ON THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA

In the intertwining of bodies, a collective sense of insecurity becomes visible, one that extends beyond the individual.

In this confined space, it is decided who leads and who follows: the majority or the individual. The sculptures take up Théodore Géricault’s famous painting *The Raft of the Medusa* and transpose the historical catastrophe into the present. Self-determination manifests as the assertion of one’s own course amid the tension of collective forces.

The exhibition revolves around the fragility of human orders—both social and personal. Through figures and fragments, the artist explores the relationship between the individual and the community, memory and the present, self-image and external attribution.

A recurring question is how identity emerges or disintegrates under collective pressure. Bodies fragment, forms tip into the grotesque, and myths and pop-cultural images overlay biographical traces. The works combine personal narratives with social observations and negotiate power and powerlessness, ideal and reality. The result is a series of tableaux without clear answers, revealing ambivalences and transitions.

ON THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA is an immersive exhibition by Raimund Schucht.

A sculptural ensemble of wood, light, sound, and text coalesces into a multi-layered world in which contemporary structures are reflected.

Raimund Schucht:

Born in 1981 in Siegen, lives and works in Berlin. In his 3D painting, he combines drawing, painting, and sculptural elements into a multidimensional, scenic approach. The space functions as an active pictorial surface: flatly treated, paper-like painted planes oscillate between two- and three-dimensionality, creating complex spatial situations. By shifting and rearranging forms, lines, and bodies, social patterns of perception are transformed into spatial fields of experience.

Schucht completed an apprenticeship as an interior decorator, studied architecture (Dipl.-Ing.), and deepened his practice with a Master of Arts in Scenic Space / Stage Design. In addition to his artistic work, he is active as a freelance scenographer and stage designer in the context of art and culture.