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03/19 until 04/24/2022
TIME TRAVEL 1817 – 2022

Friederich August De Leuw (1817 – 1888) and Hiroyuki Masuyama (*1968)

Pictures from the 19th century by the painter Friedrich August de Leuw from Gräfrath are juxtaposed with works by Hiroyuki Masuyama, who edited his photographs digitally in the 21st century.
Both artists studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. The artist, born in Japan in 1968, was looking for the same landscape models as De Leuw, which he reproduces in a contemporary manner using digital technology.

The well-known rock "Rheingrafenstein" on the Nahe served as a motif for numerous painters of the Romantic era. Friedrich August De Leuw was in this striking place to paint in 1876. At the same time, William Turner was staying there to sketch in nature.

Hiroyuki Masuyama photographed the rock from the same perspective as 19th century painters. He combined hundreds of digital photographs into one image, which, with the help of light and lightboxes, achieves a spectacular effect. In addition to the art-historical analysis of the various epochs, Hiroyuki Masuyama addresses the aesthetics of landscape. How does the emotional relationship between humans and nature differ and how does it compare over the centuries? The comparison of the two positions opens up numerous exciting perspectives and focuses on profound topics: What connects the digitally shaped people with the romanticism of the 19th century? Why is the longing for landscape and nature a basic human need throughout the ages? How does art as a medium of expression convey this feeling in the present? The exhibition provides answers that can be experienced rationally and emotionally and broaden the horizon.

A spectacular exhibit by the Düsseldorf artist Hiroyuki Masuyama in the "Time Travel" exhibition is a large wooden sphere made up of many thousands of wooden triangles. When you sit in it and close the entrance hatch, light falls inside through 30,000 small and large holes. The light inlets are arranged like the stars in the universe.

Dear art friends,

We must all contribute to the support of those who are suffering in Ukraine, but also of the courageous and peace-loving people in Russia, if we do not want war to come to us. We came up with a lot together with our artists. Now it's your turn. Join us!

Yours, Jörk Rothamel

MORITZ GOTZE
where are your thoughts

Rothamel Gallery Erfurt
extended until March 20, 2022

“If history is a darkroom, then Götze is one of the light makers. He affords an untroubled view, free from ideology.” (Christoph Tannert)

Moritz Götze has already made a generous donation and also taken in a refugee family. 10% of the sales of all purchases you make up to the end of its exhibition, we donate to protective vests.

Moritz Götze, Clear Relationships, 2021, oil on canvas, 140 x 100 cm, 9.000 euros

NGUYEN XUAN HUY
Close to Heaven
painting
Rothamel Frankfurt Gallery
March 18th to May 1st

We cordially invite you and your friends to the opening with the artist on Friday, March 18 from 6 p.m.

For the opening we offer numerous publications by the artist. The proceeds from the sale will go in full to the emergency aid in Ukraine of the "Germany Helps" campaign. Please come and buy books, books, books!

For every work of art sold on the opening night, we will donate an additional 1000 euros. Buy pictures, pictures, pictures!!!

Nguyen Xuan Huy, Invasion,2017, oil on canvas, 180 x 150cm, 19.800 euros

THITZ
Freedom Bags
Rothamel Gallery Erfurt
March 26th to April 24th

We cordially invite you and your friends to Erfurt for the opening with the artist on Friday, March 25 at 7 p.m.!

To support the victims of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, the artist, who always wears one red and one yellow shoe, has created an object: "One Yellow, One Blue". It costs 2500 euros. The proceeds from the sale will go in full to the emergency aid in Ukraine of the "Germany Helps" campaign.

Thitz, One Yellow, One Blue, 2022, shoe object, sold

On February 25, Hans-Christian Schink opens an extensive retrospective in the Von der Heydt Museum.
At the same time, Schink is presenting his new series “Unter Wasser”.
A catalog appears.

