The catalogue Max Neumann Journey comprises around 80 paintings and works on paper from all creative phases of the painter and graphic artist Max Neumann (b. 1949), who is an important representative of contemporary German figuration. His enigmatic human figures seated in enraptured pictorial settings are not geared toward capturing a subjective, distinct portrayal, but toward the crystallisation of an unmistakable humanlike allegory. His characters, in their at once disconcerting and graceful silhouettes, fall out of time and history as symbolic markers of a human state of mind. Neumann does not intend to narrate any incidents; he rather traces emotional human qualities, confronting the viewer with his own desires, fears, obsessions, and phantasms.
Text in English and German.
76 colour illustrations
By:
Heinz Peter Schwerfel Edited by:
LEVY Galerie Berlin/Hamburg Imprint: Kerber Verlag Country of Publication: Germany Dimensions:
Height: 240mm,
Width: 240mm,
Weight: 720g ISBN:9783735609328 ISBN 10: 3735609325 Pages: 120 Publication Date:01 March 2024 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Unspecified