{"id":51446,"date":"2026-05-07T11:59:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/?post_type=magazin-artikel&#038;p=51446"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:59:27","slug":"personal-jesus-thomas-bayrle-and-the-old-masters","status":"publish","type":"magazin-artikel","link":"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/en\/schirnmag\/personal-jesus-thomas-bayrle-and-the-old-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Jesus. 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Thomas Bayrle and the (Old) Masters<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/flash-animation>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class='container-fluid margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-4 col-md-offset-8 margin-bottom-5'><section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/magazin-header-eigenschaften'>\n\n<div  class='magazine-header-props text-align-right'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-rem-max-width cf-side-1 cf-gutter-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'><div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><p>05\/07\/2026<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-3'>\n\n<div  class='flex-align-center-right'>\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><p>17 min reading time<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-slot \"><div class=\"container-fluid cf-rem-max-width cf-side-1 cf-gutter-1\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col col-xs-12\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-3\"><div class=\"components-image-text-person-image-small-group flex-align-top-right\"><div class=\"col col-xs-12\"><div class=\"components-image-text-persons-line\"><span class=\"ho-sd-body\">Writer:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/en\/beteiligte\/samanea-karrfalt-en\/\" class=\"components-image-text-person-image-small\"><div class=\"components-image-text-person-image-small-text ho-sd-body\">Sama\u00adnea Karr\u00adfalt<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col col-xs-12\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-3\"><div class=\"flex-align-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/kuenstler\/thomas-bayrle-en\/\" class=\"components-image-text-person-image-small\"><div class=\"components-image-text-person-image-small-text ho-sd-body\">Thomas Bayrle<\/div><div class=\"components-image-text-person-image-small-image\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col col-xs-12\"><div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><div class=\"ho-tag-group flex-align-top-right\"><div class=\"ho-tag is-tertiary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/en\/hauptkategorie\/context-en\/\" class=\"ho-tag-label\">Context<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col col-xs-12\"><div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><div class=\"ho-tag-group flex-align-top-right\"><div class=\"ho-tag is-primary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/en\/tag\/art-history\/\" class=\"ho-tag-label\">Art History<\/a><\/div><div class=\"ho-tag is-primary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/en\/tag\/modern-art\/\" class=\"ho-tag-label\">Modern Art<\/a><\/div><div class=\"ho-tag is-primary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/en\/tag\/contemporary-art\/\" class=\"ho-tag-label\">Contemporary Art<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 last-xs col-md-8'>\t<p class='ho-sd-h4'>During his thirty-year tenure at the St\u00e4delschule, Thomas Bayrle inspired up-and-coming artists. A lifelong student of art history himself, he was greatly influenced by history&#8217;s most iconic works. Here are 10 works by Thomas Bayrle and their art-historical references.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern show-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-magazin-listicle'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-3 text-align-right'>\n\n<div  class='mag-listicle-number'>\t<p class='ho-sd-mag-h4'>1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 padding-top-4'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-mag-h3' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Thomas Bayrle<br \/>\n\u201ciPhone Piet\u00e0\u201d (2017)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>The inspiration for Thomas Bayrle\u2019s \u201ciPhone Piet\u00e0\u201d (2017) is instantly recognizable as Michelangelo\u2019s \u201cMadonna della Piet\u00e0\u201d (1498\u20131499). Much like its mononymous creator, this iconic statue of the Italian High Renaissance is most often simply referred to as \u201cThe Piet\u00e0\u201d. It shows an unusually young Virgin Mary cradling the corpse of her son, Jesus Christ, after being removed from the cross. Michelangelo was only about 25 years old when he created this statue for St. Peter\u2019s Basilica in Vatican City. It is the only artwork he ever signed. The inscription on Mary\u2019s sash reads \u201cMICH\u00c6LANGELVS BONAROTVS FLORENTINVS FACIEBAT,\u201d which means, \u201cMichelangelo Buonarroti, the Florentine made this.