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Das Schweigen der Hammer / The silence of the hammers, 2021, Ballpen, pigments, acrylic and oil on canvas, 169.9 x 275 cm Snatch a boogie, 2022, Ballpen, rabbitskinglue, pigments, acrylic and oil on canvas, 200 x 190 cm Hinter dem Schal sitzt der Klob / Behind the scarf sits the lump, 2022, Ballpen, pigments, acrylic and oil on canvas, 180 x 230 cm Invasive specimen, 2022, Ballpen, rabbitskinglue, pigments, acrylic and oil on canvas, 200 x 140 cm not flawless but gorgeous, 2022, Ballpen, rabbitskinglue, pigments, acrylic and oil on canvas, 125 x 150 cm

Christoph Matthes 
b. 1990
Dusseldorf, Germany
Born in the middle-class suburbs of southern Germany, Christoph Matthes is fascinated by the symbolic significance of everyday objects in culture and society. His work often features inanimate objects, colorful animals, and fading images inspired by a collection of photographs from the 1980s and 1990s that belonged to his grandparents. As if to breathe new life into them, Matthes transposes these subjects into a material pictorial landscape, where they are completely decontextualized and acquire new meaning as they take center stage in his colorful, large-scale, childlike compositions.