Midnight Rambler

Künstler/in Philipp Schweiger (geb. 1971 in Wien)

Date2008

ClassificationsMalerei

MediumAcryl auf Baumwolle

Dimensions200 × 220 × 2,5 cm

Credit LineArtothek des Bundes

Object number27201

DescriptionSchweiger’s painting navigates a space between photorealism and the self-referential qualities of painting itself. At first glance, his subjects may appear abstract, yet the painterly color fields gradually establish their own atmospheric presence, with nuanced transitions that resist clearly defined figurative forms or conventional depth.
In Midnight Rambler, the depicted object transforms from the solid, opaque materiality of a moon with a distinct lunar surface into an optical illusion, its boundaries softly merging with the background in the upper left corner — as if observed from a distance, perhaps through a rain-streaked window. In this context, meditation on perception, blurring the line between reality and painterly interpretation is enabled.
Text: Loft 8 Galerie and Artothek des Bundes

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