Zeichen im Raum

In the organizer's words:

Around 130,000 travelers pass through Duisburg Central Station every day. A place of constant movement, transitions and encounters. Since August 2024, a new space for contemporary art has been created in the middle of this dynamic: "Zentralstation", one of the showcases in the main station, which has developed into a freely accessible exhibition window for artistic positions. After four successful presentations in 2024, a four-month exhibition cycle will start in November 2025, bringing together different artistic perspectives from Berlin, Brussels, Cologne and Duisburg. The exhibitions are made possible by the cooperation with the station management, which provides the space in the main station. The "Central Station" was initiated and curated by the artists Robert Schörken and Juri Nitzling. Their aim is to make art visible where people do not expect it - in the middle of daily transit. The Central Station is sponsored by the Cultural Office of the City of Duisburg.

This year's series kicks off with the artist Marvin Rowinsky (*1995). Rowinsky presents his exhibition "Signs in Space: Image and Sculpture" from 22.11.2025 to 01.12.2025. In the exhibition, Rowinsky continues his examination of the markings of public space and expands it to include sculptural and spatial elements. The starting point for his work are photographs of those often overlooked signs that are placed at building sites, in surveying situations or in road traffic. However, these functional markings only form the starting point of a process in which Rowinsky alienates the photographic material, rearranges it and transfers it into the space.

Rowinsky was invited by the operators of the Zentralstation exhibition space, Juri Nitzling and Robert Schörken.

Zentralstation is sponsored by the Cultural Office of the City of Duisburg.