Black and White in Dialogue in Landshut: Experience charcoal graphics and photography


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An evening between charcoal graphics and photography: Black and white as an artistic language
With Black and White in Dialogue, two independent artistic positions meet in Landshut: Raimund Reiter with his charcoal graphics and Karlheinz Rothenberger with his analog black-and-white photography. The exhibition brings drawing, light, shadow, and materiality into a concentrated dialogue and invites visitors to contemplate works that focus on reduction, precision, and atmosphere.
When grayscale values become image spaces
The exhibition situation promises an art experience that does not rely on glaring effects, but on subtle gradations. Black and white opens a space for concentration here: charcoal, line, surface, and photographic tonal values condense into images that make both movement and stillness visible. Particularly in the juxtaposition of graphic handwriting and photographic perspective, an aesthetic experience with great calm and clear focus emerges.
Raimund Reiter: Drawing as concentrated setting
Raimund Reiter works as a self-taught graphic artist and painter and is a member of the Munich Secession, the Munich Association for Original Etching, and the Art Association Landshut. His charcoal graphics refer to a practice where condensation, rhythm, and the interplay of light and dark become decisive. The graphic surface is not merely a carrier but a resonance space for lines, structures, and tension.
Karlheinz Rothenberger: Photography as seeing remembrance
Karlheinz Rothenberger, born in 1945 in Landshut, studied medicine in Munich and Zurich and has fully dedicated himself to analog black-and-white photography. His gaze focuses on industrial and craft motifs as well as human personality and landscape forms. Verifiable exhibition stations in Vienna, Munich, Berlin, Algund, and Sibiu demonstrate the reach of his photographic work. In his art, medical precision and poetic observation meet.
The New Gallery as a suitable resonance space
The New Gallery Landshut has been located in the Gothic Barn on the Mill Island since 1992 and focuses on regional as well as supra-regional contemporary art. The historical building by the water creates a special exhibition atmosphere for this exhibition: The old barn, the subdued light, and the reduction of black and white enhance the perception of each individual work. For visitors, a quiet yet intense art experience is created in the heart of the city.
Practical information for the visit
The exhibition site is located on the Mill Island in Landshut, specifically in the Gothic Barn of the New Gallery. The opening on October 23, 2026, is scheduled as an evening event and thus offers the best conditions for a contemplative visit after everyday life. Those interested in photography, print graphics, regional art, and the language of reduction will find an exhibition with a clear profile and high aesthetic density.
Conclusion: Black and White in Dialogue shows how powerful artistic reduction can be. Between charcoal graphics and analog photography unfolds an exhibition full of calm, precision, and expression. A visit is definitely worth it, as the surfaces, tonal values, and spatial references reveal their full effect live.
Official channels of Reiter and Rothenberger:
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- Website: https://www.raimund-reiter.de/
Sources:
- City of Landshut - Black and White in Dialogue - Reiter and Rothenberger
- Raimund Reiter - Biography
- BBK Lower Bavaria/Upper Palatinate - Raimund Reiter
- Karl-Heinz Rothenberger - Photo Design
- New Gallery Landshut - Information
- New Gallery Landshut - Concept
- City of Landshut - New Gallery Landshut in the Gothic Barn on the Mill Island










