 Part V_Fantasy and Fiction
Works in the Exhibition | Interview
Works in the Exhibition
o.T., 2005, Oil pastels on paper
o.T., 2005, Oil pastels on paper
o.T., 2005, Oil pastels on paper
o.T., 2005, Oil pastels on paper
o.T., 2005, Oil pastels on paper
o.T., 2005, Oil pastels on paper
Cutout Girl, 2005, Oil on canvas
Treppchen, 2006, Oil, tempera, grapphit pencil on canvas
Interview
Karsten Löckemann:
You come from Elte, a not very well-known small place near Münster. I grew up in Steinfurt, so I know the area very well. Elte is certainly not a bastion of high art where art features high on the promotional agenda. What inspired you to study art, and who encouraged you? It can't have been easy.
Matthias Weischer: I didn't have any direct contact with art and artists. Of course, we did art at school, but that was hardly high-octane stuff. The impetus really came from within. At some point I started to draw, and noticed it was a form of expression that appealed to me. I kept at it, and became quite keen on drawing. I devoured everything that cropped up in my surroundings that had the slightest thing to do with art. There were funny exhibitions of amateur painters and things like that. I combed the whole district around Steinfurt looking at all kinds of rubbish. At the time, I didn't have enough money for longer trips to Cologne or Munich. That’s how I first made contact with art. You start small and take the first steps. Of course, there were books as well. I used to go to the municipal library in Rheine and borrow anything they had on art. That was the first influence I got from the region.
Text excerpt »There are two or three walls, a floor and a ceiling« - A Conversation with Matthias Weischer, Leipzig, July 2006 (Author: Karsten Löckemann), Exhibition Catalogue Imagination Becomes Reality Part V_Fantasy and Fiction
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