SETAREH presents "Before the Light"

In the organizer's words:

Before the Light
Georg Baselitz, Erwin Bechtold, Peter Brüning, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Bernard Schultze and Emil Schumacher

OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, September 5, 2025, 6 - 8 p.m.
SETAREH, Hohe Straße 53, Düsseldorf

SETAREH is pleased to present a new exhibition entitled Before the Light on the occasion of DC Open 2025. On display will be works by Georg Baselitz, Erwin Bechtold, Peter Brüning, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Bernard Schultze and Emil Schumacher. The exhibition will take place at SETAREH at Hohe Straße 53 in Düsseldorf. We cordially invite you to the opening on Friday, September 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. to experience the special compilation of these works.

Before the Light brings together artists who explore light and darkness as creative opposites in their work. The works appear mysterious and luminous at the same time - they show the constant tension between the tangibility of the material and the fleetingness of perception.

Adolf Luther's kinetic work, characterized by precise technique and fine movement, transforms light into an independent medium whose spatial effect is deliberately brought into focus. Otto Piene created works through controlled combustion with fire and smoke - an artistic examination of processes of destruction that leaves material traces as well as creating sensual resonance. Baselitz, Bechtold, Brüning, Mack, Schultze and Schumacher take up these themes in their paintings and illustrate the role that light played in post-war abstraction and the ZERO movement.

We cordially invite you to the opening on Friday, September 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hohe Straße 53 in Düsseldorf. We look forward to an inspiring opening together with you.

OUR OPENING HOURS

FR. Sep 05: 10 am - 7 pm

SA. Sep 06: 10 am - 6 pm

SO. Sep 07: 12 pm - 5 pm

Before the Light
Georg Baselitz, Erwin Bechtold, Peter Brüning, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Bernard Schultze and Emil Schumacher

OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, September 5th, 2025 from 6 - 8 pm
SETAREH, Hohe Straße 53, Düsseldorf

SETAREH is excited to announce our participation in DC Open 2025 with a new exhibition titled, Before the Light. The exhibition features the works of Georg Baselitz, Erwin Bechtold, Peter Brüning, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Bernard Schultze and Emil Schumacher. The exhibition will take place at SETAREH, Hohe Straße 53, Düsseldorf. We warmly invite you to the opening on Thursday, September 5th, from 6 to 8 pm, to experience the special exhibition of these works.

Before the Light brings together a group of pioneering artists whose work foregrounds the nuanced dialogue between darkness and lightness. The exhibition presents works that are immersing from a mystery yet already emitting an internal radiance and initial unveiling of color. The works of these artists in their very own merits reflect the sustained examination of material and perception.

Adolf Luther's kinetic construction, with its precise engineering and subtle movement, allows light to become a medium itself, emphasizing spatial experience. Otto Piene's fire- and smoke-based paintings register the traces of combustion, converting processes of destruction and transformation into images that mediate between material density and sensory impact. Baselitz, Bechtold, Brüning, Mack, Schultze and Schumacher extend this conversation in a painterly register, demonstrating how post-war abstraction and the Zero movement grappled with the phenomenology of light.

You are warmly invited to attend our opening reception on September 5th at Hohe Straße 53 in Düsseldorf from 6-8 pm, on the occasion of DC Open. We look forward to an exciting opening weekend with you.