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Asta von Unger

Asta von Unger  –  Energy 3   Asta von Unger (*1970, Frankfurt on Main) lives and works in Munich. From 1990 to 1999, she studied German and Italian Philology and Philosophy at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and at the University of Bologna with Umberto Eco. After her degree she taught at the Goethe Institute and 2000-2003 in Bologna. In 2004 […]
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Hubertus Reichert

Hubertus Reichert   Hubertus Reichert (*1952, Lüneburg) lives and works in Munich. From 1974 to 1979, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Right after his degree he exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions and received many awards, such as the DAAD-scholarship for New York, the Bavarian State award for fine arts, the annual award of […]
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Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907): A painter, a pioneer, a rebel

Paula Modersohn-Becker was one of the greatest female artists of the 20th century. I first came across the work of Paula Modersohn-Becker as a young art historian. I was preparing an article on modern female artists. It was Paula Modersohn-Becker’s work that really hit me. I immediately placed her alongside Picasso. She was driven by the same passion and energy. […]
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Art in North-America

Von Jackson Pollock bis Walter De Maria, von Mark Rothko bis Donald Judd – amerikanische Künstler haben weltweit die Museen erobert und das Kunstgeschehen nachhaltig verändert. In den USA kann man ihren Werken in herausragenden Sammlungen begegnen und entdeckt Schauplätze, die „off the beaten track“ liegen. New York City, New York Die Metropole ist seit den 40er Jahren das Kunstzentrum […]
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I spy with my (little) eye something with … yellow!

Colour is a fascinating subject. And because it is summer I would like to have a closer look at yellow. Yellow captures our attention more than any other colour because it is the most luminous of all the colours of the spectrum. Oscar Wilde once said: “Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the […]
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I spy with my eye something with RED!

Red is supposedly the first colour perceived by Man. No wonder, that it is such a powerful colour for us. It stands for both passionate love and hate, for seduction and violence. In other words: Red is a colour of extremes and of pure energy. In art, Red was the earliest colour used by prehistoric ancestors -perhaps as long ago […]
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