Fritz Overbeck | Birken vor Kornfeld | undatiert | Öl auf Karton

The photographs by Ranil Beyer (* 1979) seem to be in motion and yet radiate calm. By experimenting with age-old techniques such as the “Sfumato”, the blurring of Leonardo da Vinci, and transferring them to photography, his works draw on a long tradition of landscape painting.

The exhibition “Landscape in Dialogue” juxtaposes Beyer’s photographs with selected paintings by Fritz and Hermine Overbeck and Walter Bertelsmann. This reveals parallels that effortlessly bridge the distance of different centuries and media and render them visible in a fascinating way. The subject of landscape proves to be timeless and at the same time, it presents itself as a constantly new challenge to behold in art.