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From 22 September 2026, CSR.ART presents MEIN BERLIN, an exhibition of works by Berlin painter Jonas Hödicke (b. 1984). The exhibition follows his view of the city where he was born and raised, and which has been a recurring subject in his painting for many years. The opening will take place on Thursday, 1 October 2026, from 6 to 9 pm, with an artist talk at 7 pm.
The exhibition is presented in collaboration with Galerie Mond in Charlottenburg. Until 3 October 2026, the gallery is also showing Hödicke’s wire and steel sculptures, alongside paintings and drawings exploring the same subject matter.
Anyone who asks Jonas Hödicke which symbol best represents Berlin to him gets a clear answer: the shopping trolley. Of all things. Other cities flaunt their cathedrals and triumphal arches – Hödicke is content with a wire basket on four wheels. And yet his explanation is rather convincing. The shopping trolley unites Berliners. From the homeless to the millionaire, everyone eventually takes hold of the same handle. And sooner or later, the thing ends up abandoned on a street corner, as if the city itself had left it there. Anyone who lives in Berlin knows the sight.
And just like that, we are right in the middle of Hödicke’s painting. This is a man with a weakness for things no one considers remarkable until they have been painted. Berlin makes his job easier, because the city produces images incessantly and cares little whether they are beautiful. Hödicke moves through the jumble of a city he knows like the back of his hand, phone at the ready. Whatever catches his eye, he photographs. If the motif still refuses to let him go later on, it may become a painting. Between the brief click on the street and the canvas lies that curious process for which we have the beautiful word …
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Image above: Jonas Hödicke, Späti am Stutti, 2015, Acrylic on Canvas, 250 x 200 cm
