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I love fake news, 2021 Artwork
Germany
Mixed Media, Digital on Paper
Size: 21.7 W x 19.7 H x 0 D in
About The Artwork
"I love fake news" by Franz Huempfner, 2021, political graphics art. Do artistic creators in the 21st century have the exclusive task of making the beautiful, pleasing, decorative and apolitical the subject of their art products? Art as a lifestyle attribute for home furnishings? Or don't the man-made catastrophes of the present virtually demand that political processes be critically accompanied? The artist as a seismograph for disaster? Politicians incessantly use images to create narratives that serve their own interests. They deliberately manipulate their voters with iconic self-dramatizations. The artist Franz Huempfner takes up these image phrases and responds to them with a critical counter phrase. To do so, he uses the stylistic devices of pop art. Former American President Trump liked to stage himself with symbolic attributes as a fervent patriot. When he kissed the American flag, this action was spread around the world millions of times with press photos. These photos shaped the collective inner image about this president in wide circles of the population. Franz Huempfner's artwork contrasts the suggested patriotism in the original photo with a possible faked love of country for manipulating his political supporters. In doing so, the artist distances himself from the original press photo in terms of content and form in order to expose underlying intentions and structures. The text "I love fake news" allows for ambiguous interpretations. The abstracted press image with its associated narrative is placed in a new context. The image is available in different sizes on different media as "open edition". Please print this description and stick it on the back of the print.
Details & Dimensions
Mixed Media:Digital on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:21.7 W x 19.7 H x 0 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Germany
" One eye of the photographer looks wide open into the viewfinder, the other closed, into his own soul." (Henri Cartier-Bresson) Franz Hümpfner is a well-known photographer. For over 50 years now, he has been searching for artistic forms of expression in painting and photography. It is important to him to use art to penetrate spaces of consciousness beyond the possibilities of linguistic expression. Thus, it has always been his concern to convey the reality hidden behind the visible world through his photographs. For him, a camera is a tool of his artistic work, similar to the way a painter creates his works with brush and paint. He uses both analogue and digital techniques. "A photograph requires the feel of paper," he says, adding that "the ephemeral representation on the screen cannot convey the sensual quality of a photograph print." He also creates Zen or Wabisabi photographs, which are particularly good at expressing themes such as the beauty, transience and imperfection of all that exists through their simplicity. In his book "Photoartfolio 1 - Wabi Sabi Photography" he also treated theoretically this type of photography. According to Franz Hümpfner, an open edition print has the same artistic quality as a limited edition photograph. "But unfortunately the buyer´s demand in the art business of our time forces the artists to offer limited prints. So nowadays a work of art is very often bought with a view to increasing its value. Art in its essence is declared at a share and thus abused." So the artist is pleased when a buyer purchases a work of art because it appeals to them and they honour the artistic work with a fair payment. Franz Hümpfner offers his works executed in the best materials. more information on www.franzhuempfner.com high quality poster prints on www.pictrs.com/franzhuempfner
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