Students of the subject Art and Media interpret paintings from the State Museum of Art and Cultural History. Exhibition under the direction of Sabine Wallach in the museum education department at Oldenburg Palace, 25 August 2011 - 15 February 2012

A selection of paintings from the State Museum's collection of Old Masters has inspired students of the subject Art and Media at the CvO University of Oldenburg to create their own artistic work. The examination of paintings from past eras led to very different interpretations, using aesthetic methods such as experimental cameraless photography (photogram and cliché verre), but also sculptures and installation boxes.

The Old Masters offered the students a wide range of possibilities for interpretation and were thus triggers for individual work processes. The main focus was on questions of reduction or illusion, but also alienation in space and surface.
The diverse approaches to painting of the past reflect media and social experiences, but also cultural and political influences of the present.
Working from old masters and utilising current artistic strategies has thus led to exciting new interpretations.

Further information on the works shown here can be found in the legend.

1 Alina Edelmann
Cliché Verre and Chemigram, 2011
After: Padovanino: Mars and Venus at Chess, c. 1630

2. Alina Edelmann
Cliché Verre and Chemigram, 2011
After: Padovanino,: Mars and Venus at Chess, c. 1630

3. Zana Halimi
Cliché Verre, 2011
After: Paolo de Matteis: Mars and Venus, 1690

4. Andrea Harms
Cliche Verre, 2011
After: Bartholomäus Spranger: Amor flieht Psyche, c. 1599, and Charles Meynier: Allegorie auf Krieg und Frieden, c. 1800

5. Andrea Harms /
Cliche Verre, 2011 /
After: Bartholomäus Spranger: Amor flieht Psyche, c. 1599, and Charles Meynier: Allegorie auf Krieg und Frieden, c. 1800

6. Jelena Dzambas
Cliché Verre, 2011
After: Paolo de Matteis: Mars und Venus, 1690 and: Padovanino: Mars and Venus at Chess, c. 1630

7. Jelena Dzambas
Cliché Verre, 2011
After: Paolo de Matteis: Mars and Venus, 1690 and Padovanino: Mars and Venus playing chess, c. 1630

8. Katharina Stang
Cliché Verre and chemigram, 2011
After: Padovanino: Mars and Venus playing chess, c. 1630

9. Kim Saskia Triebe
Cliché Verre, 2011
After various Old Masters from the State Museum of Art and Cultural History

10. Kim Saskia Triebe
Cliche Verre, 2011
After: Paolo de Matteis: Mars and Venus, 1690

11. Oliver Klaassen
Collage from Cliché Verre and Chemigram, 2011
After: Paolo de Matteis: Mars and Venus, 1690

12. Oliver Klaassen
Collage from Cliché Verre and Chemigram, 2011
After: Paolo de Matteis (1662-1728): Mars and Venus, 1690

13. Pia Schlechter
Cliché Verre, 2011
Padovanino: Mars and Venus playing chess, c. 1630

14. Vanessa Reis
Cliché Verre and chemigram, 2011
After: Padovanino: Mars and Venus playing chess, c. 1630

15. Vanessa Reis
Cliché Verre and chemigram, 2011
After: Padovanino: Mars and Venus playing chess, c. 1630

16. Yasmin Homeyer
Cliché Verre, 2011
After: Paolo de Matteis: Mars and Venus, 1690