Dr. Georg Frhr. von Gumppemberg - Head of Allianz Fine Arts Insurance
When I read a book, listen to music or gaze at a painting, the fascination lies in discovering an artist who has successfully managed to combine familiarity with an element of surprise.
So it’s familiar visuals that give you a sense of orientation, while new, unfamiliar objects and forms of expression captivate and raise curiosity.
Strolling through the new gallery of Albert von Stein in Munich’s Briennerstrasse, you come across his established visuals - camels, roses and abstract forms. The first surprise is the way he manages to vary and combine. The next surprise is the journey from a degree of abstraction, drawing on superimposed coloured surfaces, to what seems at first glance to be a monochrome work, but on closer inspection come to life as a result of
Strolling through the new gallery of Albert von Stein in Munich’s Briennerstrasse, you come across his established visuals - camels, roses and abstract forms. The first surprise is the way he manages to vary and combine. The next surprise is the journey from a degree of abstraction, drawing on superimposed coloured surfaces, to what seems at first glance to be a monochrome work, but on closer inspection come to life as a result of
the playful interaction between light and materials.
In addition, we discover entirely new visual variations which, for example, work with cars and high-tech. Taking a look at a series of paintings treating the ultimate abstraction of a PC printer, it is almost impossible to see where the origin lies. The same holds true of another one of von Stein’s highlights - portraits of people and dogs.
Experience an always surprising, true to life but still slightly distorted view on things we seem to be all too familiar with. Allow for the fact that our view on people and objects can never be impartial. The works of von Stein are intended to naturally delight and “decorate” our surroundings. But they also offer us the
In addition, we discover entirely new visual variations which, for example, work with cars and high-tech. Taking a look at a series of paintings treating the ultimate abstraction of a PC printer, it is almost impossible to see where the origin lies. The same holds true of another one of von Stein’s highlights - portraits of people and dogs.
Experience an always surprising, true to life but still slightly distorted view on things we seem to be all too familiar with. Allow for the fact that our view on people and objects can never be impartial. The works of von Stein are intended to naturally delight and “decorate” our surroundings. But they also offer us the