THIS IS NOT A RETROSPECTIVE
THIS IS NOT A RETROSPECTIVE
(1991) 2005 - 2017 (2018 - 2023)...(2023 - 2056)
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The poetics of narrative deception.
(Die Poetik der narrativen Täuschung)
What is true? Your last coffee, the news of today, the last social media post comment, how economy will unfold, if AI is made your friend, and all consecutive reflection is already biased by your digital footprint of today, consuming vast energy and water, while archives of books, images, paintings, sculptures are produced for vast archives, not knowing how long deep time or short time will last? What if you step out, looking back and put all your efforts in bundles, groups that may hint towards a narrative stream or poetic consciousness, and then let it go? Will our cultural baggage claim responsibility beyond the daily twitter feed or the image posted on IG? Is then written thesis the same as a painting? Fail Better! All locations, cities and landscapes may become material for stories untold or told, written or published. All subjects, that have driven my critical self may become then the same weight or lightness as your smile. Or may be your glance. A short reflection. Gone in a moment.
This is not a retrospective.
(1991) 2005 - 2017 (2018 - 2023)
oil on cotton 150 x 150 cm
© KLAUS HU 1990 / 91
& VG BILD-KUNST BONN
MARS_SPRIT 2009_12
oil on canvas 140 x 140 cm
oil on canvas 140 x 140 cm
© KLAUS HU 2009
oil on canvas 180 x 200 cm
oil on canvas 180 x 200 cm
UNSETTLED LANDSCAPES 2013_15
UNSETTLED LANDSCAPES
STRIPES 2015_16
oil on canvas each 120 x 140 cm / total 240 x 280 cm