genre

Scenic snapshots of everyday life reached their peak in 17th-century Dutch painting, characterized not only by their visually entertaining value but also by a strong moral content. The fifth exhibition in the series "Genres in Contemporary Art" at kunstraum t27 now presents contemporary connections to this traditional form of genre painting.

Sabrina Jung transforms amateur photographs that capture the everyday world of the 70s and 80s by inserting individual figures or objects into the snapshots of others, creating surprisingly new contexts and underlying stories.

Eoin Llewellyn juxtaposes intimate interpersonal scenes with those of intense physical violence. His images are based on stills from various films. Llewellyn aims to highlight the physical presence of the individual figures using the restrained color palette of old masters like Velázquez or van Dyck.

Enda 0`Donoghue explores the interstices of cultural life, which are among the most commonplace images of contemporary existence. Through depictions of airports, train stations, and queues, he repeatedly addresses the disrupted privacy in public spaces as a daily experience; the pixelation and other digital disturbances captured in the images strip the familiar from the old craft of painting.

Korvin Reich reveals the quirky sides of everyday life in his drawings and collages by placing events in slightly altered contexts or creating entirely unexpected ones. The image layers are combined with texts in various ways, resulting in new visual spaces for the viewer and setting the original image in motion. If necessary, laughter is also permitted.

Vernissage: Friday, November 12, 2010, 7:30 PM

Opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday 3:00 - 7:00 PM