PROJECT
Hope | Triptych | 2025
Installation:
The work consists of front and back sides on each canvas. Various hanging configurations are possible.
Acrylic on canvas with textile elements | each approx. 335 × 110 cm
Front Side HOPE | Acrylic on canvas with textile elements | each approx. 335 × 110 cm
Back Side HOPE | Acrylic on canvas with textile elements | each approx. 335 × 110 cm
Close-up views of the triptych:
PROJECT
walle, walle, wehe, wehe [wwww] | 2024 – 2025
7 Paintings:
– Yellow, Red, Black, Blue, White, Green
– The Wind of the Sun
(PHOTO Atelier Peutestraße)
One step forward and two steps back? My latest project, continuing, invites us to critically question the price of progress. Inspired by Goethe’s “Sorcerer’s Apprentice”, it reflects the power and responsibility that come with knowledge and innovation.
That old sorcerer has vanished
And for once has gone away!
Spirits called by him, now banished,
My commands shall soon obey.
Every step and saying
That he used, I know,
And with sprites obeying
My arts I will show. …(Excerpt from The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, J. W. von Goethe)
PROJEKT
In the Middle of the Swing (The Carousel) | 2022 – 2025
– 5 OBJECTS:
Carousel: dance, theater, literature, music and art
– 6 PICTURES abstract:
Swing: 1, 2 und 3 | 2024
Swing: 4 Cup, 5 Tear und 6 Seed | 2025
(PHOTO: Exhibition 36th Kunsttage Rhein-Erft / Abtei Brauweiler / 2024)
In “In the Middle of the Swing (The Carousel)” I draw on the image of a constantly turning carousel—a metaphor for the ever-revolving art world. Although nothing in life remains unchanged, there are themes whose essence is timeless.
The carousel forms an incomplete circle composed of influential creative figures of the 20th century, whose impact continues to resonate today. These figures create a gentle arc that invites viewers to complete the open circle with their own reflections and inspirations. Each figure revolves around an imaginary axis symbolizing inspiration and creativity. Their animal lower bodies contrast with their human, naked, and vulnerable upper bodies, embodying honesty and openness. From their forms emerge fantastical flowers, buds, and seeds—symbols of the ongoing influence of their work into the present.
The figures rest on steel rods anchored in a concrete base. Engraved into this base are quotations from the artists portrayed, encouraging viewers to delve deeper into their worlds of thought.
For the solo exhibition “In the Middle of the Swing” (Muma Gallery 2024), large-format paintings were created that echo the movements of the figurative sculptural objects and the carousel through lines and sweeping gestures.
Pina Bausch | DANCE [Antelope] | Textile and Papier-mâché | approx. 220 × 110 × 90 cm
Dance, dance, otherwise you are lost!
(Pina Bausch)
Charlie Chaplin | THEATER [Penguin] | Textile and Papier-mâché | approx. 220 × 110 × 90 cm
Imagination means nothing without doing.
(Charlie Chaplin)
Wolfganag Borchert | LITERATURE [Crow] | Textile and Papier-mâché | approx. 220 × 110 × 90 cm
Say NO!
(Wolfgang Borchert)
Nina Simone | MUSIK [Lioness] | Textile and Papier-mâché | approx. 220 × 110 × 90 cm
This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.
(Nina Simone)
Niki De Saint Phalle | KUNST [Bear] | Textile and Papier-mâché | approx. 220 × 110 × 90 cm
Instead of becoming a terrorist, I became a terrorist in art
(Niki de Saint Phalle)
PROJECT
When I Look at You (Dished Up: Knife, Spoon, Fork) | Triptych | 2023
Ongoing, series planned!
(PhOTO: Studio Rothestraße)
“When I Look at You (Served Up: Knife – Spoon – Fork)” is an ode to love, poetry, and honesty, but also a reflection of the conflicts and conversations that are inseparably tied to human relationships. The title “Served Up: Knife – Spoon – Fork” cleverly cuts into the supposedly “rose-tinted sauce,” prompting us to reflect on the complexity of human interaction.
The work reveals the whirl and interludes of life—experiences of becoming, blossoming, and eventually fading.
PROJEKT
Vita (And the We) – Sanctuary of the Creatives | 3-parts| 2021
Acrylic and Pencil on Canvas | 600 x 150 cm
(PHOTO: Exhibition 23th NordArt 2022)
When Marion Meinberg’s triptych “VITA (And the WE) – Sanctuary of the Creatives” was shown at NordArt in 2022—one of the largest contemporary art exhibitions in Northern Europe—it captivated me instantly. The concept behind this painting struck a personal chord, touching on a question I often reflect upon myself: “How do I want to grow old?”
In her painting, the artist opens a view onto a theatre stage where reality and utopia meet. On the left and right edges, almost concealed by the curtains, viewers can make out the shadowy outlines of the real-life situation of elderly people in our society. Alone, isolated, and dependent on aids—their lives appear in dull grey.
In contrast, Meinberg has placed her utopia of ageing—“fabulous”—at the centre of the painting, in radiant colour. Here, the senses are awakened: hearing (the horse at the piano), taste (Capricorn and turkey enjoying fruit and physical closeness), touch. Every creature is active: they make music, write, dance, sculpt with joy for as long as they are able. The entire theme rests on a carpet adorned with floral ornamentation. As Meinberg herself says, she celebrates life. […]
Between societal aspirations and reality lies a deep gulf. The recently adopted basic pension also demonstrates this gap, excluding from the outset all those who do not earn at least 30 percent of the annual average income—even if they have paid into the pension fund continuously for 35 years. During my art tours at NordArt, lively conversations unfolded among visitors standing before this painting about their own ageing. Everyone recognised here a utopia they could imagine for themselves, yet which very few will truly live out. Meinberg’s work is both a vision and a call to action. If we wish to live in old age as depicted here, we must begin to take care—now. […]
(Excerpt | Anette Schwohl M.A. | 2023)
PROJECT
At the Corner | 2020–2021
3 PAINTINGS
– The Bartender, The Dancers, The Gamblers
3 OBJECTS
– The Waiting Woman, The Musician, The Nerd
(PHOTO: Exhibition 22th NordArt 2021)
Chimeras: half human, half animal. Infinitely diverse in form, they embody in Marion Meinberg’s work the principle of the fundamental beauty of all living beings. On the triptych ‘At the Corner’, colorful figures bustle about. Social milieus as biotopes? A mirror of a metropolis. Role-shifting. Queerness.
This playful alienation opens up a new perspective on the multifaceted nature of our modern urban species. The compositional interplay of figures and spaces directs the gaze toward what is essential.”
(Justus Ramme / NordArt Catalogue 2021)
(PHOTO: Exhibition 22th NordArt / Objects and Paintings AT THE CORNER)
THE WAITING WOMAN (Assigned to the painting THE BARKEEPER) | Textile and Wire | approx. ca. 147 x 61 x 67 cm
THE MUSICAN (Assigned to the painting THE DANCER) | Textile and Wire | approx. 119 x 132 x 67 cm
THE NERD (Assigned to the painting THE PLAYERS) | Textile and Wire | approx. 65 x 40 x 27 cm
