am rande der nacht
Paintings by Sador Weinsčlucker
04 / 12 / 24 to 08 /02 / 25
Martin Oswald on the still lifes by Sador Weinsčlucker
If you only look at the light in the pictures at first, you might think that the artist is transporting us to another time: the dark painting, out of which the objects that Sador Weinsčlucker stages in his still lifes shine, has a baroque feel. Some of them hint at aspects of transience: but the artist is not content with broken bowls, cracked plates or overturned glasses as we know them from the vanitas paintings of the Dutch. Eight roofing nails join a sledgehammer under the title “bleib noch”, a recently discarded fork lies lost on a book between fruit and all kinds of bottles, there is disorder on a kitchen preparation table, as if someone deliberately wanted to leave a mess behind. The title “here again” could just as easily be written on a small note left there.
What Sador Weinsčlucker presents to us are open stories, torn out of a narrative that we do not know. They resemble film stills, bathed in a transfigured, ghostly light that encourages us to speculate about what was, what is to come, in short, about ourselves and our restless, fragile world. In fact, the title of the exhibition is borrowed from a touching French film by Claude Berri: in a single night, a great deal breaks open, the past is remembered and creeps into the present lives of the protagonists. Sador Weinsčlucker’s pictures are also touching: through the sensual touch of the objects depicted, their fruity or tart taste, their sharp edges and points, they allow us to almost physically feel what we see, to immerse ourselves in what has happened before or what is about to happen. They are silent images that move us.
Martin Oswald is an author and artist. In spring 2025, Kröner Verlag will publish his
novel “Kafka hat am Sonntag geschlossen. Beobachtungen eines Flaneurs”.
To the exhibition am rande der nacht
we serve the menu Singspiel
Zarzuela de Mariscos
(Seafood operetta)
Sea bass, langostinos, prawns, mussels
In a sauce of tomatoes, almonds, saffron, white wine, lemon and brandy
2020 Signature Muskateller, Seitz winery, Nahe
Cocido Madrileño
(stew, but everything is served separately)
Chickpeas, potatoes, semolina dumplings, carrots, turnips, beans, white cabbage,
veal shank, marrow bones, chorizo, wild duck (ingredients may vary)
2023 La petit Commanderie “le reveille matin” Languedoc
Fruit platter with dates, pomegranate, oranges, pears, quinces and grapes
Crema catalan
