An Invitation to Color, Form, and Memory

“The tulips are too excitable, it is winter here”

Ini de Taillez - Alexandra Centmayer
Kultur am Kelterberg, Stuttgart, Germany

Winter is often perceived as a season of stillness. Yet this exhibition reminds us that beneath the surface, color, memory, and artistic dialogue continue to unfold.

TOMs FLOWer CLUB warmly invites you to the exhibition “The tulips are too excitable, it is winter here”, presenting works by Ini de Taillez and Alexandra Centmayer at Kultur am Kelterberg in Stuttgart & Germany.

Two Generations - One Medium

This exhibition brings together mother and daughter, united through the medium of painting, yet distinct in artistic language. Alexandra Centmayer encounters the work of her late mother, Ini de Taillez, in a deeply personal and visual dialogue - one shaped by color, form, light, and emotional continuity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The title, borrowed from a line by Sylvia Plath, alludes to the radiant tulip paintings by Ini de Taillez - works that pulse with intensity even in the quiet of winter. What was originally conceived as a joint artistic project has become, after her mother’s passing, a continuation and transformation by Centmayer.

A Dialogue of Color and Form

Between the two artistic positions emerges a conversation about closeness and independence. While de Taillez’s tulips dissolve increasingly into color and atmosphere, Centmayer’s visual language condenses into reduced structures, mirrored formations, and abstract clarity.

Centmayer discovers a shared emotional ground with her mother’s lifelong motto: “Addicted to color.” This affinity becomes the emotional anchor of the exhibition.

Moving Images, Living Cycles

As part of the exhibition, Alexandra Centmayer presents her animation film “Rise and Fall” (2024). The film traces the blooming and fading of an amaryllis

- an image that quietly echoes themes of transformation, remembrance, and the enduring presence of color through winter.

Exhibition Details

Vernissage
Saturday, 6 December 2025, 6:00 PM
Welcome: Gabriele Vieten
Introduction: Ingrid Schütz in conversation with Alexandra Centmayer

Finissage
Sunday, 4 January 2026, 3:00 PM

 

 

 

Opening Hours
Saturdays & Sundays, 3:00 – 6:00 PM

Venue
Kultur am Kelterberg e.V.
Kelterberg 5
70563 Stuttgart / Germany
(Gallery on the first floor)

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At TOMs FLOWer CLUB, we believe that plants, art, and seasons share a common rhythm. This exhibition is an invitation to slow down, to observe color beyond bloom, and to experience how artistic legacies continue to grow - quietly, persistently, and beautifully.

We warmly recommend this exhibition to all lovers of art, color, and thoughtful storytelling.

Some paintings feel like sudden bursts of colour — small shocks of beauty that light up the quiet spaces in between. Emil Nolde’s Red Flowering Cactus (1920) belongs to this rare category: a work that glows from within, fuelled by the intensity of one remarkable plant.

Art historians often trace Nolde’s floral works to the blossoms he cultivated around his home. Among them, one plant stands out as a fitting muse for Red Flowering Cactus: Epiphyllum ackermannii, the orchid cactus known for its dramatic, luminous red flowers.

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This connection invites a new reading of the artwork: not merely as a study in colour, but as an homage to a species whose intensity mirrors Nolde’s own emotional palette.

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Epiphyllum Ackermannii: The Living Flame Behind the Painting

A Tropical Epiphyte With Sculptural Form

Native to the humid forests of Central and South America, Epiphyllum ackermannii is an epiphytic cactus that grows on trees and rocks, far from the desert imagery usually associated with cacti.

Its flat, leaf-like stems often extend over several metres, creating hanging, ribbon-like forms. This cascading silhouette appears reflected in Nolde’s composition: the sense of movement, the organic curve, the bloom that emerges out of a flowing structure rather than a rigid spine.

A Bloom That Commands Attention

The orchid cactus produces large, bright red flowers—saturated, open, and almost otherworldly. These blossoms are short-lived but unforgettable, a flash of intensity that feels almost painted by light.

Nolde captures precisely this ephemeral radiance: the way red can pulse, expand, and soften all at once. His watercolour on Japanese paper mirrors the plant’s natural translucency, where pigment seeps into the fibres the same way colour saturates a living petal.

Colour as Emotion, Nature as Catalyst

Nolde never aimed for botanical realism. Instead, he sought emotion, vibration, and the soul of colour. The orchid cactus, with its dramatic yet tender bloom, becomes the perfect conduit between nature and expressionism.

Its glowing red—neither ornamental nor aggressive—reads as an inner fire.
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A moment of living intensity.

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When Craft and Nature Intertwine

A Plant for Collectors, A Painting for Contemplation

Epiphyllum ackermannii has long been cherished by plant lovers for its manageable care, provided it receives filtered light, high humidity and well-drained soil. It flowers generously in spring and summer but demands restraint in watering — a plant that thrives on moderation.

This balance between exuberance and discipline is mirrored in Nolde’s brushwork. His restraint in detail, his emphasis on luminous colour fields, and his focus on essential form all echo the plant’s own natural clarity.

Neither plant nor painting strives for excess.
Both speak through purity.

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Through the lens of Epiphyllum ackermannii, Nolde’s Red Flowering Cactus becomes more than a flower study. It transforms into a dialogue between artist and plant — a moment where tropical brilliance meets northern expressionism.

In this conversation, colour becomes memory, nature becomes muse, and a single red bloom continues to radiate its inner light across more than a century.

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