RITA ROHLFING – RED LIGHT DISTRICT – Katharina Chrubasik, Alte Rotation, LVR LandesMuseum Bonn, 2002 Christian Krausch „Works of art that are entirely understood by insight and intellect are not really art.“ Theodor W. Adorno Museums are erotic places. The relationship between a work of art and the observer is based on intimacy and familiarity

RITA ROHLFING – RED LIGHT DISTRICT – Katharina Chrubasik, Alte Rotation, LVR LandesMuseum Bonn, 2002 Between Three-dimensional Object and Space Red Light District – An interior installation by Rita Rohlfing The architecture of the Alte Rotation is a continuous challenge to artists. The former industrial space with its numerous recesses and different spatial axes has

RITA ROHLFING – COLOR – SPACE – SCULPTURES, Gabriele Uelsberg, Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders, 1999 Gabriele Uelsberg When everything goes well, we make out of our universe, something that should be erratic and bent, a simple canvas. One with corners and paints on it. And we look at it and say: “Ah” 1 The solitary wish,

RITA ROHLFING – THE VIRTUAl IN THE CONCRETE, Klaus Flemming, DG Kunstraum München, 2000 „Large-scale reality produces large-scale unreality.“ Max Bill A clearly defined cuboid: Upon entering the room, one’s eyes meet its front wall measuring almost three meters. It is necessary to walk four meters along its long side, and with a total height

RITA ROHLFING´S MARVELS OF SPACE – Gabriele Uelsberg, 2004 The artist Rita Rohlfing does not make it easy for any observer or interpreter to ascribe her artistic endeavour to any one genre. She is a passionate painter who engages in a dialogue with colour. She paints, without however producing paintings in the traditional sense. She