Matthias Zinn

Published on the occassion of the exhibition Köpfe at Mai 36 Galerie in 2017.

Before turning his attention to the theme of heads, Matthias Zinn (born 1964 in Tegernsee, lives and works in Berlin) focused his art until 2013 on his immediate surroundings, creating so-called object images in which he transposed his perception and analysis of everyday objects such as a table, a lamp or a mirror into the realms of painting, developing, as he did so, new ways of depicting them and exploring their content. Since 2014, the artist has been creating his series Köpfe [Heads], deploying techniques of painting, drawing and sculpture, while reflecting thematically on earlier works. After all, it was through his figures and self- portraits of the period 2010 to 2011 that his interest in heads intensified, prompting him to channel his creativity more specifically into this theme.