Current exhibition
"(Cultural) landscapes - a painterly and photographic exploration"
Gallery at Premium Mobile in Gettorf
17.10.2025 - 17.01.2026
As part of our concept “In Dialogue – Painted and Photographed”, we have exhibited several times in the “True North” under various exhibition titles, most recently at the Levantehaus Hamburg, the Schleswig City Museum and in Kiel. The core of the concept is the realization of a subject in watercolor or acrylic mixed media on the one hand, and as a photograph on the other.
In our exhibition “(Cultural) landscapes“At the Premium Mobile Kuntz gallery in Gettorf, we explore precisely this topic. Where does humankind intervene in nature, and to what extent? Where do we quite obviously shape living spaces for ourselves, and how do we use nature for our own purposes? Does a completely untouched landscape, one that touches us with its naturalness, still exist?”
The paintings and photographs are impressions of Hamburg and the true north, addressing the theme of highly complex industrial ports as well as our Nordic landscapes, the light, the trees, and the water. Works created directly during travels, for example to Venice, will also be on display—painted on location, photographed there, or recreated or artistically interpreted in her studio in Südereiche.
Many of the works are created through dialogue; that is, a particular subject is interpreted by Stephanie Hartstang through painting and by Thomas Hartstang through photography. The painter and photographer engage in intensive exchange, learning from and with each other. It is particularly fascinating for the viewer to see how closely related, or how different, the interpretations can be.
The exhibition includes paired works and individual pieces by both artists. It will feature expressive and high-contrast watercolors and mixed media works (in acrylic and watercolor), as well as art photography using cameras and drones, including award-winning photographs from Iceland taken this year at major international competitions.
The exhibition can be viewed free of charge at Premium Mobile Kuntz in Gettorf from October 17, 2025 to January 17, 2026, Monday to Friday between 8:00 and 18:00 and Saturday between 9:00 and 13:00. Important: Each artwork has a QR code that can be scanned with a smartphone to access further information.
Premium Mobile Kuntz GmbH
Eichkoppel 1
24214 Gettorf | Kiel
Opening hours
Mon - Fri: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Our next exhibition
"Change of perspective - alternating view"
Schleswig City Museum "Stall"
February 5, 2026 - March 15, 2026
Opening on February 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM, free admission
A female painter curates another female painter, and vice versa. A photographer curates another photographer, and vice versa. Aren't painters and photographers, in a sense, competitors to each other? How can one then leave the selection of works to the other for exhibition?
The ‘bitch’ is thus no longer just a cliché, but an attitude: a willingness to resist harmony and expectations. The ‘control freak’, on the other hand, does not present herself as a rigid authoritarian, but as a specialist in organisation – someone who makes structures visible without dominating them.
Stephanie Hartstang: Fischkutter im Port de pêche, Le Guilvinec
Maike Osterkamp: Untitled
In any case, it signifies a concrete artistic exchange between the participants. This mutual curation by the four artists thus becomes more than just an exhibition: it becomes a narrative about perspective – about how any two people see the same world, reflect on it differently, and enrich each other in the process. The works are then not merely images, but chapters in a dialogue that transcends authorship: an artistic conversation that challenges, provokes, and inspires, but which can only lead to a successful outcome with mutual respect and trust – and a healthy dose of self-irony.
Thomas Hartstang: Synthesis of Life
Jörg Böttger: House No. 1
