Strangers in the Night – On the Blue Thread at abraxas Augsburg
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Between Deep Sea and Thread Space: An Exhibition as an Aesthetic Journey of Discovery
On November 7, 2026, the ballet hall at Kulturhaus abraxas in Augsburg transforms into a place of poetic connections. The exhibition Art Stories: Strangers in the Night – On the Blue Thread combines jewelry pieces by Renate Knauer with thread installations by Mathias Wolf. Admission is free.
Jewelry as Sculpture: Renate Knauer's Essence of the Deep Sea
In her series Strangers in the Night, Renate Knauer explores the mysterious life forms of the deep sea. Her jewelry pieces capture the whimsical, colorful, and simultaneously fragile beauty of marine flora and fauna. The focus lies on the challenge of making the transparency and coloration of bioluminescence visible in wearable artworks.
Knauer's works navigate between painting, sculpture, and jewelry design. Her distinctive formal language connects art and elegance, where the jewelry can not only be viewed but also worn as sculpture on the body. The artist, originally from Augsburg, has been working since her recognition as a freelance painter and jewelry artist by the Academy of Fine Arts Munich in 1992.
On the Blue Thread: Space Becomes Visible
Mathias Wolf develops expansive thoughts in On the Blue Thread using seemingly simple materials. Finely placed threads and strands create depth, rhythm, and three-dimensional reliefs. Lines give rise to spatial tensions, while interspaces generate spherical visions.
The installation builds on Wolf's earlier works, including a room-filling blue net installation above the Peace Table at Augsburg Town Hall as part of PAX 2008. In the exhibition, his spatial ideas appear on a smaller scale without losing their poetic impact. The observation of the works directs attention to material, light, structure, and the perception of space.
Curating Between Nature Observation and Space Poetry
The juxtaposition of jewelry sculptures and thread objects opens a dialogue about transformation. Knauer's works translate the mysterious nature of the deep sea into colorful, transparent forms. Wolf's installations make invisible relationships in space tangible. Thus, an exhibition emerges that transcends art-historical categories and makes aesthetic experience directly accessible.
The exhibition atmosphere thrives on contrasts: organic beings meet geometric lines, body-close jewelry encounters spatial installation, shiny surfaces contrast with fragile threads. The art experience invites reflection on nature, vulnerability, materiality, and human perception.
Conclusion: Experience Art Live Between Body, Nature, and Space
Visitors can expect a focused exhibition featuring poetic jewelry objects, sensitive thread structures, and an unusual connection between nature observation and spatial art. Anyone wishing to experience contemporary art, sculpture, installation, and cultural education in an open atmosphere should not miss this free art experience at Kulturhaus abraxas.
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