\u201d<br> <br>Upon closer inspection, it becomes apparent that Jesus has an extra incisor. There are no mistakes in polished marble. The sculptor gave the figure this \u201ctooth of sin\u201d to represent the Christian belief that Jesus absorbed the sins of the world through his death. Bayrle\u2019s \u201ciPhone Piet\u00e0\u201d opens many questions of humans\u2019 faith in technology as a replacement for religious belief systems and the sorrows that the digital age has cast upon the earth. <br><br><strong>Travel tip<\/strong>: A stained-glass version of the \u201ciPhone Piet\u00e0\u201d is on permanent display in the nearby Eberbach Abbey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/medien-bild-zwei-bilder-mittel-mittel'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-5 col-xs-11 mobile-margin-bottom-5'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 50956,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ausstellungsansicht_iPhone_Pieta_c_Norbert_Miguletz-272x300.jpg\",\"width\":272,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":42207},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ausstellungsansicht_iPhone_Pieta_c_Norbert_Miguletz-928x1024.jpg\",\"width\":928,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":532610},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ausstellungsansicht_iPhone_Pieta_c_Norbert_Miguletz-768x847.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":847,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":370852},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ausstellungsansicht_iPhone_Pieta_c_Norbert_Miguletz-1393x1536.jpg\",\"width\":1393,\"height\":1536,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":1064111},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ausstellungsansicht_iPhone_Pieta_c_Norbert_Miguletz-399x440.jpg\",\"width\":399,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":97426},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ausstellungsansicht_iPhone_Pieta_c_Norbert_Miguletz-526x580.jpg\",\"width\":526,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":173281},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ausstellungsansicht_iPhone_Pieta_c_Norbert_Miguletz-653x720.jpg\",\"width\":653,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":269812},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ausstellungsansicht_iPhone_Pieta_c_Norbert_Miguletz-1161x1280.jpg\",\"width\":1161,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":791582},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ausstellungsansicht_iPhone_Pieta_c_Norbert_Miguletz.jpg\",\"width\":1516,\"height\":1672}},\n\"alt\" : \"Abstract depiction of two figures shaped from blue and gray geometric patterns on a light background.\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:110.29023746702%; 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Fr\u00f6hlich Sein!, 2026, Detail <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026, Foto: Norbert Miguletz<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-11 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-5 col-md-offset-1'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<figure itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_mJVyHD\">\n\t\t<img\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/65\/Pieta_de_Michelangelo_-_Vaticano.jpg\/960px-Pieta_de_Michelangelo_-_Vaticano.jpg\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"external-image-class\"\n\t\t\/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\n<figcaption id=\"media_mJVyHD\">\n\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">Michelangelo, Piet\u00e1, 1498\u20131499<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piet%C3%A0_(Michelangelo)\">wikipedia.org<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern show-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-magazin-listicle'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-3 text-align-right'>\n\n<div  class='mag-listicle-number'>\t<p class='ho-sd-mag-h4'>2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 padding-top-4'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-mag-h3' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Thomas Bayrle<br \/>\n\u201cCanon Meets Sharaku\u201d (1989)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>Thomas Baylre exclusively used analog methods of image manipulation for the first decades of his career. In the late 1980s, his student Stefan M\u00fcck created a program for the Atari Mega ST 4. It was one of the first commercially available personal computers with advanced graphics editing software capabilities. M\u00fcck\u2019s program allowed the artist to digitize his methods and create works like \u201cCanon Meets Sharaku\u201d (1989). <br><br>T\u014dsh\u016bsai Sharaku was one of the greatest <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ukiyo-e\">ukiyo-e<\/a><\/em> artists of all time. He was mysterious as he was prolific. He created 144 unique prints in only 10 months, which means he worked at the superhuman pace of publishing a new print about every two days. His true identity has never been discovered. It is speculated that Sharaku was an actor named Sait\u014d J\u016br\u014dbei, an art collective, or even that it was a nom de plume of Katsushika Hokusai, the creator of \u201cThe Great Wave off Kanagawa\u201d (1831). Regardless of his true identity, Sharaku specialized in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yakusha-e\">yakusha-e<\/a><\/em>, which are prints of Kabuki actors. This print shows the actor Otani Oniji III in the role of \u201cServant Edobei.\u201d His crossed eyes and outstretched fingers are a traditional pose to show intense emotion. In the Edo Period from 1601 to 1868, these prints served as headshots for actors. This makes Bayrle\u2019s use of a Canon camera very apropos. One can also read this work as a snapshot of the faceless Sharaku.