Andreas Steinbrecher: Ruf der Trompeten / Call of the Trumpets
Solo exhibition · Opening 17 January 2025, 6–9 pm
Over the past year and a half, we have closely followed Andreas Steinbrecher’s artistic development and the evolution of his creative strategies. Central to his practice is a sustained reflection on the relationship between the artist’s hand and the support. His exploration of the line—a motif deeply rooted in the history of painting—continually re-emerges and drives the development of his pictorial language.
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What distinguishes Steinbrecher’s approach is the agility and flexibility with which he investigates new possibilities in his search for the stroke. Few artists are willing to challenge and transform such an essential element of their artistic identity. His recent work Ruf der Trompeten reveals this bold evolution.
The innovation in Ruf der Trompeten is grounded in an earlier mastery of the stroke, which allowed Steinbrecher to develop a soft, warm pictorial membrane on the canvas. From there, he moves towards a stroke that expands across the canvas, introducing a dynamic energy that transcends the two-dimensional space of the support.
This expansion manifests itself in two distinct movements: a concentric shift that draws the gravitational centre inward and an outward, expansive force that seems to break through the boundaries of the canvas itself. These pictorial strategies demonstrate Steinbrecher’s technical command while calling for a deeper dialogue about the innovative approaches to painting currently emerging from Düsseldorf.
Born in Kazakhstan in 1984, Andreas Steinbrecher moved to Germany with his parents at the age of four. Coming from a family of craftspeople, his talent and passion for drawing were recognised early. He first studied graphic design at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences and worked as a freelance designer before enrolling at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 2017. He studied with Professor Thomas Scheibitz and completed his degree in spring 2023.
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