The exhibition in the Neue Nationalgalerie presents these four central positions of contemporary painting in Germany for the first time with Martin Eder (born 1968), Michael Kunze (born 1961), Anselm Reyle (born 1970) and Thomas Scheibitz (born 1968). a common context. The artistic approaches, which at first glance appear fundamentally different, are examined in dialogue with a total of around 40 selected works from the last 15 years in form and content.
The four artists belonging to the same generation have created extremely compelling but also contradictory works, although often influenced by similar influences and contexts. When viewed, strong contrasts emerge in form, color and motif, as well as in the temporalities inherent in the works. The individual interpretation of the medium of painting, which has been repeatedly written off since modernity, is reflected in the work of Eder, Kunze, Reyle and Scheibitz in numerous programmatic and formal considerations.