CARPE CORONA
27-part picture cycle
(Prices on request)
Creativity and crisis are two sides of the same coin. While public life was largely paralyzed in mid-March 2020 in order to get a grip on the effects of the corona virus, this situation, which is unknown to everyone so far, also creates new spaces for the artist.
Thus Ralf Nietmann has found a multifaceted artistic expression for his work in recent weeks. Almost every day, works of art are created that reflect themes of everyday life in a pandemic and are shaped by the artist's feelings, interpretations and visions. Following his intuition and inspired by the mood swings generated by this extraordinary everyday life, Ralf Nietmann creates works which, with their sensual imagery and filigree details, become a visual document of our time.
Delicate pastel shades, surrounded by fine lines, underline feelings of fragility and uncertainty in the depicted motifs. Darker, rather flatly applied colors, often in connection with format-filling figures, express themes such as contact closure and quarantine. Other pictures glow in colors that David Hockney could not have chosen better: Bright tones - from lemon yellow to pinkish red, from turquoise blue to grass green - radiate joy, energy and confidence.
In contrast to the manifold motifs and interpretations, the works are produced on wooden panels in only two formats, 24 x 30 cm and 30 x 40 cm. Corona was also the guiding thought in the selection of the material: in order to be well prepared for a situation in domestic quarantine, Ralf Nietmann had the tableaus cut in these handy sizes so that he could devote himself to his painting even in a small space.
— Katharina Mokross, 2020
CARPE CORONA CC1
24 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, framed,
sold
CARPE CORONA CC2
30 x 40 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC3
24 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC4
24 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC5
24 x 33,5 cm, acrylic on found book page
laminated on wooden plate, framed
CARPE CORONA CC6
24 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC7
30 x 40 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC8
30 x 40 cm, mixed media on wood, framed,
sold
CARPE CORONA CC9
21 x 29 cm, acrylic on found book page
laminated on wooden plate, framed
CARPE CORONA CC10
24 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC11
30 x 40 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC12
24 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, framed,
sold
CARPE CORONA CC13
30 x 40 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC14
24 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC15
24 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC16
30 x 40 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC17
24 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC18
30 x 40 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC19
24 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC20
24 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC21
24 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC22
24 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC23
30 x 40 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC24
24 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC25
30 x 40 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC26
30 x 40 cm, mixed media on wood, framed
CARPE CORONA CC27
24 x 30 cm, mixed media on wood, framed