CONTEMPORARY POSITIONS IN REVERSE GLASS PAINTING

600° Celsius

November 16 to December 7, 2024
Opening on Friday, November 15, 2024, 7 pm
Dr. Martin Engler will speak at the introduction

Painting on glass is as old as the material itself, but the technique is hardly widespread and is associated more with church windows or arts and crafts than with contemporary painting. On the initiative of Frankfurt artist Jens Lehmann, the show “600 Grad Celsius” presents works by five artists from Germany who work with this technique in different ways and give it a contemporary expression.

Glass as an image carrier offers Michael Jäger, Jens Lehmann, Michael Anthony Müller, Gaby Terhuven and Bernd Zimmer the opportunity to redefine the classic panel painting. Color is staggered on the transparent surfaces, the picture is constructed as an object or peep box and staged with other materials. All five artists represented articulate themselves abstractly, but arrange their painting in very different ways.

Fig.: Collage of works by all participating artists in detail