Body Pose I (blue) portrait Year Cologne/Gent

Year Cologne/Gent

philosophy

far from the Viennese world

chalk on paper

the artist’s love of and respect for the mountains has repeatedly found its expression besides the motifs suggesting landscapes

Body Pose I (blue) portrait Year Cologne/GentAt the beginning of the discovery of the self portrait, Arnulf Rainer presented his face painted with bold black lines to the public in 1967. Initially as an extension of the canvas, automaton photos become another major theme of his work in 1968 and 1969. Face Farces is the title he gives to these soliloquies in front of the camera, which are soon taken not only in photo booths but mainly by the photographer Alexander Prinzjakowitsch. The need to