Futur II – Detlef Günther

Works on paper

Detlef Günther_from the series: Shells Halos and other Placeholders

More images from the series here as PDF-View

The Mirandola Series

each: transparent paper, wax, acrylic paint on canvas, 42 cm x 29,7 cm – 2019

The works from the series Human Image juxtaposes details from Giotto’s frescoes of the Capella Scrovegni with contemporary images from advertising, science and everyday life.

The symbol of the aureole is often placed as an integral detail or across all formats on the works, which are usually produced as individual pieces using the silk-screen printing process. In these works, the aureole takes on the meaning of a placeholder that raises questions about the current position of man and his vitality.

exhibition view: Human Image (Loving the Alien), Andreas Reinsch Project, Berlin 2017

Selection from the series: Human Image

each: silksreen print on canvas, 220 cm x 180 cm / silkscreen print on paper, 100 cm x 70 cm

Detlef Günther_Human Image_Verkündigung_silkscreen print on canvas_ 220 cm x 180 cm

Detlef Günther_Human Image_Noli Me Tangere_silkscreen print on canvas_ 220 cm x 180 cm

Detlef Günther_Human Image__Android Smile_silkscreen print on canvas_ 220 cm x 180 cm

Detlef Günther, silkscreen print from the series: Human Image

silkreen prints from the series: Human Image

Exhibition views | Andreas Reinsch Project, Berlin

:: Human Image (Loving the Alien).pdf

… the ten paintings are still portraits, however strange that sounds. They thematize, they allegorize man as pure potentiality, as that which remains of him if one removes all narcissism, …

Christian Kupke: The „Grund“ picture cycle by Detlef Günther, Berlin, March 2017 – Read the entire text HERE.

The Power to Believe

excerpt: Christian Kupke, Versionen des Denkens. Version I: Enttäuschendes Denken – Berlin 2021, S. 99-101
Read the entire text (german/english) HERE

Dignity of Man, a piece for 3-channel moving canvas and 8 channel sound. The piece was premiered as a 1-channel video installation in cooperation with the Laptoporchester Berlin on July 12, 2006 at the Anatomisches Theater (Langhansbau) in Berlin.

Dignity of Man is a tribute to a young man who, at the age of 24, in 1486/87, wanted to invite scholars from European universities to discuss human freedom: Pico della Mirandola (1463 – 1494. His opening speech “Oration on the Dignity of Man” was never given by him, but today it is one of the most famous texts of the Renaissance.

Detlef Günther_DIGNITY OF MAN, 3-channel video installation

Moving Canvas | DvD-version (1_channel, 29′ 48”)

Dignty of Man, 1-channell video installation | Anatomisches Theater (Langhansbau), Berlin

Dignity of Man, 1-channel video installation in cooperation with the Laptoporchester Berlin on July 12, 2006 at the Anatomisches Theater (Langhansbau) in Berlin.

The Need for Renewal

wallapplication: oil, stone tape, net material on canvas, approx. 260 cm x 220 cm | 1000 photos

Transnaissance_no.1 | exhibition views | Andreas Reinsch Project, Berlin

Indeterminate Image

digital print, acrylic paint, foil, tape, mirror, 110 cm x 420 cm

More imgaes from the exhibition “Transnaissance_No.2” here as PDF-View

Secureness is cristall clear

oil, polaroid-foto, digital print, tape, bed sheet on alu di bond, 200 cm x 360 cm

Subway station project: Dignity of Man

draft | Big Images | UBhf-Kurfürstenstraße, Berlin

Dignity of Man is a tribute to a young man who, at the age of 24, in 1486/87, wanted to invite scholars from European universities to discuss human freedom: Pico della Mirandola (1463 – 1494). His opening speech “Oration on the Dignity of Man” was never given by him, but today it is one of the most famous texts of the Renaissance.