Reanimation
In contrast to other contemporary artists who depict disasters in a nightmarish or hallucinatory way, R.J. Kirsch, the Cologne painter takes a more documentary approach to the subject. Since 2002 and taking an overall view he has been painting accidents and crashes involving planes, ships and cars. He regards his art as been in the tradition of "paintings of historical events". He usually finds material for his work in current media reports and from countless images of accidents which can be found ready-made on the screen. His paintings seem to converge together and thereby invoking an atmosphere of a virtual simultaniety of events. In his present series, "Collisions", parts of his work merges onto a different level thereby creating an autonomous space.
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