michel war dankbar um ein wenig aufmerksamkeit 2016

Malte Sonnenfeld made this painting, "michel war dankbar um ein wenig aufmerksamkeit," on canvas. It's like he's built this whole scenario, laying down see-through washes of color, then topping them with these bold, graphic shapes. I love how the surface is kind of scrubby and uneven, not trying to be perfect or hide the mess. Look at Uncle Sam's coat, how the blue paint is thin in some spots, letting the ground peek through. And then those solid black outlines—they make everything pop, almost like a comic book. It makes me think about the way we look at things, piecing together images from scraps of information. The security camera in the background with the surveillance tower makes me think of Sigmar Polke, how he used Ben-Day dots to talk about image culture. Sonnenfeld's work isn't about answers; it's more like a big, open question. Like, what are we really seeing when we look?