We are delighted to invite you to Elger Esser’s fourth solo exhibition at the Van der Grinten Gallery. For this occasion, the artist is presenting twelve previously unseen works created between 2024 and 2025, which continue the development of his characteristic visual universe; a universe in which a strange feeling of timelessness prevails, captivating the viewer as if in a dream or vague memories.

Lorenzo Pompa’s main theme is the conditio humana, the readily observable horrifying human tendency towards violence, unrestraint, brutality and excesses. But also other evident human qualities, such as greatness of spirit, heroism and a yearning for beauty. To explore the field of tension between these poles Lorenzo Pompa has developed allegories of biomorphic bodies that appear to act according to the laws of their human psyche.

We are delighted to announce the first solo exhibition in our gallery space of Cologne painter Heiner Binding. Since the 1980s the artist has pursued a path that has produced a dense and consistent body of work. We are showing the most recent works from this oeuvre.