!THIS GIRL IS ON FIRE!
In the moment of extreme pressure the Human turns into the 'Other'.
2043 years ago Ovid embarked on a comprehensive, all encompassing number of narratives, that describe this transformation. Ovid titles his work 'Metamorphosis' and writes a number of short stories that tell of the mythology of Narcissus who falls in love with his own counterfeit in a pond and turns into the daffodil that hangs its head mirroring its image in the water. Then there is Echo, who could not hold her tongue and annoyed Zeus to such an extend, that he muted her, leaving her only with the last word of the sentence echoing through the forest.
When we die, our body also changes into something else; we lie beneath the earth and plants as well as micro organisms weave the mycelium around our resting body and incorporate part of us in a tiny fungus.....
In the moment of extreme pressure the Human turns into the 'Other'.
2043 years ago Ovid embarked on a comprehensive, all encompassing number of narratives, that describe this transformation. Ovid titles his work 'Metamorphosis' and writes a number of short stories that tell of the mythology of Narcissus who falls in love with his own counterfeit in a pond and turns into the daffodil that hangs its head mirroring its image in the water. Then there is Echo, who could not hold her tongue and annoyed Zeus to such an extend, that he muted her, leaving her only with the last word of the sentence echoing through the forest.
When we die, our body also changes into something else; we lie beneath the earth and plants as well as micro organisms weave the mycelium around our resting body and incorporate part of us in a tiny fungus.....
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!A Unifying Language of the Visual!
Alter Schlachthof in Eupen
!A Unifying Language of the Visual!
Alter Schlachthof in Eupen
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!FUTURE FOSSILS!
!A UNIFYING LANGUAGE OF THE VISUAL!
I am very glad to announce that I, together with the wonderful artist Chen Xiaodan and dear friend, will be exhibiting in the beautifully renovated abattoir in Eupen/Belgium.
Opening on the 31st of July 2021
Eupen has a vibrant artistic community at its centre and is worth a visit https://www.alter-schlachthof.be!
...and many thanks to Miriam Elebe (@miriam_elebe), who made this exhibition possible!
Painting: Oil on canvas 150x200cm 2020
I am very glad to announce that I, together with the wonderful artist Chen Xiaodan and dear friend, will be exhibiting in the beautifully renovated abattoir in Eupen/Belgium.
Opening on the 31st of July 2021
Eupen has a vibrant artistic community at its centre and is worth a visit https://www.alter-schlachthof.be!
...and many thanks to Miriam Elebe (@miriam_elebe), who made this exhibition possible!
Painting: Oil on canvas 150x200cm 2020
!DEMOLITION!
I was surprised und then very glad to have been invited to partake in the Sino-German group exhibitionat the Hismoon Gallery in Tai Cang opening 5th of September 2021
Painting: Oil on raw linen 110x110cm 2020
THE BIRTH PLACE OF DIONYSOS, THE GOD OF WINE...
This series of large format paintings depicts greek landscapes, landscapes that are steeped in ancient mythology. that is why this work is actually about the structure of the human mind that is hard wired to stories and story telling and is not about landscapes. stories try to illuminate and explain the phenomena of nature, like droughts, floods, storms, but also death and love. stories, that within time, turn into mythology and then often into religion. gods are born and temples are built and so cultures and nations develop and battles are fought. in the cold light of day, stories and the subsequent emerging religions are man made and therefore artificial realities which the human being is prepared to defend to the death.
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!TRANSIT!
Building a book! We had a great opening for our project 'TRANSIT‘. Together with Brigitte Stüwe we constructed 30 kind of 'scrap books' about a journey within a town and a train journey all the way to China and one in the confines of our imagination, always starting from our local train station which is being restored and will be handed to the citizens of Dorsten 2022. The mayor attended the opening and received the first edition of our artist’s book. The rest were given away to the citizens of Dorsten. It was heart warming to see them obviously happy to clutch and take home one of our books. Please go to PROJECTS in the menu to find out more.... |
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