WERKRaum-Ausstellung + Vernissage // Thomas Judisch + Cindy Hennes (Hamburg) – Cats & Dogs

In the exhibition *Cats & Dogs*, two artistic approaches come together that appear contradictory at first glance and yet generate a shared tension precisely because of this contrast. Cindy Hennes works with reduction: lines as precise placements, as a rhythmic condensation of perception and experience that create a clear and focused visual language. Thomas Judisch, on the other hand, operates more within the realm of the representational—in fragments and found objects that inscribe themselves into the space and allow for narrative allusions. Between these poles—order and chance, control and play—a dialogue emerges that does not resolve itself but remains deliberately open. The exhibition does not view “Cats & Dogs” as a pair of opposites, but rather as a productive
friction between two systems. Like cats and dogs, the works move around one another, observing, confronting, and ignoring each other at the same time.

Hamburg and Dresden function not only as exhibition venues but as two coordinates of an expanded space, connected by exchange and a long-standing artistic friendship. This interplay creates a field in which microstructures and fragments of everyday life mirror one another. Strokes become traces; objects become signs. Cats & Dogs
is thus less a thematic exhibition than a state of being: a precisely arranged juxtaposition that does not smooth over differences but rather makes them visible.

Opening reception: Friday, August 21, 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Dates:August 21 through September 20, 2026
Where: GEH8WERKRaum
Hours: Tours of the WERKRaum are available by appointment via email; the space can be viewed at any time through the window on Gehestraße

Find out more about Thomas Judisch here!

More information about Cindy Hennes is available here!

This initiative is co-funded by tax revenues based on the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament.