Exhibition in the gallery of the Caspar David Friedrich Center
From April 18 to July 12, 2026, the Caspar-David-Friedrich-Zentrum is presenting the double exhibition 'Streifzüge'.
The exhibition brings together artistic works by Ines Spanier and Oliver Thie under the title 'Streifzüge' - a metaphor for approaching the world as well as for the artistic process. Spanier is concerned with the graphic scanning of everyday human traces and their translation into an imaginary, archaeological depth space, Thie with the investigation of the diversity and individuality of natural phenomena in the medium of hand drawing.
On forays through urban, everyday space, Ines Spanier captures surfaces and structures photographically. The result: a constantly growing archive of a repertoire of motifs. Fragments of these selected, thematically related photos are transferred to paper with colored pencil and pencil, combined and condensed. This results in unexpected encounters between form, structure and line. The drawing continuously unfolds in a morphogenetic process into new pictorial spaces. Its central theme: the visualization and preservation of human traces. Drawing becomes the preservation and continuation of these and translates the fleeting moment of photography into a permanent pictorial form.
Oliver Thies' works are created during planned forays through landscapes and on expeditions, but also as a result of searching on the road. In his work, the title also refers to the act of drawing: the stroking of the tool over the ground, the wandering around in the pictorial space, the productive digression. In order to get close to organisms and structures, he immerses himself in their environments. He draws in the forest, under water, under a microscope, develops tools and expands classical techniques. The exhibition leads through mineral, plant and animal phenomena. Among other things, he examines the characteristics of rocks, the microcosm on trees and the movement behavior of tropical freshwater snails.
The exhibition can be seen from Tuesday to Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm in the gallery of the Caspar David Friedrich Center.
Further information about the exhibition and the artists can be found on the Caspar David Friedrich Center website.
