VITALWERKEMAXIMIERUNG provides an insight into Rita Hensen's work. If you open the thick cardboard cover, you are already in the midst of drawings, paintings and objects, installations and photographs: "Kraft Mut Trost", "Sei Froh!", "Was alles von oben herunterfallen kann", "Kosmischer Teig", the "Venusfalle" and "Anodes", to name just a few works. "... This is a joyful show that seems to have its origins in Hensen's personal life and experiences. Nevertheless, there is also a sense of joy in the skilful juggling of physical forms, words and objects. If the smile comes over us, it is perhaps because the work hovers between the playful and the serious. Ultimately, though, it reminds us that joy is worth more than facts." (John Wood) With texts by: Giovanna Gabbia, Jörg Koopmann, Imi Pramin, Dr Renate Wiehager, Prof. John Wood.