Let the Distance keep us Together

Walter Dahn passed away on November 7, 2024, just a few days after the opening of his solo exhibition ‘Have Love Will Travel’ at Haus Mödrath on October 20. We had the great privilege of experiencing a particularly wonderful and intensive preparation and build-up phase with Walter. In countless conversations, he repeatedly referred to his time as a teacher in Braunschweig - above all because of ‘his’ students. He was in intensive dialogue with some of his students. It was always about art, music and film. Always ‘at eye level’, as Walter constantly emphasised. For years, even decades. ‘Let's see’, “look here” or “what do you think of this...” - this is how the exchange, the mutual interest, the expression of mutual appreciation often began. They were more, much more than just his ‘students’. For Walter, they were fellow artists with equal rights. But more than that, they were his friends, actually already part of his family, an integral part of his cosmos.

And we can now bring these close student family friends together again in a small series of exhibitions. With genuine enthusiasm and conviction, they all agreed spontaneously. They are sure that Walter would love it. And because Walter Dahn's exhibition will run for another eight months until the end of August 2025 at Haus Mödrath, we have the fantastic opportunity to showcase one of these artists every month in our studio in the basement.
 

KALIN LINDENA

KALIN LINDENA & MAX MARION KOBER – any key 4 avery door, still

Kalin Lindena works across different media with paintings, installations, video, wall works and sculptures. Her works are often integrated into a system of meaning based on music, personal social connections and an extensive repertoire of images from high and pop culture. In doing so, she links long-term themes from art history with the present and transfers them into an aesthetic derived from graffiti, incorporating them into new contexts with recourse to music.

Max Marion Kober also uses a variety of media, but in recent years has focussed on painting. Her most recent works seem to be charged with energy, shifting from external landscapes to the inner being and creating an immediate resonance for the viewer. Dark nights and dream-like states also form Kober's cosmos and make us look out for ghosts in her paintings.

Kalin Lindena, born in Hanover in 1977, studied under Hartmut Neumann, Johannes Brus and Walter Dahn in Braunschweig from 1997 to 2004. She has been a professor of painting and graphic art at the State Academy of Art in Karlsruhe since 2014. She lives and works in Karlsruhe and Berlin.

Max Marion Kober, born in 1980 in Adenbüttel, Lower Saxony, studied under Walter Dahn at the Braunschweig University of Art from 2003 to 2007 and as a master student of Michael Krebber at the Städel School in Frankfurt from 2007 to 2009. Max Marion Kober lives and works in Adenbüttel.