Artist: Christian Rothmaler
Exhibition title: Unkoordinierte Verschwörung
Venue: Kunstverein Jesteburg, Jesteburg, Germany
Date: May 22 – July 9, 2022
Photography: Fred Dott / all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Kunstverein Jesteburg, Jesteburg
According to sociologist Georg Simmel, the same applies to conspiracies as to empty secrets – both have an inherent threat that remains inscrutable, irrefutable. Precisely for this reason, they unfold a power that is as lasting as it is uncanny.
In his paintings, Christian Rothmaler creates symbolically charged, sometimes ironic scenarios in which we can discover references to art history as well as links to contemporary discourses on technology or spirituality. Rothmaler also constantly questions the medium of painting itself. Between liquidity and solidity, light and darkness, he creates a virtual cosmos that playfully reflects on human capabilities and limits in the age of the Anthropocene.
The artist hints at the complex questions of our contemporary world in his works, leaving indications and clues in his paintings that can be read on different levels and can come across as mysterious in their ambivalence.
Christian Rothmaler, Unkoordinierte Verschwörung, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg
Christian Rothmaler, Unkoordinierte Verschwörung, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg
Christian Rothmaler, Unkoordinierte Verschwörung, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg
Christian Rothmaler, Coniurator mundi, 2022, Pencil, ink, oil on wood, 54 x 40 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Unkoordinierte Verschwörung, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg
Christian Rothmaler, Liquidity (2/22/22), 2022, Ink, acrylic on canvas, 160 x 130 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Hi 7 in Neom – cool CRSPR greets the Line, 2022, Ink, acrylic, oil on canvas, 210 x 190 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Unkoordinierte Verschwörung, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg
Christian Rothmaler, Unkoordinierte Verschwörung, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg
Christian Rothmaler, Centaur Birthday, 2022, Ink, acrylic, oil on canvas, 90 x 130 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Bright Side, 2022, Ink, acrylic, oil on canvas, 150 x 220 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Warnvogel (SWAN-System), 2022, Ink, gouache, acrylic, oil on canvas, 45 x 41 cm; Christian Rothmaler, Warnvogel (IXION-System), 2022, Ink, gouache, acrylic, oil on canvas, 45 x 66 cm; Christian Rothmaler, Warnvogel (ATLAS-System), 2022, Ink, gouache, acrylic, oil on canvas, 45 x 65 cm; Christian Rothmaler, Warnvogel (GAIA-System), 2022, Ink, gouache, acrylic, oil on canvas, 45 x 25 cm; Christian Rothmaler, Warnvogel (ELEFANT-System), 2022, Ink, gouache, acrylic, oil on canvas, 45 x 39 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Unkoordinierte Verschwörung, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg
Christian Rothmaler, Unkoordinierte Verschwörung, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg
Christian Rothmaler, The Offering, 2019-20, Ink, oil on canvas, 60 x 220 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Uncoordinated Conspiracy, 2020-21, Ink, acrylic, oil on canvas, 150 x 140 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Unkoordinierte Verschwörung, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg
Christian Rothmaler, New Camouflage (Ich bin Alles), 2022, Ink, acrylic, oil on canvas, 190 x 110 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Unkoordinierte Verschwörung, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg
Christian Rothmaler, Malfunction, 2020-22, Ink, acrylic, oil on canvas, 150 x 130 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Unkoordinierte Verschwörung, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg
Christian Rothmaler, Spaghetti-Rothmaler Bridge, 2022, Ink, acrylic, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Angebot und Nachfrage, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg Satellite, Hamburg
Christian Rothmaler, Angebot und Nachfrage, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg Satellite, Hamburg
Christian Rothmaler, Angebot und Nachfrage, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg Satellite, Hamburg
Christian Rothmaler, Jeff greift, 2019-20, Oil on aluminium, 25 x 50 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Liquidität (07. Juli 2007), 2022, Ink, acrylic on mineral paper on glass, 20,5 x 29 cm; Christian Rothmaler, Liquidität (12. Dezember 2012), 2022, Ink, acrylic on mineral paper on glass, 20,5 x 29 cm; Christian Rothmaler, Liquidität (22. Februar 2022), 2021, Ink, acrylic on mineral paper on glass, 20,5 x 29 cm; Christian Rothmaler, Hrön, 2021, Ink, acrylic on mineral paper on glass, 29 x 20,5 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Angebot und Nachfrage, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg Satellite, Hamburg
Christian Rothmaler, Das Eismeer (✝︎), 2022, Ink, gouache, acrylic, oil on canvas, 60 x 70 cm
Christian Rothmaler, ÜberGlobal (Pinguin), 2020, Ink on mineral paper on glass, 20,5 x 29 cm; Christian Rothmaler, Puppetmaster, 2019-20, Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm; Christian Rothmaler, Das Angebot (Makro), 2020, Oil on wood, 52 x 41 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Angebot und Nachfrage, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg Satellite, Hamburg
Christian Rothmaler, Angebot und Nachfrage, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg Satellite, Hamburg
Christian Rothmaler, Killer Argument (coincidence), 2022, Ink, gouache, acrylic, oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Anglophile Diskurs-Gleichung, 2022, Ink, oil on mineral paper, 60 x 75 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Angebot und Nachfrage, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg Satellite, Hamburg
Christian Rothmaler, Mooning, 2022, Ink, gouache, acrylic, oil on canvas, 60 x 200 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Angebot und Nachfrage, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg Satellite, Hamburg
Christian Rothmaler, Spezielle Tür, 2022, Ink, acrylic, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Angebot und Nachfrage, 2022, exhibition view, Kunstverein Jesteburg Satellite, Hamburg
Christian Rothmaler, Verdrehter Wüsten-Zentaur, 2022, Ink, oil on canvas, 150 x 130 cm
Christian Rothmaler, Polyphemus Traum (Niemand ist sicher), 2020, Oil on aluminium, 25 x 50 cm
