Oil painting: The Assasination of Louis XIV. - Rug: Cracks33 | AubergineOnSalbei

Oil Painting, not hanging on a wall, but placed in front of a valuable rug - that is an exciting bringing together of two works of art
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New harmonies arise.

In a special exhibition in Augsburg 2015 under the title "linked", paintings by Wolfgang Lettl were combined with rugs by Jürgen Dahlmanns (RUG STAR).

The Tree

I drew a tree. I liked a coffin in the branches, but it was not enough. A tree on its own is always dangerous, it has some similarity with a toilet brush. Therefore I decided to paint a forest with lots of coffins on the trees.

Louis XIV came to my mind, his wig has always fascinated me. The Sun King in the forest with coffins on the trees rests his scepter on a pile of wood. Somehow too balanced. Symmetry makes boring.

So I shot His Majesty with four golden arrows and gave myself up to the police.

(Text: Wolfgang Lettl)