Wolfgang Oelze

Small Society for Grottoes and Caves – Part 3 – Continent Of The Unconscious
Grundbuchhalle Hamburg, November 14, 2025 to January 30, 2026

This is the third installment in an exhibition series of the same name that explores archetypal places through art. It features drawings, collages, videos, and photographs focusing on the cave as a metaphor for the hidden, grotesque, and transformative. Contemporary and historical references to the theme are combined with philosophy, art, and science.
Curated by Peter Boué and Wolfgang Oelze.

Artists: Peter Boué, Katharina Duve, Katharina Kohl, Katja Musenberg, Wolfgang Oelze, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Bernhard Prinz, Alexander Rischer, Regine Schulz, Doris Cordes-Vollert and Margit Tabel-Gerster

The exhibition is accompanied by lectures, film screenings, and discussions.

Curator Talk and Guided Tour with Peter Boué and Wolfgang Oelze, featuring the artists

Lecture by Yuning Teng, Art Historian, "Entering Another World Through the Cave: Imagery from Chinese Tradition to Mao's Revolutionary Bases and Contemporary Art Practice"

Video Premiere »Vorhöhle« by Wolfgang Oelze with Live Soundtrack by Chad Popple (Finissage)

Mit freundlicher Unterstützung der Behörde für Kultur und Medien Hamburg und der Liebelt-Stiftung Hamburg

Finissage performance photos by Gunnar Geller