Follow Me Behind the Mirror – Positions of the Wemhöner Collection

Over the past twenty-five years, Heiner Wemhöner has built a collection of around 1,800 works with connoisseurship and openness, spanning painting, sculpture, object art, photography, film, and video art.

The catalogue Follow Me Behind the Mirror. Positions of the Wemhöner Collection showcases this diversity with around 355 color illustrations. Instead of a linear order, curator Philipp Bollmann adopts an open, associative structure. His comparative approach places works in new constellations, highlights interactions, and opens up fresh perspectives.

In his essay Dialogue and Perception, Bollmann unfolds this concept and invites readers to question established patterns of perception. Heike Höcherl’s contribution C’est mon plaisir – Collecting Art, Sharing Passion situates the Wemhöner Collection within the history of private collecting, showing how it enables cultural participation and honoring Heiner Wemhöner’s commitment to carrying this tradition forward in today’s art context.

Künstler

Mit Werken von Marina Abramović, Nevin Aladağ, Kader Attia, Georg Baselitz, Hans Op de Beeck, Monica Bonvicini, Julian Charrière, Tony Cragg, Elmgreen & Dragset, Nan Goldin, Antony Gormley, Secundino Hernández, Leiko Ikemura, Alfredo Jaar, Isaac Julien, Bianca Kennedy, Alicja Kwade, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ernesto Neto, Helmut Newton, Laure Prouvost, Michael Sailstorfer, Yang Fudong, Tobias Zielony und vielen anderen.

• Verlag: Distanz Verlag
• Herausgeber: Philipp Bollmann
• AutorIn: Philipp Bollmann, Heike Höcherl
• Gestaltung: Neue Gestaltung, Berlin
• Fotografie: Bettina Pousttchi, A1, 2019 | Michael Schultze
• Format: 23 x 27,5 cm
• Seiten: 404 pages, c. 335 colour plates
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 11.08.2025
• ISBN: 978-3-95476-801-1