Christian Wulffen: Gegenstände zum gedanklichen Gebrauch

The works of German-American Christian Wulffen often consist of industrially manufactured materials such as wooden slats, chipboard and adhesive tape. Arranged in precise repetitions, they encourage comparison. The focus is always on relationships between object and environment, measure and number, individual parts and the whole. The works tempt us to see such relationships as intentional and therefore meaningful. However, how they actually came about and the system behind them remains a mystery. More important than the relationships seen is the speculation about their origin: the works reflect our search for connections, because the artist has always taken the viewer's imagination into account. We are encouraged to think of logical connections and to imagine the works or their elements in a different order. What hangs on the wall or lies on the floor are visual puzzle pieces to think along with, objects to use mentally.