Johannes Grützke - "The truth lies in the middle" Signature 2002

The artist's book "The Truth Lies in the Middle" by Johannes Grützke was published in 2002 as part of the bibliophile magazine series "SIGNATURE. Time. Writing. Image. Sound Object" (No. 37) by Rommerskirchen Verlag. This limited edition contains an original graphic and Johannes Grützke's signature. The book is one of 990 numbered copies and is considered a rare collector's item. It comes in the original packaging with a CD, an acrylic glass frame, and a hanging device. It is in like-new condition.


Johannes Grützke's statement "the truth lies in the middle" can be understood in his work as an ironic commentary on the search for truth and identity. Grützke frequently explores social and individual issues in his paintings, often using irony and the grotesque to reinterpret classic themes.


Excerpt from his text on truth:
Eva Lüge and Erna Lüge are lying in the sun on the beach. Their mutual friend Henriette Wahrheit is lying between them on a towel. The truth, of course, lies somewhere in the middle.
Now all three of them stand up and go into the lounge, each taking a magazine from the shelf to read in their armchairs. But one of the newspapers has fallen down, and it's now lying on the floor between the seating area and the entrance to the beach. It was "Pravda," meaning "truth": The truth, of course, lies somewhere in the middle!
The Lie siblings get into an argument over conscientious objection; one is for military service, the other against it. Henriette Truth embraces them both and says that for women, there's no such thing as military service or conscientious objection, only woman!
Once again you can see: the truth, as always, lies in the middle!