DAVID BENEDIKT WIRTH

cave (trace), andalusian red ochre, saliva on canvas, diptych, 190 x 245 cm, 2019

cave (trace), David Benedikt Wirth, Andalusian red ochre, saliva on canvas, Diptych, 190 x 245 cm, 2019

In the course of researching the origins of our human culture and a universal human visual language, I came across early, recurring motifs, techniques and interpretations. The Höhle series is primarily inspired by the cave paintings, some 15,000 years old, found in the regions of Valltorta and Cantabria in what is Spain today. Depicted on these […]

predator 2, oil on canvas, 57 x 70 cm, 2022

predator 2 - David Benedikt Wirth - oil on canvas - 57 x 70 cm - 2022

The work depicts a photograph taken by a thermal imaging camera. The subject is a close-up of a cat’s head. The familiar appearance of a cat is shifted into a different spectrum of light. This shift questions our viewing habits as humans and represents an extension of our perceived unambiguous reality. Some animal species, such as […]

ecto, oil on canvas, 44 x 60 cm, 2022

ecto - David Benedikt Wirth - oil on canvas - 44 x 60 cm - 2022

The work ecto shows a photo taken with a thermal imaging camera. The subject is a closeup of a human hand with a gecko on it. The work contrasts the ectothermic, cold-blooded reptile with the hand of the endothermic human. The longer the gecko is on the hand, the more it takes on the body temperature […]

priority scheme, acrylic on canvas, 44 x 68 cm, 2016

priority scheme - David Benedikt Wirth - acrylic on canvas - 44 x 68 cm - 2016

The flag of the United States of America has become a relevant, ubiquitous and diversely viewed icon through the history of its country, its role in international politics, economics and culture. Despite the United States’ Flag Code, which specifies how the U.S. flag is to be handled and thus prohibits, among other things, altering its appearance, […]

priority B, oil on canvas, 55 x 77 cm, 2018

priority B - David Benedikt Wirth - oil on canvas - 55 x 77 cm - 2018

The flag of the United States of America has become a relevant, ubiquitous and diversely viewed icon through the history of its country, its role in international politics, economics and culture. Despite the United States’ Flag Code, which specifies how the U.S. flag is to be handled and thus prohibits, among other things, altering its appearance, […]

Sonogramm C, oil on canvas, 38 x 40 cm, 2019

Sonogramm C - David Benedikt Wirth - oil on canvas - 38 x 40 cm - 2019

The Sonogramm series turns scans of the ocean floor, which are taken by a buoy using side scroll sonar, into paintings. These visualizations, created only from the acoustic reflections, capture the depths of the ocean without its constant darkness being disrupted by light. The precise scanned area is recreated on an orange-yellow spectrum through the means […]

Sonogramm B, oil on canvas, 200 x 145 cm, 2021

Sonogramm B - David Benedikt Wirth - oil on canvas - 200 x 145 cm - 2021

The Sonogramm series turns scans of the ocean floor, which are taken by a buoy using side scroll sonar, into paintings. These visualizations, created only from the acoustic reflections, capture the depths of the ocean without its constant darkness being disrupted by light. The precise scanned area is recreated on an orange-yellow spectrum through the means […]