{"id":240713,"date":"2023-05-17T11:13:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T09:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kunstkontor-wiesbaden.com\/max-wiedemann-artist-and-work\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T21:55:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T20:55:35","slug":"max-wiedemann-artist-and-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kunstkontor-wiesbaden.com\/en\/max-wiedemann-artist-and-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Wiedemann \u2013 Artist and Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(136,136,136,0.2)&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Code \u2013 Do not edit!&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->(function($) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->    $(document).ready(function(){<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->        $('.et-readmore-toggle .et_pb_toggle_title').on('click', function(e) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->            if ($(e.target).closest('.et-readmore-toggle').hasClass('et_pb_toggle_open')) {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->                $(this).text('Mehr anzeigen');<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->            } else {<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->                $(this).text('Weniger anzeigen');<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->            }<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->        });<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->    });<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->})(jQuery);<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Text \u2013 Teil 1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-236129 alignnone size-full\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/kunstkontor-wiesbaden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Max-Wiedemann_800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<h1>Max Wiedemann \u2013 Artist and Work<\/h1>\n<h2>The Roots<\/h2>\n<p>Max Wiedemann has been active in the scene since the age of thirteen, creating graffiti as a street artist and undertaking both artistic and musical avant-garde projects. At the same time, he has worked successfully in advertising as a graphic designer and concept developer for many years. <\/p>\n<p>Max Wiedemann engages with current societal themes such as consumption, beauty, and success. He creates his works with great passion and technical precision. His use of color and direct, emotional expression captivate audiences, while the Wiedemann cosmos\u2014full of beauty, purism, and an intelligent, humorous perspective\u2014establishes its own distinctive style.  <\/p>\n<p>Max Wiedemann: \u201cMy themes come from the graffiti scene\u2014that\u2019s my root\u2014but I have connected them with other forms of art. At some point, I realized, let\u2019s bring our amazing art from the walls onto the canvas. That\u2019s what excites me about it. I love the combination of raw street art contexts, hip-hop, with high-end fashion and luxury brands. That is pure energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Show More&#8221; open_toggle_background_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221; closed_toggle_background_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#c6382b&#8221; use_icon_font_size=&#8221;on&#8221; open_icon_color=&#8221;#c6382b&#8221; open_use_icon_font_size=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Text \u2013 Teil 2&#8243; module_class=&#8221;et-readmore-toggle&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; closed_title_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-10px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;display: flex;||flex-direction: column;||align-items: flex-end;||||||&#8221; custom_css_toggle_title=&#8221;order:2;||padding: 0px 20px 0px 0px !important;&#8221; custom_css_toggle_content=&#8221;order: 1;||padding: 0px;&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;0px&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>International Visual Language &amp; Community<\/h2>\n<p>Max Wiedemann is now also launching his artistic career internationally. The artist, with English and German roots, feels at home on the global stage, and his paintings, screen prints, and sculptures are receiving strong recognition. Karl Lagerfeld introduced Max Wiedemann to Carine Roitfeld, editor of French Vogue, in a restaurant in Paris. When Karl Lagerfeld purchased a painting, Max Wiedemann was brought into the spotlight. Wiedemann commemorates this special moment with his series &#8220;Lagerfeld&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Wiedemann\u2019s works neither appear German, British, nor American. They are not social-realist