Spot On: Anton Henning
Between spaces
8 May until October 2025
In his painterly work, Anton Henning (*1964) explores the tension between exterior and interior space, reality and fantasy. His pictorial language is characterised by the interplay of abstract and figurative styles as well as the recourse to art styles of the 20th century. On the occasion of his 60th birthday, the Berlin artist has donated a group of pieces created over the last 20 years to the Friends of the Kunstpalast. The Spot-On exhibition presents nine of these works, which illustrate the various themes of his oeuvre. Henning acquired his skills as a filmmaker, designer, sculptor and painter independently without any academic training. In the 1990s, he lived in New York, where he celebrated his first artistic successes. Today he lives in Manker in Brandenburg.
Henning works almost exclusively in series that repeatedly draw on traditional genres, such as the still life, the portrait or the interior. By combining these with each another, the artist playfully questions the rigid categories of art history. He also achieves this through his contrasting colour palette, simultaneously incorporating and disrupting familiar patterns, reinforcing the interplay between tradition and the present.
Curator: Anna Grosche, Research Trainee 20th and 21st century
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