Daniel Richter: Duisen

Daniel Richter - Duisen, 2004
oil on canvas

The personages seem unreal, you don't know why, there is something: it's like a choir in an opera, they try to convince you that it's about real time and space, but you know that's just opera. This is not reality, while it is carrying a powerful message about reality.

From a cycle of four works, titled in anagrams indicating the cardinal direction, Duisen is a scrambled version for Süden: the reference relates to the influx of immigrants coming from Islamic countries (thus, from South) to Germany, leading to new political realities, igniting conflicting social issues.

To understand him better, here is an interview given by Daniel Richter.

(video by ludwignetz)

(Paint Made Flesh)