Exhibition in St. Matthew's Church
Norbert Schwontkowski is one of the most important contemporary painters in Germany. Curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers, the exhibition of the artist, who died in 2013, takes a sketch by Norbert Schwontkowski as the starting point for a dialogue between the works of Schwontkowski, Leiko Ikemura, Ju Young Kim, and Nicole Wermers.
Image gallery
Norbert Schwontkowski, Tarantella, Öl auf Leinwand, 100 x 80cm, 2008
The exhibition focuses on concepts of being on the move and spaces of transfer: states and places of transition, spaces that are not conceived as final destinations, but as intermediate stations, as places of waiting, reflection, and change.
Permanent movement, the constant on-the-go in the face of a horizonless boundlessness, flow into Schwontkowski's motifs. Light metaphorically guides the formal, poetic, and humorous search for location and insight.
Berlin Art Week Features Night: 12. September 2025, 20.30 bis 22 Uhr
Berlin Art Week Special Screening von Wendi Yan, Dream of Walnut Palaces, 2025, commissioned by THE VH AWARD, organized by Hyundai Motor Group:
12. September 2025, 20:30 bis 21.30 Uhr, BAW Garten
11. bis 14. September 2025, St. Matthäus-Kirche am Kulturforum
Curator’s Talk: 14. September 2025, 15.30 Uhr
Orgelkonzert mit Sebastian Heindl: 11. November 2025
Ausstellungszeiten
12. September 2025 – 4. Januar 2026
Di bis So, 11:00 bis 18:00 Uhr
St. Matthäus-KircheKulturforum Berlin, Matthäikirchplatz, 10785 Berlin
Admission: Free
