Exhibitions from Hechingen to New York and back again, with a stop as a master student under Professor Markus Lüpertz: The artist Dietmar Schönherr wears a hat and wields a brush – and he does both very well. His core theme in painting is alienated, bizarre human images – surreal, expressive, occasionally accompanied by an abstract, entirely individual cosmos of painting between everyday life, fantasies, and dreams. No matter what he ultimately brings to the canvas, even an art novice can quickly recognize: That’s a true Schönherr.

He showcased his oeuvre at a vernissage in the Hochburg spaces. Quickly, the idea was in the room: a true Schönherr, with such great and versatile potential, needs a genuine, striking selfish identity. One that breaks with the common representations of the art scene – often everything in black and white, thoughtful, reserved, hello, I’m very intellectual. No, it can happily pop with a refreshing touch of self-irony. The result: Hochburg designs what Dietmar Schönherr paints. Here, acrylic on canvas. There, color codes on paper and screen. Here, the painter's handwriting. There, the designers' adaptation: a disruptive trademark for a disruptive artist.