Konrad Klapheck
Since the 1950s, German painter Konrad Klapheck has been investigating industrial machines and everyday objects like typewriters, sewing machines and ventilators, all subtly anthropomorphized and endowed in his work with psychological, social and political meaning. In its unexpected combination of deadpan depiction and evocative playfulness, Klapheck's canvases forge an important link in 20th Century art, melding elements from Surrealism and Pop Art with a singular painterly sensibility to...See more
Since the 1950s, German painter Konrad Klapheck has been investigating industrial machines and everyday objects like typewriters, sewing machines and ventilators, all subtly anthropomorphized and endowed in his work with psychological, social and political meaning. In its unexpected combination of deadpan depiction and evocative playfulness, Klapheck's canvases forge an important link in 20th Century art, melding elements from Surrealism and Pop Art with a singular painterly sensibility to create a uniquely influential body of work. See less
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