Max Neuman

MAX NEUMANN (Saarbrücken, Germany, 1949)
"Satan", 1986.
Mixed media on cardboard.
Signed and dated in the upper area. Titled on the back.
Measurements: 103 x 73 cm.
In "Satan", the artist does not represent the devil from a traditional religious iconography, but as a set of forms and a stylized human face, almost archetypal, embodying psychological tensions rather than biblical narratives. The image, reduced to the essentials and executed with an economy of formal resources, conveys unease and confronts the viewer with a direct, frontal and silent presence. In the context of post-war Germany and the Cold War, the work can be read as a reflection on the human condition, evil and identity, rather than as a literal religious allegory. Neumann explores the demonic as a constitutive part of the modern subject,
The German painter Max Neumann has participated in numerous solo exhibitions in German and foreign galleries, as well as exhibitions at the Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, and the Folkwang Museum, Essen, two of the most renowned German museums of contemporary art, which shows that Max Neumann is a recognized artist whose work is represented in important institutional, public and private collections around the world. He currently lives in Berlin. He trained from 1969 to 1977 at the art schools of Saarbrucken, Karlsruhe, Berlin. Selected solo exhibitions: 2015 -Gallery Bruce Silverstein, New York 2014 Galerie Thomas Levy, Hambourg Galerie Xenon, Bordeaux Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris 2013- Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne? Mimmo Scognamiglio artecontemporanea, Milan. Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg 2012 -Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York 2011-Levy, Hamburg 2010- Fondation Antonio Pérez, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Cuenca. Museo de Obra Gráfica, San Clemente, Cuenca Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris. AUP Fine Arts Gallery, The American University of Paris. Galerie Arnes and Röpke, Madrid. Galerie Stefan Röpke, Köln. Kunstverein Niebüll, Richard-Haizmann-Museum, Niebüll 2009 -Villa Wessel, Iserlohn. Centre Cultural Contemporani Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca Ronchini Arte Contemporanea, Terni. Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg 2008-Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne.