Artist: Jannis Marwitz
Exhibition title: Like unhappy fruit
Venue: Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf, Germany
Date: October 14 – November 30, 2017
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf
The first is the large red one; everything spins in a circle as if one had too much to drink.
The second is the large green one; one arrives, one treads here. A shoe, and on it sits a foot.
The third are the unhappy fruits, which hang there totally plump and young, but, nevertheless, they are, inedible like the mushroom’s red and white cap.
The fourth is the same as the third – only seemingly larger, longer, hairier.
The fifth—a face—is green and red, and therefore it’s the bridge, that spans from one corner to the other.
The sixth doesn’t vary much. One holds, one supports, one shows someone the way.
And finally, the seventh is the journey, horizons which are shifting. Everyone says, I know this, I’ve been there, I’ve seen that before.
Dionysos, Rome, Catacombs of Praetextatus, 250 AD
Dionysos/Ariadne, Paris, Louvre, 240 AD
Selene/Endymion, Paris, Louvre, 240 AD
Selene/Endymion, Rome, Palazzo Doria Pamphili, 230 AD
Dionysos; Rome, Vatican
Jannis Marwitz, Like unhappy fruit, 2017, exhibition view, Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf
Jannis Marwitz, Untitled, 2017, Charcoal, water color and gouache on silk, 49 x 52 cm
Jannis Marwitz, Like unhappy fruit, 2017, exhibition view, Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf
Jannis Marwitz, Like unhappy fruit, 2017, exhibition view, Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf
Jannis Marwitz, Untitled, 2017, Oil and egg tempera on canvas, 39 x 32 cm
Jannis Marwitz, Fruit, 2017, Oil on canvas, 39 x 32 cm
Jannis Marwitz, Like unhappy fruit, 2017, exhibition view, Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf
Jannis Marwitz, Comme des fruits malheureux, 2017, Oil and egg tempera on canvas, 100 x 70 cm
Jannis Marwitz, Unitled, 2017, Oil and egg tempera on canvas, 210 x 160 cm
Jannis Marwitz, Like unhappy fruit, 2017, exhibition view, Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf
Jannis Marwitz, Like unhappy fruit, 2017, exhibition view, Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf
Jannis Marwitz, Unitled, 2017, Oil and egg tempera on canvas, 100 x 65 cm
Jannis Marwitz, Like unhappy fruit, 2017, exhibition view, Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf
Jannis Marwitz, Unitled, 2017, Oil and egg tempera on canvas, 210 x 140 cm