Comparisons with fantasy: Keiyona Stumpf in the BNM in Munich

The guided tour invites visitors to see comparatively and explains the exciting juxtaposition of the museum's old masterpieces and current works by the highly acclaimed young artist Keiyona Stumpf.

The mostly ceramic modern works by Keiyona Stumpf exert a special fascination. Her intervention in the halls of the Bavarian National Museum challenges visitors to new visual experiences. In direct comparison with high-calibre Baroque and Rococo works of art, new aspects can be discovered in both the old and the modern works. For example, Keiyona's detailed large-scale "Crown 1" with its red tones adds the missing colour of blood to a bronze sculpture of the flayed Bartholomew, intensifying the viewer's sense of this cruelty. Conversely, the bronze offers a possible level of interpretation for the abstract modern artwork. As the artist herself points out, her richly detailed objects are inspired by the beauty and complexity of nature and inquire into their inherent power. They invite a variety of associations - see for yourself! Some will remind you of rampant plants or sea creatures, of blood vessels and other body parts or ornaments that have come to life. Inner things seem to be turned inside out, vulnerable things become visible. Even cups and goblets suddenly show feelings and a life of their own, like in Walt Disney ! Everything seems to be in motion, although the fired clay objects are of course solid and rigid. Ambivalences like in the baroque. The guided tour offers backgrounds, sources of inspiration and explanations about the works and why they are placed in their place in the Baroque and Rococo halls.