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Affenfaust Galerie offers since 2012 young and established artist a forum for contemporary art. Besides a presentation platform of currently relevant art, the Affenfaust Galerie sees itself as a place of networking.

Current Shows

Contemplation
17.03.2023 - 15.04.2023
Darko C. Nikolic
Contemplation
Weltraumgeschichten
17.03.2023 - 15.04.2023
Philipp Liehr
Weltraumgeschichten

Darko C. Nikolic

New Works

Darko C. Nikolic

New Works

For Darko C. Nikolic, art means engaging in a dialogue with form and color. He understands the act of seeing as a physical as well as psychological experience and not least as a body-bound action. D.C. Nikolic's color spaces therefore often manifest themselves as walk-in installations or expansive wooden objects. His large-format paintings, which he creates on wood as well as on house facades, have an equally sculptural effect: with precise patterns of geometric color figures, he works out optical phenomena that create an idea of movement and spatiality.

Philipp Liehr

Weltraumgeschichten

Jakobus Durstewitz 'Strom'

Jakobus Durstewitz 'Strom'

If we immerse ourselves in Durstewitz's pictures, we find ourselves in industrialized transit locations such as the port of Hamburg. Reflecting water, distance and silence motivate us to contemplatively observe the circumstances. Durstewitz states: "I absorb and abstract what I see in suppressed nature".   In doing so, he alludes to industrialization, which in fact triggered a transformation of the social, economic and political fabric and continually represses nature. The industrial landscapes in his paintings reflect this symbolically but by no means in a moralizing way. The black-and-white photographs of his father, who worked at a shipyard, serve as a model. In addition, the artist also searches for motifs himself at the harbor, "preferably in old, somewhat run-down corners," says Durstewitz. As a silent observer, he is int...

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