Current exhibition

Group exhibition ORBIT

On 09.05.2025 the author Fabienne Pakleppa will be reading quirky stories in the gallery...

Vernissage Sunday afternoon!
06.04.2025 von 15:00 bis 20:00

ORBIT = five female artists + two male artists

Eva Blanché

In this context, the discovery for me was the painter Eva Blanché!

The laconic and yet so loving view of the object - the virtuoso execution a la minute... Someone has created a wonderful opportunity to process the world in all its madness through art. I will follow your work. ...

[Klaus Noack / Galerie im Malzhaus Plauen | Excerpt from the speech on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition “HAUBENTAUCHER III”, ibid., 07.2023 ]

Florian Merkel

The manual coloring of black and white photographs has a long tradition, it has existed almost as long as the medium of photography itself, because the sight of a monochrome image can leave an emotional deficit. For a long time, especially in commissioned photographic work, it was obvious to generate the otherwise unreproducible information with a brush. ...

From the catalog text for: TARGETED SETTINGS: OVERPAINTED PHOTOGRAPHY IN CONTEMPORARY ART curated by Stefan Gronert, Sprengel Museum Hannover, 2019

Hanne Kroll

Animals populate Kroll's works and are explored through painting. Whether it is the surface texture of a fish or the light refracted on a dog's fur, she tirelessly explores painterly possibilities and sometimes realizes them in a more abstract, sometimes more realistic way. She is fascinated by people's view of animals and the cultural or socio-cultural differences in their treatment of the various species. Animal protagonists often become part of a fantastic world of the jungle or the deep sea, allowing the viewer to escape into distant worlds, but also allowing an almost personal perspective on the animal, a brief encounter between individuals.

Haiying Xu

The Chinese painter Haiying Xu combines elements from East and West in her painting and plays with people's longings. The central theme in Haiying Xu's work is the exploration of her own identity.

Kerstin Seltmann

Kerstin Seltmann, born in East Berlin in 1961, wanted to become a painter. It was not an easy path, especially at a time when the GDR was already noticeably disintegrating and there was hardly any room to breathe for young, creative and rebellious people like Seltmann. Without being enrolled at a university, she received an academic education thanks to excellent mentors.

Lydia Thomas

Lydia Thomas, born in Karl-Marx-Stadt / Chemnitz, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Prof. Anke Doberauer. Erasmus scholarship for a semester abroad at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lisbon Large-format mural at the Goethe Institute in Munich ...

Manuel Rumpf

Our view of today's landscape is often fleeting. Forgetting and repression dominate our perception of everyday places, which is driven by speed and the pursuit of goals.

In his works, Manuel Rumpf deals with the atmospheres of modern landscapes, which are more than ever shaped by man, which have only come into being because we live in

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About the Gallery

From the desire to exhibit the historical Munich photographs of his grandfather Herbert Wendling and the possibility to expand his studio space, the Gallery Gerhard Grabsdorf was born in 2010 and 2011.

After a provisional " construction site" in the still unrenovated rooms, the first Munich exhibition then took place in 2011 in the Valentin-Karlstadt-Musäum.

The first years of the gallery were characterized by great experimentation. From street art, often whimsical sculptures and objects, classical painting, comic and pop art to caricatures and, of course, photography, newcomers, but also established artists - mainly coming from Munich - were shown in group and solo exhibitions.

Since 2014, the gallery has focused on kinetic art, historical and contemporary photography, and selected artists from various art genres such as painting and sculpture.

Exhibition Philosophy

Over the years Gerhard Grabsdorf developed his own exhibition philosophy for his gallery.

The exhibitions should not put any artificial obstacles in the way of the visitors. They should invite people to visit the exhibitions, even if they are not primarily art enthusiasts. They should be designed in such a way that they also encourage passers-by in passing to visit the exhibition spontaneously.

The experience and the exchange are put in the foreground. In the case of the kinetic machines, for example, visitors often have to get into action themselves in order to set them in motion. With the photographs, the exchange between visitors about what they have experienced and seen is essential. The exhibitions can be compared more to modern museum exhibitions than to classical sales exhibitions, as they are known from the conventional gallery business.

The exhibits tell stories and/or evoke memories.

"Behind the machine, it is about the human - For man begins where purpose ends" (analogously after Schiller's "Letters on Aesthetic Education"). "Only beyond purpose and duty does he become free."

The success of the philosophy is evident in the diverse groups of visitors. The age range extends from kindergarten groups to mid-agers to aged seniors. The majority of visitors come from Munich and the surrounding area. However, visitors from other European countries - some of whom travel specially - are also welcome guests. The mostly extensive press coverage does the rest. In addition to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the Bayerische Fernsehen, the Bayerischer Rundfunk, the Global Art Magazin, and Das Münchner Kunstjournal, the Münchner Merkur, the Abendzeitung, the TZ, the Münchner Feuilleton and many others have reported on the gallery.

One of the most outstanding (OFF-topic) projects of the gallery is the "LowTech Instruments Museum". A temporary museum for kinetic art machines by Charly-Ann Cobdak.

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