BECK & EGGELING, DUSSELDORF - Secret of Things. Painted Pieces - 16 November, 2018 > 2 February, 2019 @BeckEggeling

"Secret of Things. Painted Pieces"

Thomas Arnolds, Martin Assig, Michael Bauer, Tim Berresheim, Norbert Bisky, Peter Bömmels, Nicola de Maria, Peter Dreher, Lutz Driessen, Robert Elfgen, Wolfgang Ellenrieder, Max Ernst, Jean Fautrier, Bruno Goller, Wolf Hamm, Thomas Hartmann, Anton Henning, Gerhard Hoehme, K. H. Hödicke, Thomas Huber, Johannes Hüppi, Leiko Ikemura, Olav Christopher Jenssen, Marjorie Jongbloed, Konrad Klapheck, Robert Klümpen, Karin Kneffel, Dieter Krieg, Susanne Kühn, Stefan Kürten, August Macke, Stephan Melzl, Hartmut Neumann, Heribert C. Ottersbach, Simon Pasieka, Ulrich Pester, Stefanie Popp, Roland Schappert, Katharina Schilling, Julia Schmid, Andreas Schulze, Norbert Schwontkowski, Sibylle Springer, Norbert Tadeusz, Gert und Uwe Tobias, Cornelius Völker, Friedemann von Stockhausen, Stefan à Wengen, Thomas Werner

curated by Hartmut Neumann

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16 November, 2018 > 2 February, 2019

Secret of things. Painted Pieces. The depiction of things – and their secrets, too – has a long visual historical tradition. The opulent floral still lifes of Dutch painters hide subtle messages through the meanings attributed to flowers and blooms; the artistic avant-garde of the 20th century was inspired by figures, masks, and cult objects from Africa and Oceania and – with their mysterious and magical significance – they became a fixture of their images. The artists of the »Neue Sachlichkeit« resisted against a relativization of the material in their own way. Their works are composed of small details and inconspicuous items, from which a peculiar poetry emanates. An often utterly unspectacular, easily overlooked reality: a sink, a glass, a cactus, or a carcass. No object seemed too banal to conceal a secret or a magic charm.
The »painted pieces« by the fifty artists taking part in the exhibition present materiality as the greatest common denominator. The images show tangible things, found objects, and everyday utensils, but also surreal forms and abstract objects, painted “tangibly.” From the classic still life to the assortment of objects, from the cuboid to the smudge: the objects depicted are transformed into painting, and open up a range of pictures celebrating painting in small to very small format: none of the paintings on display are bigger than 50 x 40 cm.

Thomas Arnolds	Martin Assig
Michael Bauer	Tim Berresheim
Norbert Bisky	Peter Bömmels
Nicola de Maria	Peter Dreher
Lutz Driessen	Robert Elfgen
Wolfgang Ellenrieder	Max Ernst
Jean Fautrier	Wolf Hamm
Thomas Hartmann	Anton Henning
Gerhard Hoehme	K. H. Hödicke
Thomas Huber	Johannes Hüppi
Leiko Ikemura	Olav Christopher Jenssen
Konrad Klapheck	Robert Klümpen
Karin Kneffel	Dieter Krieg
Susanne Kühn	Stefan Kürten
August Macke	Stephan Melzl
Hartmut Neumann	Heribert C. Ottersbach
Simon Pasieka	Ulrich Pester
Roland Schappert	Katharina Schilling
Julia Schmid	Andreas Schulze
Norbert Schwontkowski	Sibylle Springer
Norbert Tadeusz	Gert und Uwe Tobias
Cornelius Völker	Friedemann von Stockhausen
Stefan à Wengen	Thomas Werner

OPENING : 16 November 2018, 7pm

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