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From the Catalogue, Christoph Schmidberger Lavender Fields Forever by Vasima Ahmad
Born 1974, Eisenerz, AustriaLives and works in Los Angeles
Education1998 BFA (Hons) and MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, AUT1994 Higher Technical College of Graphic Art, Graz, AUT
In 1923, the National Geographic reporter Maynard Owen Williams described the scene during the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamen to journalists. Owen reports a brief experience between a journalist and the chief excavator where the basic statements were, "Terrible arts nouveaux." and "Quite Louis XIV." Another journalist speculated that, if still intact, the king's outfit would probably resemble that of an Indian nabob. The king was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter and in fact presented a scene of immense splendor. However the language that was available to describe - to qualify the image of the scene - was of a limited nature and only based on a comparative order. This is something that is also reflected in Christoph Schmidberger's work. The portrait is very much about generosity and emotion. Painting someone else, finding some other meaning of identity brings about a combination of correspondences. Portraiture more often evokes difference, individuality and otherness. Schmidberger's work seems slapped onto the surface, even banal. There's banality, there is certainly artificial prettiness, and this makes it interesting.
But this is perhaps a symptom of a conflicted generation in transition between morals and ethics. A generation that has a profound path of self-discovery ahead. Beyond the stricter interests of art, we are living in a world that rapidly packages realities and truths, from the news to the promotion of everyday personal products, as interchangeable spins for easy, untroubled consumption. In this sense and in an insidious way, the irony underlying Schmidberger's work comes to the fore. Seen against the background of ananosecond, supersaturated global service culture, Schmidberger's sarcastic images make sense, as does the esthetic of the surface. The fetishistic quality of the image translates objects of want, desire and need and places them in an ambivalent position within relation to the present-day service culture of art. Are they criticizing or endorsing? [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/chr Christoph Schmidberger
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But this is perhaps a symptom of a conflicted generation in transition between morals and ethics. A generation that has a profound path of self-discovery ahead. Beyond the stricter interests of art, we are living in a world that rapidly packages realities and truths, from the news to the promotion of everyday personal products, as interchangeable spins for easy, untroubled consumption. In this sense and in an insidious way, the irony underlying Schmidberger's work comes to the fore. Seen against the background of a
nanosecond, supersaturated global service culture, Schmidberger's sarcastic images make sense, as does the esthetic of the surface. The fetishistic quality of the image translates objects of want, desire and need and places them in an ambivalent position within relation to the present-day service culture of art. Are they criticizing or endorsing? Christoph Schmidberger (http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/christoph_schmidberger.htm)
View Christoph Schmidberger paintings, biography, solo exhibitions, group exhibitions and resource of Christoph Schmidberger artist. View art online at The Saatchi Gallery - London contemporary art gallery. Christoph Schmidberger (http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/christoph_schmidberger.htm)
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