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17-25 October 2026

Cabinet of Emptiness

Hosted by Cengiz Hartmann

This project is now archived and was part of DDW20

Event type

Exhibition

front view
front view
Cabinet of emptiness is a handcarved object made from a single piece of cherry wood.
‚‚Wardrobes with their shelves, desks with their drawers, and chests with their false bottoms are veritable organs of the secret psychological life. Indeed, without these ‚objects‘ and a few others in equally high favor, our intimate life would lack a mo
side view
side view

About Cengiz Hartmann

Cengiz Hartmann is a German artist and designer focussing to reduce objects to the essential without eliminating the poetry. The word ‚begreifen‘ serves as a key to his work. It means both to touch and to understand - in a way thinking with the hands.