EXHIBITION: MANFRED STUMPF | MESSIASS

OPENING: 12/06/2026, 19.00

The concept centers on focusing on a single pictorial motif, involving an in-depth examination of the symbols within the image. Related motifs—such as “Saint George” or “Europa on the Bull”—also aid in better understanding, for instance, the act of riding as a metaphor for intuitive navigation. Ultimately, it is an attempt to regenerate the qualities of the hypostatic icon in our era of the “oceanic” moving image.

Manfred Stumpf (b. 1957) studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt under Thomas Bayrle starting in 1976, at the Cooper Union in New York City under Hans Haacke in 1978, and at the University of Applied Arts Vienna under Bazon Brock in 1979. The traveling exhibition “Contempler-Weltreise” was presented at the following venues: Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Yokohama Museum of Art, WDNH Art Center Moscow, and Portikus Frankfurt. Selected other exhibitions include: Galerie AK Frankfurt, Whitney Museum NYC, Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, Neue Pinakothek Munich, MMK Frankfurt, Witte de With Rotterdam, Creative Media Center Hong Kong, and Art Cabinet Nairobi.

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