The Mannheim Paintings (2008). While working in a woodcarver's studio in Berlin, making a model for the Shield of Achilles paintings, the artist came across the remains of the once-magnificent Mannheim altar. Disassembled during the Second World War, all of the main figures and surrounding decorations were put into safe storage. Unfortunately, these were all destroyed before the end of the war, leaving only the backplate that was placed in the cellar of the Bode Museum. Almost nothing remains, only faint shadows of where figures once resided. But in one corner remains carved in low relief, Adam and Eve as very young children. The effect is striking. They remain as if abandoned by the adults, to forge a new future alone. The paintings were exhibited in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and the Bode Museum in Berlin.
The Lost Museum: The Berlin Sculpture and Paintings Collections 70 years after the WWII
Böde Museum, Berlin
19.March - 27 September 2015
Red Mannheim I & II (Solo Exhibition) St. Paul's Cathedral, LondonSummer 2010
Red and White Mannheim (Solo Exhibition) Bōde Museum, Berlin 29 October 2014 – 15 February 2015
Mannheim Paintings (Solo Exhibition) The Galerie Bastian, Berlin 24 May – 02 August 2014
Contemplating the Spiritual in Contemporary Art Rosenfeld Porcini, London 07 June – 13 July 2019
