The daring aesthetics of light:rnby Dr Th. Kurz, Chicago - USA -rnrnSilvian Sternhagel has been working as a freelance artist since 1992.rnAt the end of 1996, the artist chose an unusual subject for his fine acrylic and oil paintings:rnrnLandscapes.rnrnSternhagel quotes a wide variety of natural elements in his paintings and combines them to create a different world.rnrnHe stages a harmony in which the aesthetics of light usually take centre stage.rnHis unusual ability to quote individual components out of context and his surrealist past, which is clearly evident in each of his works, opens up a world never seen before to the viewer, giving the impression of boundless freedom.rnrnThe combination of different painting styles - from naturalism, surrealism and classical modernism - is typical of his staged postmodern paintings, which are labelled:rn "Pictures from the New Continent", which aptly clarifies that these are not earthly but transcendental views.rnrnIn our fast-moving, hectic times, which favour the superficial rather than the profound, Sternhagel's pictures represent a soothing antithesis.rnThe artist himself expresses himself modestly: My painted spaces may also open up the possibility of mental and spiritual relaxation.rnrnAnd yet they can do more than that: if at first glance you are immersed in a world full of harmony, it is only at second glance that your eyes discover the countless delicately painted details.rnrnAs a result, the plot of the pictures almost reveals itself and can be read - similar to a book with many chapters. The only difference, however, is that Sternhagel's "novel" offers scope for individual interpretation and experience, with the arc of suspense seemingly driving itself forward.rn
The daring aesthetics of light:rnby Dr Th. Kurz, Chicago - USA -rnrnSilvian Sternhagel has been working as a freelance artist since 1992.rnAt the end of 1996, the artist chose an unusual subject for his fine acrylic and oil paintings:rnrnLandscapes.rnrnSternhagel quotes a wide variety of natural elements in his paintings and combines them to create a different world.rnrnHe stages a harmony in which the aesthetics of light usually take centre stage.rnHis unusual ability to quote individual components out of context and his surrealist past, which is clearly evident in each of his works, opens up a world never seen before to the viewer, giving the impression of boundless freedom.rnrnThe combination of different painting styles - from naturalism, surrealism and classical modernism - is typical of his staged postmodern paintings, which are labelled:rn "Pictures from the New Continent", which aptly clarifies that these are not earthly but transcendental views.rnrnIn our fast-moving, hectic times, which favour the superficial rather than the profound, Sternhagel's pictures represent a soothing antithesis.rnThe artist himself expresses himself modestly: My painted spaces may also open up the possibility of mental and spiritual relaxation.rnrnAnd yet they can do more than that: if at first glance you are immersed in a world full of harmony, it is only at second glance that your eyes discover the countless delicately painted details.rnrnAs a result, the plot of the pictures almost reveals itself and can be read - similar to a book with many chapters. The only difference, however, is that Sternhagel's "novel" offers scope for individual interpretation and experience, with the arc of suspense seemingly driving itself forward.rn
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