For Enter Art Fair 2025, von Bartha presents a solo installation consisting of selectedworks by Imi Knoebel (b. 1940 in Dessau, Germany), which have the power to deepenour gaze with both their invigorating simplicity and poetic complexity.

Gracing the walls of the von Bartha booth will be a constellation of works from two ofhis most groundbreaking series Kinderstern (1989/2024) and Etcetera (2023-2024).

Stars in the night sky typically prompt us to look up and beyond our own planet. Yetstars from Knoebel's Kinderstern (1989/2024) series also invite us to turn our gazeinwards. Despite being identical in format, each monochrome hand-painted work isunique. Some are radiant, shimmering, and even garish, while others are sof, somber,and rather cool. From a distance, we humans (like stars) all appear to be the same. But atour core, we are very unlike each other, especially when it comes to the preconditionsand opportunities we were given at birth.

The most recent series on aluminium asserts Knoebel’'s commitment to the charitableorganization Kinderstern e. v, which supports children in need, including victims of war.Three-quarters of the proceeds from each work sold support the charity. Thus, theKinderstern series serves as both a call to action and a celebration of childhood, a sharedexperience that connects us all, no matter our future accomplishments.

The Etcetera (2023-2024) series has a different yet compelling story to tell. Again drawingon the entire spectrum of his color palette, Knoebel applies multiple layers of paint tocreate profound and palpable yet otherworldly spatial realms that are as equally etherealas his Kinderster stars.