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/medien-bild-zwei-bilder-mittel-mittel'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-5 col-xs-11 mobile-margin-bottom-5'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<figure itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n\t\t<img\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/dza2a2ql7zktf.cloudfront.net\/binaries-cdn\/dqzqcuqf9\/image\/fetch\/w_auto,c_fill,q_auto,dpr_1.0,f_auto,h_666\/https:\/\/d2u3kfwd92fzu7.cloudfront.net\/catalog\/artwork\/gallery\/1560\/TB_055-2.jpg\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"external-image-class\"\n\t\t\/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\n<figcaption id=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">Thomas Bayrle, Canon Meets Sharaku, 1989<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artbasel.com\/catalog\/artwork\/71631\/Thomas-Bayrle-Canon-Meets-Sharaku\">artbasel.com<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-11 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-5 col-md-offset-1'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<figure itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_mJVyHD\">\n\t\t<img\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/0\/0e\/Toshusai_Sharaku-_Otani_Oniji%2C_1794.jpg\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"external-image-class\"\n\t\t\/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\n<figcaption id=\"media_mJVyHD\">\n\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">T\u014dsh\u016bsai Sharaku, \u014ctani Oniji\u00a0III in the Role of the Servant Edobei, 1794<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">image via <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/T%C5%8Dsh%C5%ABsai_Sharaku\">wikipedia.org<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern show-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-magazin-listicle'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-3 text-align-right'>\n\n<div  class='mag-listicle-number'>\t<p class='ho-sd-mag-h4'>3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 padding-top-4'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-mag-h3' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Thomas Bayrle<br \/>\n\u201cHimmelfahrt [Ascension I]\u201d, (2019)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>Thomas Bayrle has become very interested in the Catholic Marian doctrine in recent years. All Christian denominations believe that Jesus Christ physically ascended into heaven after his death. According to Catholic dogma, his mother also ascended to heaven in this manner. Her Assumption is not written in the Bible, rather it first appears about four hundred years later in early Christian apocryphal texts. In addition to these texts, Mary\u2019s Assumption has been the subject of countless artworks. Though the exact work of reference for Bayrle\u2019s Ascension series and the figure\u2019s gender remain undefined, it could very well be inspired by Guido Reni\u2019s \u201cThe Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary\u201d, which is on permanent display at the St\u00e4del Museum. Guido Reni\u2019s \u201cAssumption of the Virgin\u201d bathes Mary and an orchestra of music-playing angels in a sumptuous, shimmering light. The angel under her foot and the cherubs at her sides seem to be physically exerting themselves, practically dragging her to heaven. Reni was one of the most important figures of Italian Baroque painting. He was a mere 23 years old when he painted this work. <br><br>In Bayrle\u2019s Work, the figure is constituted of his superform motif \u201cRising Woman, Falling Man\u201d. It shows a woman in a blue dress with her legs in a V-shape and an upside-down man to her left in the same position wearing a red shirt and gray pants. In the center of the figure, one motif is inscribed with \u201cheaven\u201d (Ger. Himmel) and an arrow pointing upward, next to the woman. There is a downward arrow and \u201chell\u201d (Ger. H\u00f6lle) next to the man. The Virgin Mary is almost always shown wearing a blue overgarment, which represents purity and her role as the Queen of Heaven. Bayrle\u2019s interest in Mary\u2019s could be seen as a feminist project to both address her erasure in the Bible and assert her importance as the mother of Jesus Christ and progenitor of Christianity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/medien-bild-zwei-bilder-mittel-mittel'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-5 col-xs-11 mobile-margin-bottom-5'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 44280,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ascension_I_2019_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-220x300.jpg\",\"width\":220,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":29070},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ascension_I_2019_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-751x1024.jpg\",\"width\":751,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":286676},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ascension_I_2019_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-768x1047.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":1047,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":298076},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ascension_I_2019_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-1126x1536.jpg\",\"width\":1126,\"height\":1536,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":595903},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ascension_I_2019_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-1502x2048.jpg\",\"width\":1502,\"height\":2048,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":983251},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ascension_I_2019_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-323x440.jpg\",\"width\":323,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":60149},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ascension_I_2019_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-425x580.jpg\",\"width\":425,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":100728},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ascension_I_2019_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-528x720.jpg\",\"width\":528,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":150023},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ascension_I_2019_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-939x1280.jpg\",\"width\":939,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":430583},\"full\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ascension_I_2019_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-1408x1920.jpg\",\"width\":1408,\"height\":1920,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":881353},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ascension_I_2019_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel.jpg\",\"width\":2598,\"height\":3543}},\n\"alt\" : \"Artistic collage featuring a figurative motif that combines colorful patterns and urban elements.