 March 2012 - 13 May 2012

Entering into a direct dialogue with the inhabitants of Donaueschingen, Museum Biedermann is collecting delicious homemade cakes, pickles and preserves in its temporary larder.

Sunday, 20 May 2012, 12 - 2:00 pm - International Museum Day:
The collection of homemade foodstuffs is transformed into an art installation and then jointly prepared into a festive banquet for all participants.

Join in!

Collection point:
Museum Biedermann, 18 March - 13 May 2012, Tuesday-Sunday, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

P.S. Please make sure that your items will still be good to eat to eat on 20 May 2012!

An art event by Gabriela Oberkofler at Museum Biedermann to coincide with the Heimattage Baden-Württemberg and the International Museum Day 2012, in cooperation with the City of Donaueschingen.