Hans Christian Schink
Friend request #1

February 26 to July 10, 2022
Opening on February 25, 7:30 p.m
von-der-heydt-museum.de 

Germany's largest art fair will take place from July 7th to 10th, 2022. We are showing works by Ellen Akimoto, Moritz and Grita Götze, Hiroyuki Masuyama, Dana Meyer, Nguyen Xuan Huy, Wieland Payer, Thitz and look forward to your visit.

November im Kleingarten, 2021/ Papierschnitt ungerahmt, 250 x 180 cm, 15.000 Euro

Holzweg, Werkgruppe WELTBILDER, 2018, Papierschnitt gerahmt, 92 x 72 cm 4.400 Euro

Baum, exaltiert, Werkgruppe WELTBILDER, 2018, Papierschnitt gerahmt, 92 x 72 cm, 4.400 Euro

Sturz aus großer Höhe, Werkgruppe WELTBILDER, 2020, Papierschnitt gerahmt, 92 x 72 cm, 4.400 Euro

Februar vor dem Haus, 2021, Papierschnitt gerahmt unter opakem Acrylglas, 78 x 50 cm, 2.400 Euro

Sommer im Kleingarten, 2021, Papierschnitt gerahmt, 200 x 82 cm, 12.000 Euro

Winter im Kleingarten, 2021, Papierschnitt gerahmt, 200 x 82 cm, 12.000 Euro

GARTENTOR 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 2020/21, alle gerahmt, jeweils 40 x 29 cm, je 800 Euro

GARTENTOR 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 2020/21, alle gerahmt, jeweils 40 x 29 cm, je 800 Euro

GARTENTOR 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 39, 42, 2020/21, alle gerahmt, jeweils 40 x 29 cm, je 800 Euro

The work "Nighttime" by the artist, who lives in Leipzig, was bought by the Kuulturstiftung des Free State of Saxony. This is all the more gratifying for Ellen when she is starting a seven-month scholarship this month at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown / Massachusetts. Ellen Akimoto's solo show in our Frankfurt Gallery runs until December 4, 2021. Ellen Akimoto in her exhibition.

Galerie Rothamel Frankfurt, until December 4th.

Nguyen Xuan Huy presents his epochal composition "Une journée Horizontal" in the Kunsthalle Darmstadt. It is a work presentation - only this one painting will be on display. What it is all about - in terms of content and technology. Nguyen Xuan Huy Une journée horizontal Work presentation 04.09.2021 - 30.01.2022 The composition is clearly based on Théodore Géricault's Raft of the Medusa (1819) in the Louvre in Paris. Nguyen's stage space is, however, a bit wider in proportion. Instead of one collapsed pyramid, you can see two of them. They arrange the compact tableau of 28 figures, young women and men, which to describe in detail here would lead too far. Just this much: each one seems to represent a world of its own. Each appears to have been forced into a pose, half remotely controlled, half narcissus-like, mostly self-absorbed. They all look European, but the latter may be due to the models with which the artist is used to working. At the same time, the pyramidal shape also plays with the views of the tombs of Giza, which are deeply anchored in cultural memory. A sphinx surrounded by ivy in front of the right edge of the picture literally triggers this association. But neither water nor sand, but a red and white something prevails. Embers? Does the sky just look like fire or does real fire rise in it? Vegetation, rocks, an artistic footbridge, a wooden house still under construction that could also be read as a boat or an improvised changing room, all of this leaves no indication of the scene of the event. Unlike Géricault, it's not about life or death. The seesaw on the swing is reminiscent of the pendulum on a clock. As a well-known symbol of vanitas, the fly by the Sphinx underscores the allegory of time, which one is certainly dealing with here. Compared to the figures and other animals, a lioness and two roseate spoonbills, it is oversized. A new species created through interference with nature? Or does the fly require the large format, as if the painter had seen it sitting on a reduced draft of his picture and enlarged it with this as a background? The confusing standards, the placelessness, the unclear reference to time contrasts with a feeling of harmlessness that this particular travel company conveys. Finally, different images flow together in a vision that straightens heaven and hell. León clutter