Magzoid Magazine - Luxury Magazine in the Creative Space | November 2021

"My paintings are about looking behind the
facade: super-realism for me is not about
maximum detail, but maximum feeling,” says
Philipp Weber
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Philipp Weber is a German
artist who specializes in
hyper-realistic paintings
of women. Born in 1974
in Rostock, Germany, he
lives and works in Kassel and Berlin.
He was only three years old when
he became interested in art and has
only progressed since. The artist
takes inspiration from books, movies,
other fellow artists, and creative
people, as well as their life stories,
their dreams, and aspirations.
Using super-realistic painting
techniques, Philip presents
beautiful young women in a
variety of contexts. The physical
expressiveness of the painted - their
posture and facial expressions - is
expanded by motifs from art history
and popular culture, the symbolism
of Christianity, but also by elementary
carriers of meaning such as water as
a symbol of life par excellence. Thus,
Philipp’s paintings open up wide
spaces of thought and perception for
existential questions.
Philip has developed in terms
of content and technique an
impressive, very individual unique
signature style. One can’t tell his
paintings apart from a photograph
at first glance. However, even
though the artist’s works look like
they’re taken straight from a fashion
magazine, the portraits are actually
full of tiny details and imperfections
that make them much more realistic
and human.
Literature and film work by fellow
artists, very personal experiences,
wishes, and dreams of people close
Even though the artist’s
works look like they’re
taken straight from a
fashion magazine, the
portraits are actually
full of tiny details and
imperfections that make
them much more realistic
and human.
to him are his sources of inspiration.
Looking behind the facade he
creates landscapes of soul which are
of - in both senses of the word - multilayered
brilliance. Philipp creates
only 1-2 paintings per year as his
technique is very delicate and fine,
so every painting takes a lot of time
to create.
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