Marion von Schabrowsky - Art historian
The American artist Ad Reinhardt once said “Art is Art. Everything else is everything else”.
This quote captures the works of Albert von Stein quite well. For von Stein, painting extends beyond message art – beyond blueprints of nature, allegories, stories, statements and ideologies. To him, painting is all about shape, colour and texture. von Stein impresses through an experimental, fresh take, to the extent that the beholder might best be advised to “please fasten your seatbelt”. Looking over one part of his work, you see paintings where colours with all their acoustics, dynamics and liveliness are used and you can feel how much von Stein enjoys using the full range of painting tools and techniques.
Let your eyes drift over the other part and you will find works portraying an
This quote captures the works of Albert von Stein quite well. For von Stein, painting extends beyond message art – beyond blueprints of nature, allegories, stories, statements and ideologies. To him, painting is all about shape, colour and texture. von Stein impresses through an experimental, fresh take, to the extent that the beholder might best be advised to “please fasten your seatbelt”. Looking over one part of his work, you see paintings where colours with all their acoustics, dynamics and liveliness are used and you can feel how much von Stein enjoys using the full range of painting tools and techniques.
Let your eyes drift over the other part and you will find works portraying an
aesthetic inner calm: white paper on whitewashed canvas or wafer-thin strips of wood
on a milky-looking base. This fusion of materials and the soft contrast between flatness and depth culminates in an exciting minimalism.
von Stein starts his pieces with a certain conceptual idea, which he purposely deconstructs during his creative process to leave room for spontaneous inspirations. This serendipitous process, which is neither predictable nor calculable, is an important part in the creation of his works and far from all rationality and forseeability. The paintings emerge, they grow and evolve like natural organisms. Each of his works therefore reveals an openness, allowing spectators to unfold their individual views and connotations.
von Stein starts his pieces with a certain conceptual idea, which he purposely deconstructs during his creative process to leave room for spontaneous inspirations. This serendipitous process, which is neither predictable nor calculable, is an important part in the creation of his works and far from all rationality and forseeability. The paintings emerge, they grow and evolve like natural organisms. Each of his works therefore reveals an openness, allowing spectators to unfold their individual views and connotations.