Black and White in Dialogue on the Mühleninsel: Experience Art in Landshut

Event: Black and White in Dialogue - Reiter and Rothenberger in Mühleninsel, 84028 Landshut on 24. October 2026

Date and Time

24. October 2026 16:00

Location

Mühleninsel
Mühleninsel, 84028 Landshut, Germany

Price

Free

About this Event

Exhibitions & Museums

Mood

Relaxed

Venue Type

Outside

Black and White as an Attitude: A Dialogue Between Coal Graphics and Photography

On the Mühleninsel in Landshut, two positions meet that understand black and white not as a renunciation but as artistic concentration: Raimund Reiter with his coal graphics and Karlheinz Rothenberger with his photography. The exhibition opens the view for lines, contrasts, surfaces, and that quiet tension that arises when image spaces do without color and thereby gain depth.

When Light Becomes Image Language

Black and white sharpens perception. It directs attention to structure, rhythm, and materiality, to shadow areas, bright surfaces, and the subtle gradations in between. In the contemplation of the works, it becomes apparent how differently coal drawing and photography respond to the world while developing a common aesthetic vocabulary: densification, reduction, presence.

Raimund Reiter: Coal Graphics as Drawing Densification

Raimund Reiter, artistically anchored in Landshut, works with a visual language that arises from observation and reflection. His coal graphics unfold that quiet energy that emerges from the interplay of flatness and trace, of memory and form. Reiter stands in a tradition of socially related yet poetically condensed visual art, where drawing becomes the medium of contemplation.

Karlheinz Rothenberger: Photography with Sharp Eyes

Karlheinz Rothenberger, born in 1945 in Landshut, early on combined photographic practice with precise observation. His works show how photography in black and white mediates between documentation and artistic interpretation. The medium here gains a special calmness: contours emerge, spaces appear more precise, and the composition achieves an almost meditative clarity.

An Art Experience on the Mühleninsel

The Mühleninsel creates an urban place with its own breath. Between the Isar, green spaces, and urban movement, an exhibition atmosphere arises that enhances the dialogic character of this presentation. The art experience thrives on the contrast between natural space and image space, between open landscape and concentrated contemplation of the works.

Why This Exhibition Resonates

Those who tune into this preview discover an exhibition that does not appear loudly but convinces with precision. Black and white demands attention, rewards with depth, and makes visible how powerful art can be without decorative distractions. This is precisely where its strength lies for art enthusiasts, photography fans, and for all those seeking aesthetic experience.

Conclusion: Black and White in Dialogue - Reiter and Rothenberger promises a concentrated, sensual encounter with two artistic signatures that open new perspectives in the interplay between coal graphics and photography. A visit to the Mühleninsel is worthwhile for all who wish to experience art in the original and in space.

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