\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:136.37413394919%; 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Philip Johnson is regarded as one of the most influential U.S. American architects of the 20th century and one of the founders of postmodern architecture. He was greatly inspired by the works of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe \u2013 who fled Germany from Nazi persecution \u2013 and together they designed the iconic Seagram Building in Midtown Manhattan. One of Johnson\u2019s most eye-catching designs is the Lipstick Building from 1986, which is also located in Midtown. Recently, Johnson\u2019s well-documented praise of Adolf Hitler and alignment with white-supremacist and antisemitic ideology in the 1930s during his time as a journalist have caused debate about his legacy. He expressed regret for these views in 1993, but it was unclear if he regretted his hate speech or merely regretted having it published. In 2005, the <em>New York Times<\/em> published an obituary for Johnson in which they praised his contributions to architectural history but also highlighted his transgressions. Artists and institutions have since been calling for his name to be removed from certain titles and structures.<br><br>Bayrle\u2019s inclusion of the <em>New York Times<\/em> could be interpreted as a rather scathing critique of Johnson. The publication was purchased and rebranded in 1896 by Adolph Ochs \u2013 who was the son of German Jewish immigrants \u2013 and has been published by his descendants ever since and is one of the most popular, award-winning newspapers in the world. Considering how Johnson used his journalistic voice to spread antisemitism and essentially rode the aesthetic and contractual coattails of exiled van der Rohe, it seems fitting to spread the news that his ugly past is still haunting him. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/medien-bild-zwei-bilder-mittel-mittel'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-5 col-xs-11 mobile-margin-bottom-5'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 44270,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Philip_Johnson_The_New_York_Times_2001_2013-191x300.jpg\",\"width\":191,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":23914},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Philip_Johnson_The_New_York_Times_2001_2013-652x1024.jpg\",\"width\":652,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":247008},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Philip_Johnson_The_New_York_Times_2001_2013-768x1206.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":1206,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":339764},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Philip_Johnson_The_New_York_Times_2001_2013-978x1536.jpg\",\"width\":978,\"height\":1536,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":564235},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Philip_Johnson_The_New_York_Times_2001_2013-1304x2048.jpg\",\"width\":1304,\"height\":2048,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":1012357},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Philip_Johnson_The_New_York_Times_2001_2013-280x440.jpg\",\"width\":280,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":49184},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Philip_Johnson_The_New_York_Times_2001_2013-369x580.jpg\",\"width\":369,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":82611},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Philip_Johnson_The_New_York_Times_2001_2013-459x720.jpg\",\"width\":459,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":125984},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Philip_Johnson_The_New_York_Times_2001_2013-815x1280.jpg\",\"width\":815,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":383784},\"full\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Philip_Johnson_The_New_York_Times_2001_2013-1223x1920.jpg\",\"width\":1223,\"height\":1920,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":887820},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Philip_Johnson_The_New_York_Times_2001_2013.jpg\",\"width\":2362,\"height\":3709}},\n\"alt\" : \"Collage of fashion designs and city views, published in the New York Times, February 2000.\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:157.02794242168%; 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Fans of the ballet will instantly recognize her as the \u201cstar\u201d of Edgar Degas\u2019 \u201cL&#8217;\u00e9toile\u201d (1876\u20131877). Degas was one of the founders of Impressionism and is known for his accurate portrayal of the glamorous high points and seedy underbelly of 19th-century Parisian performance arts.