Thomas Scheibitz: Sinusknoten: Kunstverein Bad Wonder, Germany

SINUSKNOTEN is Thomas Scheibitz's first exhibition at Kunstverein Bad Wonder.
The exhibition primarily features new works from the last two years. Paintings, reliefs, murals, and wall films make up the spectrum, complemented by sculptures that are positioned standing or hanging in the room.

The sinus node is located in the atrium of the heart, where it acts as the pacemaker for the heartbeat. In a figurative sense, it represents the frequency of a complex supply system in the body. Similarly, Scheibitz uses the term as a metaphor for the composition, structure, and interplay of different works within an organism — in this case, the exhibition space. Analysis breaks down an idea, while synthesis reassembles it. The question of directness — both in the works and in the titles — and of the indirect translation contained therein is central to Scheibitz's work.

The artist consistently rejects distinctions between the terms abstract and figurative. The world — whether real or imagined, material or virtual — can now only be represented, translated, or communicated in fragments. As Botho Strauß writes: “The most powerful thing under the sun is the transitory.” The attempt to capture this transience is necessary and existential for artists – in the virtual as well as in the material realm. Strauß goes on to write: “Theories about it surviving for only a short time.”

The painting, the sculpture, or any other form of artistic work is ultimately always a response within these changing periods. The artwork remains a solitary entity — a sinus node in the system.