"Neither an escape from civilisation nor the desire for a meditative hermitage nor the longing for extreme physical and psychological experiences draw him to the mountains, although his stays of several weeks in gruelling conditions have something of all this about them. But he is not the 'traveller above the sea of fog' who transforms the experience of nature into speculation about existential questions of existence. It is the search for a suitable pictorial raw material, for strong visual impressions, that drives Konrad Henker into the mountains again and again."
- MATHIAS WAGNER - in the exhibition catalogue
" ... The aesthetics of conservation go hand in hand with the rediscovery of thoughtfulness: Konrad Henker has all the time in the world to experiment with his mountain motifs and rock formations without worrying about fame. He tries out new approaches, sets light and snow against the ridge of a mountain peak, and highlights the sky as near space in pitch black. Strongly vertical formats are used for extreme heights, wide formats for endless expanses. The mountain motif conveys a feeling that Henker has nailed to a sign above his desk: Freedom. The motif is far from exhausted ... "
- KERSTIN RITSCHEL - in the exhibition catalogue
Catalogue
A catalogue was published to accompany the exhibition.