Galerie Requisite Exhibition
Konschthal Esch is proud to present the first major international exhibition dedicated to the multifaceted work of German artist, musician, and author Wolfgang Müller.
This landmark exhibition brings together significant works from every phase of Müller’s prolific career, offering a rare opportunity to explore his singular artistic language. From his formative years with the legendary Berlin art-punk collective Die Tödliche Doris — a project named after a fictional woman and conceived not as a traditional band but as a fluid, conceptual artwork — to his later role as a self-declared “scientist of misunderstanding,” Müller has consistently challenged aesthetic and cultural hierarchies with wit, irony, and conceptual precision.
Müller’s unique practice draws on an eclectic mix of themes and references — Iceland, ornithology, amber, shellac, Norse mythology, bird droppings, Germany’s liberal FDP party, and the Icelandic drag community all appear in his works. These elements form a poetic and often absurd vocabulary in a body of work shaped by curiosity, critique, abstraction, and humour — where the lines between art and life blur in unexpected and evocative ways.
In addition to his visual and performative work, Müller is also a noted writer and editor. His books Geniale Dilletanten (1982) and Subkultur Westberlin 1979–1989. Freizeit (2013) provide both critical insight and playful reflection on West Berlin’s underground creative scene in the years before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Visit us until 22 June 2025 at Konschthal Esch.
