[GESAMT] Jan-Hendrik Pelz

What does the whole mean in a time when images are constantly fragmented, shared, reproduced, and reassembled?

 

The exhibition [GESAMT] explores this question—not as an answer, but as a proposition. For this body of work, Jan-Hendrik Pelz works with reproductions of artworks from the [gesamtkunstwerk] collection. He cuts them apart, dissolves their original contexts, and recombines fragments from different works into new visual constellations. From these collages emerge 14 oil paintings, including a monumental triptych.

  • Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 1 (Richie Culver, Mishka Henner, Oscar Murillo), oil on canvas, 2025 - 2026
    Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 1 (Richie Culver, Mishka Henner, Oscar Murillo), 2025-2026
  • Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 10 (John Baldessari, Banksy, Goin, Jordy Kerwick, Blek le Rat, Robert Rauschenberg, Richie Culver), oil on canvas, 2025 –2026
    Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 10 (John Baldessari, Banksy, Goin, Jordy Kerwick, Blek le Rat, Robert Rauschenberg, Richie Culver), 2025-2026
  • Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 11 (Gao Hang, Paa Joe, Richard Roth, Tracey Snelling), oil on canvas, 2025 - 2026
    Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 11 (Gao Hang, Paa Joe, Richard Roth, Tracey Snelling), 2025-2026
  • Ruscha, Christopher Wool, Kim Tschang Yeul), oil on canvas, 2025 - 2026
    Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 12 (Jelena Bulajic, Rodney Graham, Tracey Emin, Nate Lowman, Laure Prouvost, Ugo Rondinone, Taylor White, Ed Ruscha, Christopher Wool, Kim Tschang Yeul), 2025-2026
  • Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 13 (Banksy, Guillermo Lorca, John Baldessari), oil on canvas, 2025 - 2026
    Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 13 (Banksy, Guillermo Lorca, John Baldessari), 2025-2026
  • Jan-Hendirk Pelz, [GESAMT] 14, oil on canvas, 2025 - 2026
    Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 14 (Georg Baselitz, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Richie Culver, Eric Fischl, Paa Joe, Tanya Ling, Guillermo Lorca, Oscar Murillo, Robert Rauschenberg, Judy Rifka, Kiki Smith, Patrick Tresset, Matthias Weischer, Taylor White, Christopher Wool), 2025-2026
  • Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 2, oil on canvas, 2025 - 2026
    Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 2 (Slavs and Tatars, Paa Joe, Robert Rauschenberg, Mohau Modisakeng), 2025-2026
  • Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 3 (Richie Culver, Mishka Henner, Danh Vo), oil on canvas, 2025 - 2026
    Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 3 (Richie Culver, Mishka Henner, Danh Vo), 2025-2026
  • Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 4 (André Butzer, Reginald Sylvester Il, Jordy Kerwick, II, Judy Rifka, Fredrik Værslev, Christine Wang), oil on canvas, 2025 - 2026
    Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 4 (André Butzer, Reginald Sylvester Il, Jordy Kerwick, II, Judy Rifka, Fredrik Værslev, Christine Wang), 2025-2026
  • Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 5 (Jorge Galindo, Goin, Otani Workshop), 2025 - 2026
    Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 5 (Jorge Galindo, Goin, Otani Workshop), 2025-2026
  • Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 6 (Richie Culver, Mircea Suciu), oil on canvas, 2025 - 2026
    Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 6 (Richie Culver, Mircea Suciu), 2025-2026
  • [GESAMT] 7 (Stephanie Mei Huang, Jonathan Horowitz), oil on canvas, 2025 - 2026
    Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 7 (Stephanie Mei Huang, Jonathan Horowitz), 2025-2026
  • Jan-Hendrik Pelz [GESAMT] 8 (Jiang Congyi, Gao Hang), oil on canvas, 2025 - 2026
    Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 8 (Jiang Congyi, Gao Hang), 2025-2026
  • Jan-Hendrik Pelz [GESAMT] 9 (Gao Hang, Zhang Xiaogang), oil on canvas, 2025 - 2026
    Jan-Hendrik Pelz, [GESAMT] 9 (Gao Hang, Zhang Xiaogang), 2025-2026