<br><br>The dancer\u2019s delicately outstretched arms, fluttering ribbon, and bent knee suggest that she has just landed an impressive leap. Her rosy cheeks hint at her physical exertion, but her triumphant expression shows satisfaction in her performance. Between the gaslights hissing at her feet and the limelight blazing from the rafters, she sees only light. For this brief, glorious moment, the world falls away. She is the center of her own universe. However, trouble is never far away for a star. Her patron menaces her from the wings. The black ribbon around her neck transforms into a noose. Eight-year-old girls from poor families could experience a bit of upward mobility as a student of the Paris Opera Ballet School. At fourteen, they could enter the company and earn poverty wages. Rich patrons would sponsor their favorite dancers, but their financial support often came with sexual abuse. Pansies as the superform motif could be a reference to this dark reality. In 19th-century Western Europe, <em>floriography<\/em> (\u201cthe language of flowers\u201d) was immensely popular. Pansies were associated with forbidden love. The ballerina cannot fully escape her patron, but in Bayrle\u2019s world, she shares the stage with no one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/medien-bild-zwei-bilder-mittel-mittel'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-5 col-xs-11 mobile-margin-bottom-5'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<figure itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n\t\t<img\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/cms.mmk.art\/site\/assets\/files\/2573109\/bfa7a3b8-b1b9-4ef5-8dcd-45a571082169.jpg\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"external-image-class\"\n\t\t\/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\n<figcaption id=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">Thomas Bayrle, Ballerina, 1972<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.mmk.art\/site\/assets\/files\/2573109\/bfa7a3b8-b1b9-4ef5-8dcd-45a571082169.jpg\">mmk.art<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-11 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-5 col-md-offset-1'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<figure itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_mJVyHD\">\n\t\t<img\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/ec\/Edgar_Degas_-_Ballet_%28L%27%C3%89toile%29.jpg\/500px-Edgar_Degas_-_Ballet_%28L%27%C3%89toile%29.jpg?_=20200901091926\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"external-image-class\"\n\t\t\/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\n<figcaption id=\"media_mJVyHD\">\n\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">Edgar Degas, Ballet, approx. 1876\u20131877<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Edgar_Degas_-_Ballet_(L%27%C3%89toile).jpg\">wikimedia.org<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern show-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-magazin-listicle'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-3 text-align-right'>\n\n<div  class='mag-listicle-number'>\t<p class='ho-sd-mag-h4'>6<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 padding-top-4'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-mag-h3' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Thomas Bayrle<br \/>\n\u201cHl. Matth\u00e4us trifft Engel\u201d (2015)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>Thomas Bayrle\u2019s \u201cHl. Matth\u00e4us trifft Engel\u201d takes its form from Caravaggio\u2019s painting \u201cInspiration of Saint Matthew\u201d (Ital. San Matteo e angelo) from 1602. He was one of the pioneers of Italian Baroque painting. Caravaggio was known for his signature use of <em>tenebrism<\/em> \u2013 a high-contrast lighting technique of strongly lighting figures in very dark spaces, which creates a dramatic and emotional effect. In Christianity, Matthew is the author of the first chapter of the New Testament and is known as one of the \u201cFour Evangelists\u201d. <br><br>Caravaggio\u2019s painting depicts a non-canonical moment of divine intervention as an angel visits Matthew and inspires him to write about the life and times of Jesus Christ. Matthew was apparently literally struck by inspiration and ran so quickly to his desk that he knocked the stool out and off the canvas, as evidenced by the <em>trompe l&#8217;oeil<\/em> \u2013 the optical illusion that a painting is three-dimensional. Christians believe that Matthew wrote his text about 60 years after Jesus\u2019s death to document the testimonies of the last eyewitnesses of his life before they died. For Caravaggio, physical bibles were political objects. In the 16th and 17th centuries, many new editions of the bible were printed and distributed. Bible burnings swept across Europe as politicians and clergymen attempted to censor versions they deemed too radical. Their effort was in vain. With estimates as high as 7 billion copies, the Bible remains the most printed book in history. Bayrle\u2019s superform version of Caravaggio\u2019s work is made up of hands holding iPhones. They all display the original painting on the screens, creating a <em>mise en abyme<\/em> \u2013 an image within an image. Bayrle\u2019s evocation of the origins of Christian scripture and censorship combined with commentary on the ubiquity of smartphones, brings up questions of authenticity and reproductions. Because \u201cthe internet is forever,\u201d smartphones and social media have made complete censorship almost impossible. Democratized access to information is arguably positive, but one must ask themselves if the information is accurate. Is a digital copy a faithful, adequate version of the original? 