contemporary expressionist

Man as philosopher, fanatic, saint, monster, poet, as perpetrator and victim. Past, present, future, everything condenses to painting. Peter Schlangenbader reworks his pictures until they begin to speak: to convey a statement. Peter Schlangenbader about his art: “I am a Contemporary German Expressionist, my roots are from the cave-painters to DaDa, Art Brut and Punk. The wildlife is my fountain, I am possessed to paint and when I paint, I`m god and evil together and the canvas is my battlefield. When I take the brush in my hand I switch out my consciousness, I only feel the way it goes. Art is visible magic and an inner adventure, inspiration is decisive. I must grow over me and my borders. A central theme in my art is the head, in it works the brain,everything comes out of it, its the beginning and the end. The human being reels through a perverded wonderland and became his own biggest enemy. But mankind never gave up its longing to the paradise.”

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