3 Faces of Reality

In the organizer's words:

3 Faces of Reality
Three positions - three approaches to the portrait - three perspectives on identity and representation.
In this exhibition, master students from the Macketanz class (HfBK Dresden) explore the idea of the portrait - and question what a face actually tells us.
Inspired by a Japanese proverb that says a person has three faces - one that they show to the world
one that he shows to the world,
one that he shows to friends and family,
and one that he shows to no one -
the works of Karim Stonjek, Gila Epshtein and Leo-Constantin Fischer shed light on different levels of visibility, identity and staging.

Gila Epshtein devotes herself to portraits of everyday objects. Without a face, they stand for the seemingly trivial - the invisible in the visible. Her works tell of presence in absence and how things can develop their own language.

Karim Stonjek shows masks - as portraits of emotions that form a face without revealing it. His works move between revelation and concealment, between expression and protection. The mask becomes the actual portrait - honest precisely because of its ambiguity.

Leo-Constantin Fischer works with staged figures whose faces are partially veiled or covered. Reality and fiction become blurred in his works. Who is portrayed here - and who remains hidden? The question of authenticity and self-dramatization is a common thread running through his visual worlds.

3 Faces of Reality is an invitation to rethink the portrait as a form of expression - not just as an image of a face, but as a multi-layered narrative about what we show, what we hide and what we ourselves may not know.

Vernissage 03.05. 18.00 - 22:00
Exhibition period: 03.05.2025 - 01.06.2025

Artists:

Leo-Constantin Fischer / Painting
*30. Sept. 1991 in Wiesbaden
2018 Bachelor, Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences Alfter near Bonn, class Orosz
2020 Diploma, Hfbk Dresden, class Macketanz
2022 Diploma, art therapy, Hfbk Dresden
Since 2022 Master student of fine arts, Hfbk Dresden, class Macketanz

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Karim Stonjeck
Born 1988 in Mainz on the Rhine
2016-2022 Diploma in Fine Arts with Prof. Christian Macketanz, HfBK Dresden
Since 2024 Master student with Prof. Christian Macketanz, HfBK Dresden

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Gila Epshtein

Education and training:
Since 2021 Master studies HfBK Dresden with Christian Macketanz
2013-2019 Diploma HBK Braunschweig
Prizes and scholarships:
2021 Longlist: Jackson's Painting Prize | London, England
2018 Germany Scholarship
2016 Nomination BP Portrait Award | London, England