About

Inspired by her observations, thoughts, and feelings, Berlin painter Franziska Klotz distills contemporary history paintings from today’s flood of media images, interrogating the motif, confronting existential questions, and exploring the means of painting itself. Her latest works, which will premiere at Galerie Kornfeld on January 15, 2022, probe the encounter between self and collective with a focus on the individual’s social, physical, and psychological vulnerability.

Showing crowds at demonstrations, one group of paintings is thematically based on current political and social events and …