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Matth\u00e4us trifft Engel, 2015, digital print on canvas, 270,5 x 178,5 x 2 cm<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 Thomas Bayrle, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025, Courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Photo: Jens Ziehe, Berlin<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-11 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-5 col-md-offset-1'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<figure itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_mJVyHD\">\n\t\t<img\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/58\/Caravaggio_-_La_inspiraci%C3%B3n_de_San_Mateo_%28San_Luigi_dei_Francesi%2C_Roma%29.jpg\/960px-Caravaggio_-_La_inspiraci%C3%B3n_de_San_Mateo_%28San_Luigi_dei_Francesi%2C_Roma%29.jpg\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"external-image-class\"\n\t\t\/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\n<figcaption id=\"media_mJVyHD\">\n\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">Caravaggio, The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (San Matteo e l\u2019Angelo), 1602<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Inspiration_of_Saint_Matthew\">wikipedia.org<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern show-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-magazin-listicle'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-3 text-align-right'>\n\n<div  class='mag-listicle-number'>\t<p class='ho-sd-mag-h4'>7<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 padding-top-4'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-mag-h3' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Thomas Bayrle<br \/>\n\u201cMadonna Mercedes\u201d (1989)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>Bayrle\u2019s \u201cMadonna Mercedes\u201d (1989) is modeled after the Byzantine Eleusa \u201cThe Virgin of Vladimir\u201d. The <em>Eleusa<\/em>, or \u201cVirgin of Tenderness\u201d, is a genre of iconography in which the Virgin Mary holds the Christ Child to her cheek. Her forlorn expression represents her future sadness over her son\u2019s death. The reverse side of the icon shows the <em>Hetoimasia<\/em> (Greek: \u201cpreparation\u201d), an empty throne that represents Jesus Christ\u2019s prophesied return to Earth. \u201cThe Virgin of Vladimir\u201d is one of the most important icons and holy objects in the Orthodox Catholic Church. The artist is unknown, but according to legend, it was painted by another coauthor of the bible, Luke the Evangelist. It was made in the early 12th century in Constantinople, passed through Kyiv, and came to the Russian city of Vladimir in 1155. Finally, it ended up in Moscow in the 14th century, where it has been ever since.  It supposedly protected the city from multiple attacks in the 14th and 15th centuries and performed other miracles over the centuries. <br><br>Bayrle created \u201cMadonna Mercedes\u201d by using his signature technique of photographing stretched sheets of latex. For this work, he went to a copy shop in downtown Frankfurt and rented a photocopier by the hour. With the help of assistants, he stretched latex sheets printed with a Mercedes-Benz car directly on the platen glass of the copier. Then, he cut up the photocopies and collaged them into the forms of the icon. Uncut pages from these printing sessions show the eight thumbprints of Bayrle and his assistants as they held the latex. Whereas \u201cThe Virgin of Vladimir\u201d is a religious icon, Carl Benz is an icon of German ingenuity and engineering, having patented the world\u2019s first automobile. In the cult of the car, the Benz is king. The collision between the ancient world, religion, technology, and consumerism in Bayrle\u2019s \u201cMadonna\u201d raises questions of faith and to whom (or what) people pray.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/medien-bild-zwei-bilder-mittel-mittel'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-5 col-xs-11 mobile-margin-bottom-5'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<figure itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n\t\t<img\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/img.artrabbit.com\/events\/thomas-bayrle-ica-miami\/images\/IJFrC4u9b3av\/1104x1500\/TB-MADONNA-MERCEDES.jpg\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"external-image-class\"\n\t\t\/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\n<figcaption id=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">Thomas Bayrle,\u00a0Madonna Mercedes, 1989<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/img.artrabbit.com\/events\/thomas-bayrle-ica-miami\/images\/IJFrC4u9b3av\/1104x1500\/TB-MADONNA-MERCEDES.jpg\">artrabbit.com<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-11 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-5 col-md-offset-1'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<figure itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_mJVyHD\">\n\t\t<img\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/37\/Virgin_of_Vladimir.jpg\/960px-Virgin_of_Vladimir.jpg\"\n\t\t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"external-image-class\"\n\t\t\/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\n<figcaption id=\"media_mJVyHD\">\n\t<div class=\"figcaption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">Unknown, Virgin of Vladimir, approx. 12th cent.