By painting the images originally shot on film and later multiplied on the internet, Wolfgang Messing questions the role of the oil painting in the past and present, the reasons behind the motifs depicted, and the representative function of mass media. By portraying some of the pioneers of underground music, his work serves as a reminder of the kinds of popular music and poetry that went beyond mere entertainment, arising from a certain urge, and enabling freedom of expression that was otherwise unimaginable and is again under threat today. Using a medium as traditional as painting to reflect on digital media, Wolfgang questions the connection between the physical world and digital reality
Wolfgang Messing lives and works in Amsterdam (NL).