Metzenmacher Pinselartist

Ralf Metzenmacher paints modern, unaffected still lifes using the painting technique of the old masters. His oil paintings radiate bright intense colour with modern hues luminous in their quality. At first glance the style is evocative of Pop-Art. Indeed the artist refers to his work as a "further development" of Pop-Art. This art movement emerged independently in England and the USA during the 50s and effectively combines art with graphics. In contrast, the new Retro-Art style merges art with product design. As opposed to the very straightforward two-dimensional portrayals so typical of Pop-Art, Metzenmacher's Retro-Art paintings feature three-dimensional spatial representations. Pop-Artists took their themes from comic strips and advertisements. Whilst Ralf Metzenmacher, paintbrush artist®, finds much of his inspiration in youth culture and areas of lifestyle and design, he also looks to society and politics for his stimuli.
Ralf Metzenmacher sees his Retro-Art technique as a revitalization of 17th century still life painting. It is often difficult, some would say near impossible, for today's viewer to decipher the meaning behind these old paintings; to determine the connection between the objects depicted and that which they ...

MA Product Design

Solo Shows:
Viva Retro - Against all Insanity, Verlagsgebäude Fränkischer
Tag der Mediengruppe Oberfranken, Guttenbergstr. 1, 96050 Bamberg/Germany, 18. April-28. Mai 2013

The Flaming Heart - Galerie Schneeberger, Münster/Germany 01.-31. Juli 2011

From PUMA to PAN, PAN kunstforum Niederrhein, Emmerich am
Rhein, 29. August–18. Oktober 2009

Masculinity Today, Palais Steven P. Carnarius, Bamberg, 13. März–4. April 2009

Group-Exhibitions
Curriculum Arte, Christiane Maether und ihre SchülerInnen – Die
Aachener Jahre 1982–2006, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen,
20. Mai–23. Juli 2008