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/37\/Virgin_of_Vladimir.jpg\/960px-Virgin_of_Vladimir.jpg\">wikimedia.org<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern show-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-magazin-listicle'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-3 text-align-right'>\n\n<div  class='mag-listicle-number'>\t<p class='ho-sd-mag-h4'>8<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 padding-top-4'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-mag-h3' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Thomas Bayrle<br \/>\n\u201cRoll Over Smartfon I\u201d (2019)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>In addition to his famous waterlilies, impressionist trailblazer Claude Monet painted a series of \u201cLes Meules \u00e0 Giverny\u201d (Fr. \u201cThe Stacks at Giverny\u201d). Between 1890 and 1891, he created twenty-five paintings of humble haystacks on the farms near his home. He was fascinated by how light changes over the day, in different seasons, and during different atmospheric phenomena. He tried to document his experience of time and his impression of changes rather than recreate frozen moments of realistic landscapes. <br><br>In 2019, tech-billionaire and co-founder of the SAP software company Hasso Plattner purchased one of the haystacks for a staggering $110,747,000 at auction. This made it the most valuable impressionist painting of all time. Thomas Bayrle created a series of haystack digital prints inspired by Monet\u2019s series. Rows of smartphones replace the hay in \u201cRoll Over Smartfon I\u201d (2019). The title of the work is rather cheeky. It alludes to the Chuck Berry song \u201cRoll Over Beethoven\u201d. In the song, the \u201cFather of Rock and Roll\u201d tells Ludwig van Beethoven to roll over (in his grave) and tell Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that rock and roll is here to stay. It is one of the most covered rock songs, with over one hundred recordings, including bands like The Beatles, Electric Light Orchestra, The Rolling Stones, and even Iron Maiden. Bayrle\u2019s work straddles the divide between a pessimistic reality and an optimistic utopia, with most of his works with smartphone superforms leaning toward pessimism. Rock and roll changed the world and democratized music in a largely positive way. Smartphone technology previously only existed in speculative science fiction media. They have had harmful influences, but they have also democratized access to information, art, and global communication. Smartphones alone will not herald the age of utopia, but perhaps they are bringing us a few steps closer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/medien-bild-zwei-bilder-mittel-mittel'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-5 col-xs-11 mobile-margin-bottom-5'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 33835,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Roll_over_Smartfon_I_2019-300x300.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":46246},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Roll_over_Smartfon_I_2019-1024x1021.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1021,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":440920},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Roll_over_Smartfon_I_2019-768x766.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":766,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":260174},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Roll_over_Smartfon_I_2019-1536x1532.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1532,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":905770},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Roll_over_Smartfon_I_2019-2048x2042.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":2042,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":1463706},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Roll_over_Smartfon_I_2019-440x440.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":93103},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Roll_over_Smartfon_I_2019-580x578.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":578,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":156813},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Roll_over_Smartfon_I_2019-720x718.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":718,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":230983},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Roll_over_Smartfon_I_2019-1280x1276.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1276,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":657747},\"full\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Roll_over_Smartfon_I_2019-1920x1914.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1914,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":1320160},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Roll_over_Smartfon_I_2019.jpg\",\"width\":3125,\"height\":3116}},\n\"alt\" : \"\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:99.712%; 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The Pandemic. It was the first mass mortality event of the 21st century. The pre-Pandemic world was fraught with problems, but in hindsight, it feels like a paradise lost. In response, Thomas Bayrle created \u201cBrancacci Chapel\u201d (2020) with superforms of people wearing medical masks. It is based on the 1425 fresco \u201cThe Expulsion from the Garden of Eden\u201d (Ital.: \u201cCacciata dei progenitori dall&#8217;Eden\u201d) in the Brancacci Chapel in Florence by Masaccio. He was only 26 years old when he died in 1428, but Masaccio is regarded as one of the most influential Italian Painters of the 15th century. <br><br>In the biblical \u201cBook of Genesis,\u201d the Expulsion is the moment the first humans, Adam and Eve, are cast out of the Garden of Eden for disobeying God and choosing to eat fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Adam\u2019s idealized body is very anatomically accurate, and Eve holds her right hand across her breasts and shields her mons pubis with her left in a classical <em>Venus Pudica<\/em> (Greek: \u201cmodest Venus\u201d) pose. Both figures are characteristic of the Renaissance impulse to emulate Greek sculptures and restore art from the perceived aesthetic decline of the Middle Ages. However, the fresco is unusually emotional for this time period. Adam buries his face in his hands out of shame. Eve throws her head back in agony. 