Confrontation means confrontation. Positions are compared face to face, differences are perceived but similarities are also found. The group exhibition juxtaposition dares to juxtapose four artists who couldn’t be more different and yet have an affinity for each other.
Kejoo Park and Thai Ho Pham are two artists who come from very different backgrounds and yet at times follow the same technical path.
Kejoo Parks works are permeated by the interplay but also the confrontation between man and nature. The duality of the “inner” and “outer” world, of nature and culture, testify to contrasts and harmony in equal measure. They are based on photographs printed on canvas, which are then painted over.
Thai Ho Pham explores the tension between intimacy and publicity in “Selfish Tits” and “Selfish Cocks”. Private self-portraits are shared with a broad public on social networks. By enlarging the images found on the Internet and printing them on canvas and painting over them with brightly colored oil paints, the trivial snapshots are abstracted and thus elevated to an independent work of art.
Thomas Nitz and Bernhard Paul have dedicated themselves to abstraction. Whether photography or painting, abstract art condenses content that is reduced to its essence.
In the “Cathedrals and Metropolis” series Thomas Nitz deals with the essence of urbanity. Through multiple exposures and blurring of the analog black and white images, the structure of the architecture is condensed into its basic features: Light and shadow, lines and textures and ultimately the pure essence of the city captured on cardboard.
Bernhard Paul uses the abstraction of painting to visualize music. Paul draws his inspiration from the musical works of composers such as Eric Satie and Edgar Varese. He brings beat and rhythm to the canvas in serial form and color. However, the focus is not on the recognizability of the music, but rather on the perception of its flatness and depth.