Muntean/Rosenblum. Mirror of Thoughts

The two artists, Markus Muntean (*1962, Graz, Austria) and Adi Rosenblum (*1962, Haifa, Israel), have collaborated since the 1990s. They impressively combine their identities into one artistic signature style in their mainly painted oeuvre. In a solo exhibition, the Städel Museum presents eleven large-scale paintings and a video work by the international artist duo.

The pictorial world of the artist duo Muntean/Rosenblum depicts shopping centres, airport terminals and offices in which young people come together and yet are nevertheless alone. Lost in their own thoughts, they concentratedly focus on their smartphones or stare off into the distance, are in motion or look at the viewer with boredom or irritation. Set amidst anonymous yet familiar urban backdrops, the dramatically staged young people look like isolated extras in a contemporary theatre performance.