Detlef Waschkau: Urban Vibes - Hardcover

by Gerhard Van Der Grinten (Author)

The cities of this world furnish an inexhaustible number of impressions and images. Artist Detlef Waschkau has made the city into his subject - as a resident, flâneur and traveller - and placed it centrally in his artistic oeuvre. His works, which oscillate between sculpture and painting, are the result of numerous painterly and sculptural stages that mesh together like cogs during the production process. The title "Urban Vibes" is almost symbolic of timeless vibrations and transformations in urban space. The city turns into a powerhouse of emotions and an anchor point for the people hurrying through its streets. Waschkau's works offer completely new views of seemingly familiar places, seeing them with totally fresh eyes: as sublime, poetic and incredibly delicate.

• The city as a stage for unexpected constellations - a "Symphony of the big city"
• Exhibition: Urban Vibes. Detlef Waschkau, Kunstraum Villa Friede, Bonn, 2022

Author Biography

With a preface by Birgit Schneider-Bönninger and an essay by Gerhard van der Grinten