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The pictures of digital mass media form the basis of Paris Giachoustidis’ paintings. Who authored them, who has the prerogative of interpretation and how does this influence the image of a person, an entity, a (sub)culture?¹ The artist’s work revolves around such questions of image production, reception and their effects. Depending on the thematic orientation of the found material, he discovers new, adequate forms of painterly appropriation and alienation.

For this solo exhibition he has created a series entitled Urlaub in Deutschland (Vacation in Germany). Using photographic images from …