Samuel Beckett in Göttingen: "La Fin" connects text and drawing
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"La Fin" in Göttingen: When Beckett meets the line of Peter Tuma
The exhibition "La Fin" brings together Samuel Beckett's fragmentary prose with the drawings of Peter Tuma at the ImFlurGalerie in Göttingen. The opening is based on a selected text from Beckett's "Stories and Texts for Nothing," which revolves around themes of identity loss, loneliness, isolation, and the search for meaning. The exhibition runs from September 3 to September 11, 2026; the closing event takes place on September 11 at 18:00. Admission is free. ([gvdkunst.de](https://www.gvdkunst.de/c/veranstaltungen))
A literary experience between text and image
Hardly any author of the 20th century has captured the fragility of human existence as concentrated and style-defining as Samuel Beckett. The exhibition translates this tension into a visual form: Peter Tuma's drawings respond to Beckett's reduced, precise, and simultaneously floating language. This creates a dialogue that does not explain literature but condenses it. Beckett is considered a Nobel Prize winner of 1969 and a central voice of absurd theater; his works such as "Waiting for Godot," "Endgame," and the prose volumes on emptiness, silence, and failure continue to shape literary discourse to this day. ([nobelprize.org](https://www.nobelprize.org/laureate/643?from=NobelPress.org&utm_source=openai))
Peter Tuma and the drawn response to Beckett
Peter Tuma interprets Beckett's fragment as a space for images. The exhibition thematically moves between functional compulsion, physical decay, dependency, and inner emptiness, unfolding its aesthetic power precisely from these aspects. Those interested in literary quality, drawing art, and the boundaries of narrative and exhibition will find here a quiet, intense format. The parallel reference to other works related to Beckett's "Stories and Texts for Nothing" sharpens the view on the fragment as an artistic principle. ([gvdkunst.de](https://www.gvdkunst.de/c/veranstaltungen))
Location, atmosphere, and supporting program
The ImFlurGalerie at Geiststraße 11 in 37073 Göttingen is the venue for this culturally journalistic project. The exhibition is open daily from 17:00 to 20:30, except on Sundays. Access is not barrier-free. On September 9, 2026, starting at 18:00, the format "Between Pen, Paper, and Art – La Fin as Pen & Paper" complements the program as a narrated adventure under the guidance of Philipp Mayer. For the closing event on September 11, the gallery invites attendees to a tour with Peter Tuma and a subsequent artist talk. ([gvdkunst.de](https://www.gvdkunst.de/c/veranstaltungen))
Conclusion: An evening for readers, image thinkers, and literature lovers
"La Fin" is not an ordinary exhibition date but a subtle encounter of literature, drawing, and philosophical reduction. Those who love Beckett or wish to rediscover him will experience a concentrated reading atmosphere without a lectern, but with a palpable linguistic and artistic force. The visit promises an intense author encounter with one of the great stylists of modernity. Experience it live and allow the fragments to be read, seen, and reverberated. ([gvdkunst.de](https://www.gvdkunst.de/c/veranstaltungen))
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