In his complex visual worlds, Ruprecht von Kaufmann moves between reality and fiction, the possible and the impossible. Two core themes characterize his art: the relationship between man and nature and the relationship between man and other people. They are characterized by misjudgements and overestimations, both of themselves and of their counterparts.
The assumption that one can control nature is just as much an overestimation of oneself as the assumption that humans have free will, when decisions are often influenced by social pressure and instinctual reactions.
In his artworks, he subtly reflects our thoughts and feelings in a society plagued by unrest, as well as our careless treatment of nature and our fellow human beings. The self-destructive power that people are charged with in their interaction with themselves and their surroundings is also evident in Ruprecht von Kaufmann's painterly technique. Using colored linoleum as a painting surface, which he cuts into with a linoleum knife, an extraordinary three-dimensionality unfolds in his works, combining motif and material into a story.
The assumption that one can control nature is just as much an overestimation of oneself as the assumption that humans have free will, when decisions are often influenced by social pressure and instinctual reactions.
In his artworks, he subtly reflects our thoughts and feelings in a society plagued by unrest, as well as our careless treatment of nature and our fellow human beings. The self-destructive power that people are charged with in their interaction with themselves and their surroundings is also evident in Ruprecht von Kaufmann's painterly technique. Using colored linoleum as a painting surface, which he cuts into with a linoleum knife, an extraordinary three-dimensionality unfolds in his works, combining motif and material into a story.
