Grotesque Self-Portraits

Self-portraits are more than just selfies. For centuries, artists have used this pictorial form to express something about themselves, their world and their place in it. 

My work reflects my examination of our world, which often seems absurd to me. Sometimes it is contemplative and melancholy, but always exaggerated and always with a wink. I have been influenced by the wonderful photographic stagings of Martin Pudenz, the tableaux of William Wegman and the absurd and touching works of Roger Ballen.

To Home Office by Bike

To home office by bike

The Crown of Creation

At the office - Bla bla!

I'm News

What is real?

Resilienz

Mankind's dream vs. megalomania

Something is wrong!

The Easter Bunny strikes back!


At the office - Shitstorm

At the office - Lunch nap

Are you mad?

Queen to B8

Mate!

Wanderlust

Consumerism I

Consumerism II

Searching for planet B - Part one

Searching for planet B - Part two

What a shitty weather - Longing for sun

What a shitty weather - Longing for rain

New identity 

Cryptal identity

the hunter becomes the hunted

There is no more time to waste

Social distancing

Stop zoonosis

Lived solidarity

Change of roles - Walk a mile in his moccasins

There is no bad weather, there is only the wrong partner

Kintsugi - Bringing beauty to what was once shattered



Do we need a superhero to protect us from ourselves?



He's still waiting, hoping that something will change. 



My camera is on strike again.



Hüzün



We eat the world!



No more fun and games!



Imagine you are a tree: climate change, acid rain and then there are the male dogs...



All work and no play makes me a dull boy! (Inspiriert von dem 180er Film "Shining")



Rudolph



Fake News



Waiting for Christmas



Oh, what a surprise! An Omikron!



Christmas fatigue



The end of the year is usually a bittersweet moment, except for the end of this year. Next year can only get better.



Back at the home office



Tidying up for 2022



We have become too comfortable!



Why is it easier to do bad than good?



Balancing earth



When the mask has gone, who will I find?



"Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!"



Don F‘s fight with the COVID variances



(…)
Now go to sleep, bitch! Die, motherfucker, die!
Ugh, time's up, bitch, close your eyes!
Go to sleep, bitch! (What!) Why are you still alive?
How many times I gotta say, close your eyes!
And go to sleep, bitch! (What!) Die, motherfucker, die!
Bye, bye, motherfucker, bye, bye!
Go to sleep, bitch! (What!) Why are you still alive?
Why? Die, motherfucker! Ah, ah, ah, go to sleep, bitch!
(…)

Go to Sleep, Eminem, 2003, Bloodline Records, US




Climate footprint





Headache







Fatigue





I dreamt last night...







Unfulfilled expectation







Welcome to my bizarre universe!





Self-portrait without self!





„When the child was a child, it was the time of these questions. Why am I me, and why not you? Why am I here, and why not there? When did time begin, and where does space end? Isn't life under the sun just a dream? Isn't what I see, hear, and smell just the mirage of a world before the world? Does evil actually exist, and are there people who are really evil? How can it be that I, who am I, wasn't before I was, and that sometime I, the one I am, no longer will be the one I am?“

(Angel Damiel in the movie Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders, 1987, Wenders, this dialogue was written by Peter Handke and is a extract of his poem „Song of Childhood“)






Putin says Europe has no alternative to Russian gas. Give it a rest!

Am I me, or not, that is the question!?

Christmas 2023: Waiting in vain for Rudolph?

My way of reducing dependence on Russian gas.

Will next year be better? Hope springs eternal.

10, 9, 8, ... 0, I'm coming!