Untitled

Klaas & Brockmeier

In 'Untitled,' a female figure stands before a niche. In art, this is often seen as a place of shelter and concentration. To her right, a second, lighter figure is outlined in the layers of paint, possibly a child with something resembling a kite. This apparition does not seem so much depicted as remembered or imagined. As in many collaborative artworks by Uschi Klaas & Heinrich Brockmeier, this invites us to see space between present and past, or between seeing and reading. The meaning remains deliberately open: the work invites association or interpretation. Since the Renaissance, there has been Paragone, meaning a rivalry between painting and sculpture. The question was: which is better? Klaas and Brockmeier show that the question no longer needs to be asked. Together, they are stronger than anything. One plus one is not two, but three.

150 x 60 x 50 cm

Mixed sgraffito technique with bronze sculpture