When is the exhibition open?

PORT25 is open Wednesday to Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm. The exhibition can be seen from August 1 to November 8, 2026.

What does entry cost?

Entry to PORT25 and the events is free.

What works are exhibited?

Works from various groups, including Advertising Block 2.0, classics from the Painting Factory, and works from the series A Short Story of Everything are on display.

Are there guided tours of the exhibition?

During the exhibition period, guided tours and accompanying events will take place. Current dates will be published via PORT25.

Is the exhibition accessible without barriers?

The exhibition is held in the spaces of PORT25. Information about specific accessibility will follow.

How long does a visit last?

The duration of the exhibition visit is determined by individual interest in the groups of works and personal observation of the works.

Konstantin Voit at PORT25: Painting that surprises by rearranging familiar signs

Name: Konstantin Voit - Mannheim Art Prize of the Heinrich Vetter Foundation
Start: 2026-10-14T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-11-08T18:00:00+01:00
Location: PORT25 – Raum für Gegenwartskunst

Konstantin Voit at PORT25: Painting between Order, Perception, and Infinite Variation

With Konstantin Voit, PORT25 – Space for Contemporary Art presents the exhibition of the award winner of the Mannheim Art Prize of the Heinrich Vetter Foundation 2026. The award in the painting category honors an artist whose work has been conveying the balance between serial construction, visual research, and playful system formation for decades.

An Art Experience of Color, Form, and Structure

The exhibition provides insights into various groups of works from Voit’s multifaceted oeuvre, which the artist refers to as a painting factory. Acrylic on canvas and wood, recurring signs, grids, and stencils come together to create a concentrated visual world. The exhibition atmosphere arises from the interplay of strict order and surprising deviation: familiar-looking forms dissolve into new visual contexts.

Advertising Block 2.0 and the Challenge of Perception

At the center is the series Advertising Block 2.0 with the subtitle inspired by .... The works are connected to logos and familiar image signs, but they depart so far from their originals that recognition becomes shaky. This painterly strategy challenges the viewing of the work: What do we actually see when a symbol loses its definitive function?

From Material Archive to Painting Factory

Konstantin Voit was born in 1964 in Mannheim and studied from 1989 to 1996 at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg, among others with Sigmar Polke and Mike Hentz. Since the 1990s, he has been developing his System, a comprehensive catalog of ideas consisting of sheets and objects. A central foundation of his artistic practice is a collection of around 10,000 painting stencils, from which new image orders and serial variations emerge.

A Short Story of Everything and the History of the Image

In addition to classics from the painting factory, PORT25 presents works from the series A Short Story of Everything developed since 2020. The works connect to the early work of the artist and open a view into recurring questions about image, material, time, and order. In the aesthetic experience of this painting, conceptual art, serial processes, and a consciously craft-based production meet.

Art Historical Classification and Cultural Education

Voit’s position stands in a productive tension field between abstract painting, conceptual art, and visual popular culture. His works explore how signs are created, how perception is directed, and what role repetition plays in the artistic process. For visitors, this creates an accessible entry point into central themes of contemporary art: system and chance, original and variant, memory and visual communication.

Conclusion: Painting as an Open Thought System

The exhibition at PORT25 offers an intense art experience for all who wish to not just observe painting, but to experience it as a space for thought. Konstantin Voit’s works combine sensual color effects with art historical reflection and invite viewers to read familiar signs anew. The visit promises a stimulating aesthetic experience between materiality, order, and visual surprise.