WERKRaum-Exhibition + Vernissage // Andreas Gorlitz + Conny Köckritz – All got your issues

Andreas Gorlitz’s graphics are characterized by clear lines, a reduced color palette, and a calm, almost meditative visual effect. He often combines abstract forms with subtle textures to create modern yet organic compositions. His works appear structured but not rigid, inviting viewers to discover details and patterns upon closer inspection. The graphics appear deliberately experimental and abstract: they often consist of two-dimensional image compositions with unconventional shapes and patterns—not classic motifs, but expressive structures and lines. Their abstraction and clarity make the works enigmatic and challenge both the viewer’s gaze and interpretation. The viewer is not confronted with familiar images, but with signs, shapes, and text fragments, which enables a conceptual, associative perception. In this sense, the works can almost be understood as visual poetry.

For about five years now, depicting garage views has played an important role in Conny Köckritz’s painting. She is particularly interested in the colorful garage doors, which, despite their diversity and individuality, can do little to counteract the conformity of the garages. Her graphic representation of the garages focuses precisely on this aspect. The works, rendered in stark black-and-white contrast, reveal a seriality that results from the systematic construction of the garages and garage courtyards. By reducing the garages to their basic forms—the trapezoid of the side view and the rectangle of the doors—a minimalism emerges that allows the recurring forms to be arranged into patterns. These patterns are rhythmic and static at the same time. The garage elements are repeated as sequences, but remain clearly arranged and aligned in format, with horizontal and vertical lines dominating. The reduction shows the garage as a conformist mass product that visually dominates large areas in cities and villages, yet is mostly overlooked. This oversight stands in stark contrast to the importance of the garage for its respective owner.

 

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, February 27, 2026, 4 to 8 p.m., with visuals, band, music, and drinks provided by the GEH8 studio café
Duration: February 27 – April 5, 2026
Location: GEH8 WERKRaum
Opening hours: Viewing of the workshop by appointment via email or through the window on Gehestraße at any time

 

Here you can find more information about Andreas Gorlitz!
Here you can find more information about Conny Köckritz!

 

The WERKRaum exhibition is sponsored by teilAuto Carsharing. Thank you very much!