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Sculptures with a message: Walldorf's camp corpses exhibition in Frankfurt!
Marcel Walldorf is showing his exhibition “Camp Corpses” with innovative sculptures and installations in Frankfurt until July 15th.
Sculptures with a message: Walldorf's camp corpses exhibition in Frankfurt!
The exhibition “Camp Corpses” by the sculptor Marcel Walldorf has started in Frankfurt-Bockenheim, which opened its doors on July 5, 2025 and runs until July 15, 2025. This retrospective presents works spanning 16 years of creative work and highlights delicate and humorous sculptures that were praised by the professional public but not sold. Walldorf presents remnants from four storage rooms that contain various forms of art, including deconstructed cat scratching posts, plaster pregnancy bellies and life-size horses. It is a reward for all those who have a feeling for the socially critical elements of his work.
The exhibition, which is organized by the studio community and event space Mars at Ginnheimer Landstrasse 35, opens its doors on July 5th and 8th from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Furthermore, those interested in art can arrange visits by appointment at marsfrankfurt@gmx.de.
Insights into the art world
Walldorf describes his art as unpretentious and humorous, critically questioning societal norms and roles. He became famous for his sculpture “Peeing Petra”, which was sold in 2019 for an impressive 9,000 euros. The artist estimates the material value of his unsold works at an impressive 50,000 to 60,000 euros. However, such size dimensions also bring challenges: high transport and storage costs make it difficult for many sculptors to gain a foothold in the art world. Walldorf is aware of these difficulties and shows this in his work.
“Camp Corpses” not only addresses visual imagination, but also the challenges that artists face today. The art market often has a great preference for flat works, while Walldorf's sculptures are three-dimensional and often experienced as bulky.
Art market in transition
A look at the current figures illustrates the difficulties facing the arts sector. The art market in Germany achieved sales of around 2 billion euros in 2022, which seems rather modest compared to the gigantic 57 billion euros generated by the software and games industry. Walldorf itself has analyzed it as “highly popular”, but self-marketing and fairness in marketing still have to be questioned, as can be seen from the report.
The exhibition “Camp Corpses” offers an insight into this exciting and often complicated market, which not only deals with the beauty of art, but also critically points out the actual values and challenges for artists. Before the exhibition opened, Walldorf was busy repairing minor damage to his sculptures - a constant task for a sculptor who strives to create a dialogue with society through his works.