From the Catalogue, Christoph Schmidberger Lavender Fields Forever

Born in 1974, Eisenerz, Austria
He lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
1998 BFA (Hons) and MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, AUT
1994 Senior Technical College, graphics, Graz, AUT
In 1923, National Geographic journalist Maynard Owen Williams described the scene during the opening of Tutankhamen's tomb reporters. Owen reports a brief experience of the journalist and chief excavator, where the basic statements, "Terrible art nouveaux." and "It Louis XIV." Another journalist has been speculated that, if still intact, the king of a suit probably resembles that of the Indian nabob.Kralj was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter and actually presented the scene of immense luxury. However, the language that was available to describe - Qualifying picture the scene - a limited nature and based solely on the parallel line. This is something which is also reflected in Christoph Schmidberger rad.Portret is very much about generosity and emotion. Painting someone else, find some other meaning of identity brings a combination of correspondence. Portraiture often causes the difference, individuality and otherness. Schmidberger work seems slapped on the surface, even banal. There is a banality, there is certainly man-made beauty, and it makes it interesting.

But it is perhaps a symptom of a conflict of generations in the transition between morality and etike.Generacija which is deeply self-discovery journey ahead. In addition to stricter interests of art, we live in a world of fast packets of reality and truth, from news to promote everyday personal products, and each runs for a simple, serene consumption. In this sense, the insidious way, the irony underlying Schmidberger work comes to the fore. Seen against the background
nanosecond, oversaturated with a global service culture, Schmidberger a sarcastic sense images, as well as the aesthetic quality translates površine.Fetišističke items they want, desires and needs and puts them in an ambivalent position within the service compared to today's art culture. Are you criticizing or approval?