Juxtapositions VIII / James Rosenquist & Liesbeth Doornbosch

James Rosenquist - Capillary Action II, 1963 - oil on plastic, wood, tree, neon, metal base -
photo © National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Liesbeth Doornbosch - Model II, 2004, various materials, 80 x 35 x 25 cm

Liesbeth Doornbosch - Model I, 2004, various materials, 66 x 15 x 18 cm

Self reflection / Manet's 'Le Déjeuner dans l'Atelier' from 1868

self reflected in Manet's 1896 'Le Dejeuner dans l'Atelier' - photo mfk

Last week I spent a lot of time in museums in Munich and Stuttgart doing research. Mondrian/de Stijl, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Isaac Julien's 9-screen-video-installation 'Ten Thousand Waves', Michaël Borremans to name but a few exhibitions, and of course I was with my nose on top of some masters too. Here is proof. (click to enlarge)

Édouard Manet - 'Le Dejeuner dans
l'Atelier', 1868, close up - photo mfk

Édouard Manet - 'Le Dejeuner dans l'Atelier', 1868 - oil on
canvas - Neue Pinakothek, Munich - via rasiel.com

Juxtapositions VII / Chuck Samuels & Helmut Newton

Chuck Samuels - After Newton, 1991 - with Sylvia Poirier, from the series Before the Camera

Helmut Newton - Jenny Capitain, Pension Dorian, Berlin 1977

Hands on / Lauren Hutton, Richard Gere & Tumblr

Lauren Hutton and Richard Gere at the premiere of 'American Gigolo', 1980

photo by Knotan for Sang Bleu via sangbleu.tumblr

yup. nice hand. nice tattoo.

Under the Radar / paintings & drawings

'Man and Horse', 2011, detail - oil on canvas

On march 25th I presented paintings and works on paper at 'Under the Radar' at RufReaktor, an environment for local and international artists, located on the attic of an old brewery in Berlin-Friedrichshain. The evening featured 2 DJ's, 3 bands and 4 artists. I put up a selection of drawings on magazines and some recent paintings that followed out of magazine drawings. Also I put up a big scale painting on paper that I'd done in the fall and that I'd forgotten about until I saw the RufReaktor space. I think it suited the place and the event.

Under the Radar, overview - march 2011

Under the Radar - march 2011

from the series 'Past Present (Past Presence)', 2010/11 - acrylic, ink on magazine 

'Man and Horse', 2011 - oil on canvas, 40x50cm

Under the Radar - march 2011

No title (reclining), 2011 - acrylic on canvas, 70x90cm

No title (reclining), 2011, detail - acrylic on canvas

Under the Radar, march 2011 - overview

'Joker (Boy)', 2011 - oil on canvas, 46x60cm

'Joker (Boy)', 2011, detail - oil on canvas

Under the Radar, audience - march 2011

Under the Radar, overview - march 2011

all photo's © Michiel Keuper 2011