Fliegen weit vom Ufer fort, the title of Gregor Hildebrandt’s eighth solo show at Wentrup, is a line from the rather moving sailor’s song Die großen weißen Vögel that Ingrid Carven sang in 1979. The celebrated German actress, chanson singer, diseuse, and diva sings in her distinctive voice with its deep melancholy about seagulls carrying the souls of sailors on their wings.
