Presenting the art of David Czupryn and Jochen Muhlenbrink, this
publication explores two contemporary approaches to painting. They
subtly challenge our perception of the world and investigate
reality: What is reality, what is illusion? What is true and what
is false? The paintings by both artists are designed to trick the
eye. In his own unique style, Jochen Muhlenbrink creates a
semblance of reality by imitating various materials that deceive
viewers with their realism. Cardboard, plastic foil, adhesive tape,
stacks of pictures leaning against a wall, used pizza boxes, or dry
bread - Muhlenbrink paints light, shadows, brilliant reflections,
surfaces, and signs of wear and tear in such lifelike detail that
people sometimes fail to notice that they are looking at a
painting. David Czupryn takes an opposite approach. He does not aim
to trick us into believing that his surreal visual worlds are real.
His images recall theatre stages where human hybrids appear next to
carefully arranged still lifes whose different textures are
meticulously depicted. In the spirit of classical trompe-l'oeil
painting, Czupryn is a master of aesthetic deception who translates
the pictorial language and techniques of past ages into the present
and skillfully integrates numerous references to the history of art
and religion, iconography and allegory, politics and society into
his paintings. Text in English and German.
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