Talk | Ein gemaltes Bild ist erstmal ein gemaltes Bild

Karin Kneffel and René Wirths in conversation with Ludwig Seyfarth

The painter Maurice Denis remarked in 1890 that before a painting depicts a warhorse, a naked body or an anecdote, it is essentially a surface covered in color. This statement was programmatic for the departure of modern painting from the illusionistic reproduction of reality. However, beyond the avant-garde trench warfare over abstraction and representationalism, Denis' remark also contains something universally valid. Everything that is to be seen in a painted picture must first be solved as a problem of painting. In conversation, Karin Kneffel and René Wirths will provide an insight into their working processes and explain how the results, which can be seen in the exhibition Frozen Mirrors, are achieved.

This event is part of the program accompanying the exhibition "Frozen Mirrors" at KAI 10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION.