Look at Me

Our ability to recognize faces everywhere influences our perception. Whether in rock formations, clouds or emojis on our smartphones - we see faces all the time. Works of art with human representations, especially faces, exert a magical attraction on us and touch us on an emotional level. No wonder portraits are a genre of their own in art.
In portrait painting, important people were depicted larger than life and heroically for the public in order to create a representative tribute to the person in question. There are also self-portraits or smaller, private portraits that were and still are commissioned.
The invention of photography posed an existential question for portrait painting: "Why paint when I can take photographs?" Photography offered an affordable and quick way of depicting people. But the meaning of the portrait changed. It was no longer just about the pure image, but about conveying the inner emotional life to the outside world. The artist interprets and interprets the person portrayed. To this day, the portrait is subject to constant change and the search for new forms of expression.
Our artists present their individual portraits: from abstract to deconstructive, from surprising to disturbing - the range of images on display is diverse and captivating. These works reveal more than just the external image of a person.