Wolfgang Ellenrieder, hailing from Munich, has mastered the art of camouflage and deception in his work. He skillfully lures the viewer astray, drawing upon a plethora of sources such as stock photography archives, the internet, brochures on model-making, and his own photographs, drawings, and watercolours. Through these varied mediums, he offers glimpses into our reality. However, this reality is intertwined and transformed into something entirely new, a game of interconnected media. With calculated closeness to our experiences and visual knowledge, Ellenrieder challenges the perceived security of our observation of images. Moreover, his paintings and photographs exemplify the power of the image in our modern age. This seductive art conceals the mechanisms and structures of our media-driven existence, while also provocatively questioning the role of images in politics, society, and culture in a subtle yet ironic tone.
www.ftn-books.com has currently the Kerber published PARALLEL book available.
