Almuth Lentz
Photographer Almuth Lentz Allmuth Lenz operates in the intersection of photography and painting with her artistic work.She combines both forms of expression by using the camera as a painterly tool to approach her inner images of atmospheric landscapes.In doing so, she discovered the pinhole camera, also known as the Camera Obscura, as a consciously chosen […]
Rüdiger Seidt
SCULPTOR Rüdiger Seidt The sculptures by Rüdiger Seidt are created from drawings that are translated into CAD models and used as precise templates for laser-cut steel plates. The individual elements are shaped, welded, and gradually built into a clear volume. Welding and grinding are used exclusively to achieve the three-dimensional form. The quality of the […]
Catharina de Rijke
Painter CATHARINA DE RIJKE In the work of Dutch artist Catharina de Rijke, the theme of landscape is central, but not as a depiction of real nature. Instead, landscape appears as a poetic space in relation to the human being. The human body can be understood as a landscape, just as the landscape can be […]
Sabine Classen
Ceramics Sabine Classen Fire, earth, light, and space are the elements from which Sabine Classen creates her art. Her sculptures emerge from a simple line that, in the process, expands, bends, swings, or penetrates space with strict geometry. Movement is their origin – sometimes light as a dance, sometimes powerful and clear, yet always carrying […]
Dan Hepperle
PAINTER Dan Hepperle Light is reflected in its purest appearance as the color white and refers to something non-Physical, Metaphysical. Dan Hepperles paintings revolve around the color white. With all its infinite range of variations it allows him to create constantly new moods and sounds, which focus on light itself. Space is a second important […]
Dieter Laue
Painter Dieter Laue FindingsD.r Gerhard Kolberg, Curator Modern Art, Museum Ludwig Cologne on Dieter Laue’s painting:The paintings of Cologne painter Dieter Laue, painted with colours enriched with fillers such as graphite, marble powder and Kassel brown, often look like old leather. They are interspersed with spider-like craquelé structures, which the artist creates by mixing acrylic […]
Ildefonso Aguilar
PAINTER Ildefonso Aguilar Ildefonso Aguilar, who lives and works on Lanzarote, is considered one of the most significant representatives of the ecological movement on the island. His deep connection to the unique landscape of the island is reflected in his paintings, musical compositions, and architectural artworks. At the heart of his paintings are the four […]
Anna & Roman Küffner – Blackbird Street
PHOTOGRAPHERS Anna & Roman Küffner Blackbird Street Behind the artistic name BlackBird Street are Anna and Roman Küffner, a photographer couple from Cologne specializing in the exploration and photographic documentation of abandoned places. Since 2012, they have been searching for so-called “lost places” – deserted houses, theaters, cinemas, castles, and hospitals – throughout Germany and […]
Gabriele Musebrink
PAINTER Gabriele Musebrink Gabriele Musebrink was born in 1955 in Essen, Germany. From 1975 to 1983, she studied art – including at the Folkwang School in Essen-Werden and at the Comprehensive University of Essen. In 1983, she moved into a loft apartment in the southern part of Essen. The space had previously been used as […]
Mechthild Ehmann
SKulptor Mechthild Ehmann In her stone sculptures, Mechthild Ehmann develops an abstract, organic-looking formal language that combines sensuality with clarity. Polarities are her theme and she always finds new ways to emphasise properties of the raw material and combine them with apparent opposites such as lightness and sensuality. The result is a harmonious balance in […]