The works of German painter Lars Reiffers recall the 17th century Dutch still life genre, brilliant in colour and hyperreal in their exploration of the tactile qualities of natural and artificial surfaces.
Reiffers works with a magnified perspective, as full blossoms fill the large-scale picture plane, suspended on a dark background. However, his work is driven by much more than a mere display of surfaces and their ephemerality. Rather than solely reporting on his subject matter, Reiffers is an arranger, bringing flora into compelling juxtaposition of texture, colour and luminosity. His …