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Thomas Bayrle created a series of prints featuring media personality Kim Kardashian. He built her out of lipsticks, which refers to her influence in the global beauty and fashion industries, as well as the way she has commodified her life into consumable brands. Kardashian is posed like Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer\u2019s \u201cGirl with a Pearl Earring\u201d (Dutch: \u201cMeisje met de parel\u201d) from 1665. Often mistaken as a commissioned portrait, it is actually a <em>tronie<\/em>, which is a painting of a fictional person used to convey emotions or allegories. The girl\u2019s fashionable, blue turban was painted with ultramarine made of pulverized <em>lapis lazuli<\/em> from Afghanistan. By weight, this pigment was several times more expensive than gold in 17th-century Europe. The girl\u2019s massive, eyeball-sized pearl is an illusion. It is not actually a sphere, but rather two strokes of paint floating between her unpierced earlobe and shoulder. From the expensive paint to the strikingly large pearl, the girl represents an unattainable level of luxury. Kim Kardashian is the modern personification of this ideal. Through makeup, body modification, highly-edited images, and an on-call PR team, she built a career on illusions. Like the girl, she advertises an artificial, fantastical level of luxury that exists outside the bounds of nature. <br><br>Kardashian is a highly photographed fashion chameleon, but there is evidence that Bayrle used photos of her from the Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s 2018 Costume Institute Gala with the theme \u201cHeavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.\u201d Her high ponytail and cascading hair are reminiscent of the girl\u2019s turban, and her custom Versace gown echoes the gold of the girl\u2019s garment. Kardashian did not just serve a look on this evening, but also international justice. She had herself photographed next to the 2,100-year-old main attraction of the temporary exhibition \u201cNedjemankh and His Gilded Coffin.\u201d The MET had purchased the coffin the year prior for $4.1 million. Her post went viral and was seen by one of the looters who had originally stolen it in 2011. Upset that he did not receive payment, he contacted the Manhattan district attorney\u2019s office. The ensuing investigation showed that a German gallerist had falsified documents and had it trafficked through West Asia, Hamburg, and Paris before being purchased by the MET. Many people were consequently arrested for their involvement. The coffin was successfully repatriated back to Egypt in 2019, and the MET issued a statement denying prior knowledge of the crimes.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern ' data-pattern='ho\/medien-bild-drei-bilder'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-1'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-11 mobile-margin-bottom-5 col-md-7'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 44268,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Kim_Kardashian_XII_2021_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-2-253x300.jpg\",\"width\":253,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":56419},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Kim_Kardashian_XII_2021_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-2-865x1024.jpg\",\"width\":865,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":668812},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Kim_Kardashian_XII_2021_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-2-768x909.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":909,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":536858},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Kim_Kardashian_XII_2021_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-2-1297x1536.jpg\",\"width\":1297,\"height\":1536,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":1310969},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Kim_Kardashian_XII_2021_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-2-1730x2048.jpg\",\"width\":1730,\"height\":2048,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":1987907},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Kim_Kardashian_XII_2021_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-2-372x440.jpg\",\"width\":372,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":128628},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Kim_Kardashian_XII_2021_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-2-490x580.jpg\",\"width\":490,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":226629},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Kim_Kardashian_XII_2021_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-2-608x720.jpg\",\"width\":608,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":344391},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Kim_Kardashian_XII_2021_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-2-1081x1280.jpg\",\"width\":1081,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":987682},\"full\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Kim_Kardashian_XII_2021_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-2-1621x1920.jpg\",\"width\":1621,\"height\":1920,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":1814626},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Kim_Kardashian_XII_2021_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-2.jpg\",\"width\":2705,\"height\":3203}},\n\"alt\" : \"Artistic depiction of a face made of colored lines and shapes in red, black, and white.\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:118.41035120148%; 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