Jenny Reißmann - anlanden

Geologically, the term “anlanden” in German stands for silting, the deposition of mineral sediments. But the term also translates into “landing”, and exists in shipping, meant on the one hand as going ashore (e.g. to unload transported cargo), and on the other hand as a military tactic, describing an invasive intrusion into hostile territory from the sea. Jenny Reißmann's choice of exhibition title is based on the latter of the two definitions.

On foreign soil, she raises her flag possessively, affirms a territorial claim, sends out pioneers to probe the terrain in the spce, sets up camp, feels halfway safe and hangs protective suits in the cloakroom, where – like flayed remains – they act as gatekeepers, a deterrent, admonishing that she is always capable of defending what she has annexed.

Going ashore after a long time at sea is like "coming home" in the sense of a natural biotope. All the works in the exhibition speak of the protection and security aspect of dwelling, of feeling at home, of settling in. The pioneers are shelter, on the one hand as a camouflaged shelter, on the other as a hut.

Reißmann therefore also describes her work on large-format paintings as the act of inhabiting them, constructing the surface, tilling it, wandering through it and creating a building, a biotope of painting.