For the WUNDERKAMMER (also known as cabinet of curiosities) I combined many smaller paintings, objects and overpainted photographs. This Wunderkammer can be seen more like an installation. Every piece was (more or less) a reference to the theme of the show: water and was exclusively created for that show in Berlin.
"Cabinets of curiosities (also known as Kunstkabinett, Kunstkammer, Wunderkammer, Cabinets of Wonder, and wonder-rooms) were encyclopedic collections of objects whose categorical boundaries were, in Renaissance Europe, yet to be defined. Modern terminology would categorize the objects included as belonging to natural history (sometimes faked), geology, ethnography, archaeology, religious or historical relics, works of art (including cabinet paintings), and antiquities. "The Kunstkammer was regarded as a microcosm or theater of the world, and a memory theater. The Kunstkammer conveyed symbolically the patron's control of the world through its indoor, microscopic reproduction." (Wikipedia, Oct 2016)
How the Wunderkammer has been shown:
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Completely overview of the artworks that has been shown in the Wunderkammer:
curated by Stephan Reichmann (info@stephanreichmann.com), Wassergalerie Berlin (Deutschland / Germany)
Take your time and learn to see. Actually water itself you cannot see. But in combination with light and in its material environment? Nile Green, Pacific Blue, Caribbean Blue, Atlantic Blue, Hoarfrost White, Beach Summer Blue, Deep Sea Blue ...
