Jochen Mühlenbrink

Lange, Dr Thomas A/Scheper, Moritz

ISBN 10: 386206820X / ISBN 13: 9783862068203

Published by Verlag Kettler, 2020

KlappentextrnrnMit David Czupryn und Jochen Muehlenbrink stellt die Publikation zwei zeitgenoessische malerische Positionen vor, die auf subtile Weise unsere Wahrnehmung hinterfragen und so die Welt einer eingehenden Wirklichkeitsueberpruefung unter. Seller Inventory # 363316314

Synopsis:

• Joint publication featuring two separate catalogues

• Painting that navigates the line between fiction and reality

• Accompanied an exhibition at Kunstmuseum Solingen from 12 March to 26 April 2020

Presenting the art of David Czupryn and Jochen Mühlenbrink, this publication explores two contemporary approaches to painting. They subtly challenge our perception of the world and investigate reality: What is reality, what is illusion? What is true and what is false? The paintings by both artists are designed to trick the eye. In his own unique style, Jochen Mühlenbrink creates a semblance of reality by imitating various materials that deceive viewers with their realism. Cardboard, plastic foil, adhesive tape, stacks of pictures leaning against a wall, used pizza boxes, or dry bread – Mühlenbrink paints light, shadows, brilliant reflections, surfaces, and signs of wear and tear in such lifelike detail that people sometimes fail to notice that they are looking at a painting. David Czupryn takes an opposite approach. He does not aim to trick us into believing that his surreal visual worlds are real. His images recall theater stages where human hybrids appear next to carefully arranged still lifes whose different textures are meticulously depicted. In the spirit of classical trompe-l’œil painting, Czupryn is a master of aesthetic deception who translates the pictorial language and techniques of past ages into the present and skillfully integrates numerous references to the history of art and religion, iconography and allegory, politics and society into his paintings. Text in English and German.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Jochen Mühlenbrink
Publisher: Verlag Kettler
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: Gebunden
Condition: New