Cony Theis

Cony Theis – Books @ Bode Galerie 2024 – III

The oeuvre of artist Cony Theis is characterized by a conceptual stroll through art history, both in terms of techniques and subject matter. The artist is interested in the various attitudes and understandings of art and translates these into her own work. Cony Theis thus demonstrates that the development of art is ongoing and that, in the course of art history, references point to certain constants, but also to developments.

Books 39 Cezanne

The portrait is considered a particularly classic and traditional genre in art history. Since antiquity, portraiture has been regarded as capturing the personality and the desired idealized qualities such as power, wealth and beauty. Portraits initially had little in common with a true likeness, as they captured an idea rather than the real person behind it. It was only in the last two centuries that portrait painting began to depict real people and their characteristics.

Books 15 Michelagelo Antonioni

The series “Books” by Cony Theis refers directly to the tradition of portrait painting – although the portrayed are not people, but books. Using delicate ink and watercolor drawings, the artist captures the essence of the books through the depiction of the book cover, thereby giving them a of personality of their own. The series of works includes portraits of literary classics or catalogs raisonnés of other artists and invites the viewer to experience their favorite works in a different way.

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