Die Poesie des Raumes 2016

Siegfried Zademack made this strange and beautiful painting, "Die Poesie des Raumes," and even though we don't know exactly when, it feels timeless, almost like a dream. Zademack's got a precise technique, especially with those skies dusted with stars and the water that looks both calm and deep. Look at how the figures are draped in simple white cloths. The paint isn't too thick; it's more about capturing the light and shadow, and that gives everything a ghostly, ethereal feel. The most intriguing part is probably that the figures are holding up candles on sticks, like signals in the night. Are they lost souls? Are they waiting for something? It reminds me a bit of Caspar David Friedrich, with that sense of romantic mystery. But Zademack has this quirkiness that is very much his own. It’s one of those paintings that gets under your skin, offering no easy answers, just a lot of space for your own thoughts to wander around.