Susanne Wenger
Àdùnní Olórìṣà

Slide show

6.2.2026

Susanne Wenger, *Dream Visions*, 1943 – 44
Colored pencil on paper
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Susanne Wenger, *Àdùnní Olórìṣà*, 2026
Exhibition view HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz
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Susanne Wenger, *The Returnees*, 1947
Oil on canvas
92 × 71 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *The Birds are not Invited*, 1947
Oil on canvas
62 × 76 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *The Lovers*, 1947
Oil on canvas
65 × 79 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *Encounter*, 1950
Oil on canvas
59 × 46 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *Odùduwà and Ẹ̀là*, 1979/82
Oil on plywood
122 × 61 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *The Great Festival of Ajagẹmọ*, 1958
àdìrẹ cassava-starch batik
200 × 391 cm
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Susanne Wenger, _Ọbàtálá Catches Ṣàngó’s Horse, 1958
àdìrẹ cassava-starch batik
Diptychon, each 216 × 84 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *Leopard, the Magical Earth Dimension*, 1959
àdìrẹ cassava-starch batik
262 × 257 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *Mọrèmi, Odùduwà Descends from Heaven*, 1959
àdìrẹ cassava-starch batik
142 × 160 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *Ọbàtálá, Alájere and the Antelope Àgbáńréré*, 1973
Wax batik, textile painting
195 × 240 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *The Python Snake and Odùduwà, Creation Myth*, 1977
Wax batik, textile painting
130 × 85 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *The Rooster of Odùduwà — Creation Myth*, 1975
Wax batik, textile painting
200 × 85 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *The Apocalyptic Rooster*, 1975
Wax batik, textile painting
60 × 60 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *Nàná Bùùkún, Ọbàtálá and Alájere Solar Power*, 1983
Wax batik, textile painting
235 × 247 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *The Blind Priest Ajagẹmọ*, 1989
Wax batik, textile painting
100 × 72 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *Gods in Exile*, 1998
Frame by Ajibike Ogunniyi (*New Sacred Art Movement*), 1998
Oil on plywood with metal frame
138 × 122 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *Ọbàtálá’s Violation of Taboo*, 1993
Frame by Ajibike Ogunniyi (*New Sacred Art Movement*), 1993
Oil on plywood with metal frame
122 × 81 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *Alájere Leopard*, 2001
Wax batik, textile painting
122 × 190 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *Ọ̀ṣun Àdùnní*, 1998
Wax batik, textile painting
39 × 29 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *Ọ̀ṣun Àdùnní*, 1998
Wax batik, textile painting
39 × 29 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *The Mutual Worship of the Orisha Alájere and Ọbàtálá*, 1998
Wax batik, textile painting
96 × 92 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *Palm Wine Taboo for Ọbàtálá*, 1996
Wax batik, textile painting
115 × 75 cm
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Susanne Wenger, *Ọbàtálá, Ìyá Mọòpó and the Wild Boar*, 1994
Wax batik, textile painting
105 × 55 cm
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Artists

Participating artists

Solo exhibitions (selection): Susanne Wenger Foundation, Krems (2020, 2015), Le Michael C. Carlos Museum à l’Université d’Emory, Atlanta (2016), Deutschvilla Strobl (2015), Museum der Völker, Schwaz (2015), Iwalewa House, Bayreuth (2009), Stadtmuseum Graz (2006, 1985), Kunsthalle Krems (2004, 1995), Universalmuseum Joanneum / Künstlerhaus Graz (2004), Galerie 422, Gmunden (2001), Künstlerhaus Wien (1985).

Group exhibitions (selection): Tate Modern, London (2025), Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade (2025), 60th Venice Biennale (2024), MUMOK, Vienna (2022), Landesgalerie Niederösterreich, Krems (2021), Galerie 422, Gmunden (2008, 2004), Neue Galerie Graz (2005, 2001), Kunsthalle Krems (2003), MoMA, New York (2002, 1979), Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2001), Museum Villa Stuck, Munich (2001), National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC (2000), Mittelrheinisches Landesmuseum, Mainz (1980), Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles (1969).

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