An exhibition after a quote by Alfred Korzybski, a metaphor that illustrates the difference between reality and our understanding of it. The map is not the territory, the word is not the thing. Through subjective geometric symbolism the artist questions systems that surround us, shaping our reality: language, family and other social structures.
“These paintings draw their strength from the contrast between lively, expressive painting and strict geometric, ornamental patterns. The one forms the base of each work, the other lies over it as a strict system of order. In a symbolic sense, this contrast stands for the tension between the individual’s will for expression and desire for freedom and the controlling systems of society, from the family to language to the state.
In relation to the individual, the juxtaposition can also be understood as the difference between the seething, compulsive unconscious, the id or dreams on the one hand and the conscious, controlling ego on the other. The one is characterized by the color red the other by the “spiritual” silver lustre of mother-of-pearl mixed into the color. It is not least this shine that is the decisive factor of this art beyond all theory: it is vital, brilliant painting.”
Dr. Ernst Busche