Inky black, apricot, magenta, and a pastel purple: apparent monochromes, the paintings of Maximilian R\u00f6del (b. Braunschweig, 1984; lives and works in Berlin) actually do not just traverse color spectrums; in a sense, they chart horizons of experience. To contemplate them is to embark on a voyage through space and time. Foreground and background are one, depth and surface at once; an undertow makes itself felt in which the nuances of color interweave, blur into one another, shimmer, flare up. The artist describes his pictures as an unfocused energy that already exists; he merely uncovers it.<\/p>\n
The first publication on R\u00f6del\u2019s work presents the exhibition Celestial Artefacts<\/i> at Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, with an emphasis on the Prehistoric Sunsets<\/i> series (2018\u20132021). It is complemented by reproductions of selected works and an extensive index that also includes details from earlier series that are relevant in the context. Aper\u00e7us contributed by Rafael Horzon and Leif Randt and writings on art by Domenico de Chirico, Lena Flie\u00dfbach, Stefanie Gerke, Philipp Hindahl, and Maurice Funken add another dimension to the paintings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cOne must break free from wanting something and confine oneself instead to being something.\u201d \u2014 Maximilian R\u00f6del<\/strong><\/p>\n Inky black, apricot, magenta, and a pastel purple: apparent monochromes, the paintings of Maximilian R\u00f6del (b. Braunschweig, 1984; lives and works in Berlin) actually do not just traverse color spectrums; in a sense, they chart horizons of experience. To contemplate them is to embark on a voyage through space and time. Foreground and background are one, depth and surface at once; an undertow makes itself felt in which the nuances of color interweave, blur into one another, shimmer, flare up. The artist describes his pictures as an unfocused energy that already exists; he merely uncovers it.<\/p>\n The first publication on R\u00f6del\u2019s work presents the exhibition Celestial Artefacts<\/i> at Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, with an emphasis on the Prehistoric Sunsets<\/i> series (2018\u20132021). It is complemented by reproductions of selected works and an extensive index that also includes details from earlier series that are relevant in the context. Aper\u00e7us contributed by Rafael Horzon and Leif Randt and writings on art by Domenico de Chirico, Lena Flie\u00dfbach, Stefanie Gerke, Philipp Hindahl, and Maurice Funken add another dimension to the paintings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15872,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2208,2212,2213],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15870","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-all-books","7":"product_cat-installation-art","8":"product_cat-painting","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n