Carsten Weitzmann has created his own universe with which to interpret the world. He created twenty protagonists, his "figures", each with different character traits. Each of these people represent their own characteristic principle. Most of the figures of this universe are ambivalent - each character comprises negative as well as positive qualities. For example, the young philosopher stands for the principle of analysis and open-mindedness. "The restriction to twenty characters offers endless possibilities of describing the world. My characters have brought me a great deal of artistic freedom", says the artist.
The exhibition "Das Personal aus dem toten Winkel" is composed of drawings, oil paintings, and a monumental mural. The wall installation was designed especially for the exhibition space. The entire cast of characters recur in various combinations and modes of interaction throughout the artist's pictures.
Carsten Weitzmann captures moments from human life in his anecdotal pictures, which are playful attempts at interpreting our world.
The curious characters operate partly in disturbing poses and irritating situations. "There is irony and satire in my work. One shouldn't take everything too seriously. After all, the world itself is only made bearable by humour." For example, a man stands on the flowing hair of a giantess, ironically named "Gebärmutter" (Uterus) by the artist, who acts as a provocative symbol of all-creating nature. His world of images and characters doesn't originate from an analysis of specific situations or events, but rather from the empathy that Carsten Weitzmann musters in relation to our reality.
Carsten Weitzmann was born in Erfurt in 1961 and has been working as an independent artist since 1989. The collaboration between the Jarmuschek + Partner gallery and Weitzmann began exactly ten years ago. His work has most recently been displayed at the Fridericianum gallery in Kassel, at the Kunstverein Potsdam, and in the Erfurt Kunsthaus. Carsten Weitzmann lives and works in Erfurt.
2007 Aufstand der Dinge , Galerie Steinrötter, Münster. Alles wird gut , Glassbox Erfurt, (mit Marcel Krummrich)/ Die bananenlose Republik oder am Anfang war das Kindsein , Kunsthalle Willingshausen.
2006 Preussischer Landtag Berlin.
2005 Galerie an der neuen Pinakotek , München. Der Untergang des Abendlandes , Intergalerie Potsdam. Script 43 , Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin. Three ways out , Galerie Steinrötter, Münster (mit Kristian von Hornsleth/Jaroslav Kourbanov) Galerie Ruetz, Augsburg. Helden , Galerie Rothamel, Erfurt.
2004 Galerie Steinrötter , Münster. The Phatory LLC. , New York (mit Steffen Mühle)
2006 Art Karlsruhe , Galerie an der neuen Pinakotek, München. Sommersalon 2006 , Galerie Steinrötter, Münste. Preview Berlin , Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner. Quintessenz VII , Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin
2005 Der Ost-Westliche Ikarus , Winckelmann-Gesellschaft, Stendal, Kunstmuseum Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha. Cubus Kunsthalle , Duisburg. Kunstverein Wasserburg am Inn Art Frankfurt , Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner. Preview Berlin , Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin Quintessenz VI , Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin
2004 Art Frankfurt , Galerie Rothamel. Quintessenz V , Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin
2003 SommerNachtsRaum , Galerie Rothamel, Erfurt. Art Frankfurt , Galerie Rothamel. Art cologne , Galerie Rothamel Quintessenz IV , Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin
2002 Neuer Realismus , Galerie Rothamel. Reprorealismus , Galerie Naumann, Stuttgart. Art Frankfurt , Galerie Rothamel. Kunst am Bau , Galerie Rothamel. Quintessenz III , Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin
2001 Art Frankfurt , Galerie Rothamel. art forum berlin , Galerie Rothamel. Quintessenz II , Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin/ Art Saxonia , Leipzig
2000 Art Frankfurt , Galerie Rothamel. art forum berlin , Galerie Rothamel. Quintessenz I , Galerie Jarmuschek+Partner, Berlin. Mehr Kopf als Körper , Schloss Wendhausen/Braunschweig
1999 Kunstmarkt Dresden , Galerie Rothamel. malsomalso , Galerie Rothamel. art forum berlin , Galerie Rothamel
