About / Texts / Esther Slevogt Beyond Seeing – Canvas, Magnetic Tape, Digital MediumPage 4/4The naked female body has been instrumentalized as an advertising medium, robbed of its enchantment, and is ubiquitous in our collective perception; it is an object of art, and similarly the focus
About / Texts / Esther Slevogt Beyond Seeing – Canvas, Magnetic Tape, Digital MediumPage 3/4Further along in the video “Saudade,” the speed of a streetcar makes the imagery of the city that the camera captures through its windows dissolve into colors and forms. Simultaneously, the voices
About / Texts / Esther Slevogt Beyond Seeing – Canvas, Magnetic Tape, Digital MediumPage 2/4She also focuses on the dialectic between image and material in her paintings. In the oil paintings of the series “Suchlauf” (Scan Mode, 1998-2005), for example, at first glance we see natural
About / Texts / Esther Slevogt Beyond Seeing – Canvas, Magnetic Tape, Digital MediumPage 1/4It’s dark. We’re watching a functional screen in expectation of a video. The title of the video has already been shown. So where’s the picture? The monitor lights up briefly with a