critiques nor strictly Pop Art. His visual and formal language is universally relevant: it is the language of brands, the aesthetics of street art, and the true meaning of graffiti\u2014which in Greek, graphen, meant writing and drawing. This is precisely what Wiedemann develops in his works: painted writing, a fusion of meaning and aesthetics. <\/p>\n<p>Max Wiedemann himself moves within this international sphere. He works in numerous locations, exhibits at major hotspots, and maintains extensive contacts with celebrities in Miami, London, and Paris who appreciate and collect his works. Prominent figures such as Tamara Ecclestone, Kate Moss, Kelly Osbourne, Bono, Carla Bruni, Lindsay Lohan, and Tamara Mellonder, founder of Jimmy Choo, count among his fans and collectors. <\/p>\n<p>In his exhibition concepts and series, Wiedemann repeatedly collaborates with exclusive brands that showcase his works at trendy locations.<\/p>\n<h2>Message &amp; works<\/h2>\n<p>Max Wiedemann sees himself as a \u201ccamera lens for celebrities\u201d and documents the life world of the 21st century with his artistic tools. He sensitively explores the celebrity zeitgeist\u2014the world of fashion, status symbols, and luxury brands\u2014revealing their contradictions and fascination, and stripping bare what surrounds us unconsciously every day. Wiedemann employs the aesthetics of the rich and famous, amplifies them, and places them in new contexts. <\/p>\n<p>As a sensitive seismograph for a society that ensnares itself in dependencies and craves status and luxury brands\u2014threatening to replace one\u2019s own sense of worth\u2014the artist repeatedly engages us, presenting his 99 Problems with Chanel or the NEW WORLD ORDER in skillful, aesthetic execution.<\/p>\n<h2>Screen Prints \/ Spray Paints, Works on Canvas and Metal<\/h2>\n<p>Max Wiedemann has transferred graffiti from walls onto canvas, cardboard, and metal surfaces. In impressive formats, the artist conveys his messages. <\/p>\n<p>Art claims such as \u201cCloser to God in heels,\u201d \u201cThe better you look the more you see,\u201d and \u201cThe only pain is champagne\u201d demonstrate how, in Wiedemann\u2019s work, attraction and message merge into a powerful unity: confident, minimal, and to the point.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these works are created in conceptual series, with each piece executed as a unique original.<\/p>\n<p>VOGUE, LAGERFELD, KEEP SMILING, American Stock Exchange, MADE OF are, among others, the themes in which the artist applies his refined techniques: spray paint, screen printing, oxidation, stencils, diamond dust, and action painting.<\/p>\n<h2>Sculptures, Neon \/ LED Works<\/h2>\n<p>Max Wiedemann entwickelt sich st\u00e4ndig weiter, nutzt neue Materialien und Techniken.<\/p>\n<p>He consistently takes the step from stencil\/spray techniques (stencil\/pochoir) to meticulously executed, overpainted lithographs. Likewise, he engages with the theme of objet trouv\u00e9, such as a cracked bank vault belonging to one of his friends, which he skillfully staged in the work &#8220;BREAK THE BANK&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>In his sculptures from the series IN CASE OF, Max Wiedemann stages everyday objects, tools, and 3-D items as LED light installations within Plexiglas cubes. A golden shovel enclosed in a cube, for example, becomes the prompt: \u201cIN CASE OF EMERGENCY BREAK GLASS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We can decide whether we want to break the glass. We know that if we do, the magic is gone. The secret of fascination lies only in the unreachable, the staged, in the promise. Our desires for security, the \u201cHUG,\u201d for peace or for war, find their true meaning in these works.   <\/p>\n<p>With his current neon works, Max Wiedemann takes another step forward by combining modern, space-saving LED technology with handcrafted neon lettering. The classic form of advertising text receives a variable, individualized backlighting. Wiedemann takes it a step further toward \u201cCLOSER TO GOD\u2026\u201d.  <\/p>\n<p>In the execution of these installations, he collaborates with the most professional lighting technicians from Neon Zentgraf. High quality and high aesthetic value are inseparable for Max Wiedemann, an approach appreciated by the collectors of these works.  <\/p>\n<p>Bernd G. Helber, KunstKontor 2021<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Wiedemann \u2013 Artist and Work The Roots Max Wiedemann has been active in the scene since the age of thirteen, creating graffiti as a street artist and undertaking both artistic and musical avant-garde projects. At the same time, he has worked successfully in advertising as a graphic designer and concept developer for many years. 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