René Wirths is fascinated by the question of perception and focuses exclusively on meticulously painting everyday objects. Wirths subjects the objects to an exhaustive visual examination in the natural light of his studio. He then reproduces them on a sober white background in minute detail, without the distraction or confinement of reality. Each piece incorporates the presence of other objects via reflections of nearby canvases in the studio and, often, the presence of the artist himself. René Wirths has thus developed an artistic practice that is closer to conceptual art than traditional painting. His approach lies on the dividing line between accessible reality and subjective view, optical phenomenon and context, homing in on our perception of images and their component objects within our experience of the world – a perception that in reality is rooted in painting.
Galerie Daniel Templon
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