Things that do not speak – and yet remember The visual world of Siegmund Schneider
by Markus Lippeck
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Sometimes we enter a room and immediately sense that the objects within are not just things. They stand, silent, breathing. They conceal a story that has never been told—or not with words. We encounter such things in the works of Siegmund Schneider. They are made of color and surface, but they carry weight, as if they were made of time.
What is this—a gate? A sign? A body? The forms in Schneider's paintings appear familiar and strange at once. They seem to stem from an inner vocabulary, an alphabet without a name. They evoke buildings, altars, machines—and at the same time, feelings that could never be named.
Schneider's painting is not loud. It demands a slow gaze, an introspective look.
The colors glow not superficially, but from deep within. The compositions are at peace within themselves – yet they seem to shift the longer you look.
Born in Delmenhorst in 1953, Siegmund Schneider didn't take a direct path to art. After completing a technical apprenticeship and passing the Abitur exam at the University of Bremen, he studied painting at the Bremen University of the Arts under Prof. Jürgen Waller. Since the 1980s, he has worked consistently as a freelance artist, receiving grants, contributing to murals, and exhibiting in numerous galleries. His works are now part of public collections—but they always remain personal.
What makes his art so powerful is its speechlessness. It doesn't speak—it remembers.
Invitation to the exhibition
“SIGNS OF THE TIMES”
by Siegmund Schneider
Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Galerie SCHLUH
Im Schluh 71, 27726 Worpswede
As part of the Open Studios Worpswede
The artist is present throughout the day.
Artist talk and group tour at 5:00 PM.
New and selected works will be shown – powerful paintings between abstraction and symbolism, constructed from color, form, and quiet tension.
