Header Images: Left- Anthony Carey – Alexandra,The Keystone Right- Newnes’ Pictorial Encyclopedia, Volume 9, On things that interest you and me. A stone Key.

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(1214) Ingo Schultze-Schnabl - The Dream of the Sphinx (Revisited)

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About this artwork

Early Civilizations was the header of the page which became my starting point. Among other iconic motives from Egypt, it depicted the sphinx, the most human object on the page.
The findings of archeology open a window to other times and other cultures. We form a narrative of what we see, which might be true or not. My work opens the window to imagination: What might I think about? About its own times, which were brutal enough, about the times we live in, which might in some ways be comparable. Looking at the past (and looking at art) makes us reflect on ourselves.
As the picture on the original page was an artwork in itself and not very appropriate to work with, I found a high-resolution photo of the sphinx suitable proportions for my multipanel deconstruction of the image.
Taking up the main colours of the photo and placing them in the dark blue sky around the head I developed a loosely sketched pattern which might resemble something like stones (with multiple references) or symbolise thoughts, ideas running through heads, be it the sphinx or the viewer.

About Ingo

In his work, Ingo Schultze-Schnabl deals with the question of how meaning develops from a trace of colour or graphic mark, how our eyes and our brain interpret – and construct – meaning and knowledge.
The multi-panel image form has been the experimental method for many years. It reflects the way how we perceive the world, as an addition of separate impressions which we bring together in our brain and thus construct what we call the real world. We see with our minds.
In his work the gaps between the panels are not just cut off pieces of work but he starts defining the size and proportions to the panels, their distance and their number. This has a central impact on the question, what he has to do on the panels, to make them go together, to bridge the information gap and to give us the idea of things and situations.
So, in a broader sense, Schultze-Schnabls work addresses the question how we see and how we
interpret this, how we form our idea of reality in our brains. The importance of understanding the
working of narratives has right now proven a critical point in our lives.
Born in 1953 Ingo Schultze-Schnabl has studied Arts and English at Siegen University and worked as an arts teacher for some thirty years. Since University he has continually shown his work in galleries and art associations. He is member of two professional artists groups.

Link to Ingo’s Art Aviso profile HERE

Ingo was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:

Volume 9
Early Civilisations.
Plate 1 Eqypt
Artist:
Ingo Schultze
Medium:
Digital Print on Dibond, Edition 5 + 2
Dimensions:
A4
Price:
160 EUR