Seit 1194 Tagen ohne Zungenkuss. Davor 1721. Seit 314 Tagen ohne Date. Davor 945. Seit 19 Tagen ohne erotischen Blickkontakt.,
[Since 1194 days without a French kiss. Before that 1721. Since 314 days without a date. Before that 945. Since 19 days without erotic eye contact]
Video installation

In his work Markus Huemer conjoins media art with themes from classical fine art, referring to art-historical issues and contextualizations, whereby questioning the specific medium plays a central role in his work. In his artistic investigations, which he calls painterly mannerism, he always places the medium and the technique for disposition as well, relating works charged with art-historical references to reduced formal setting and poetic titles.
The canvas work shown here relates to the art-internal discourse on painting, occasionally pronounced dead and meanwhile alive and well again. In the exhibition at O.K he juxtaposes this work with a video installation.

Markus Huemer, born 1968 in Linz, lives and works in Berlin