Cerbera Gallery Figurative Photography

Jeffrey Tamblyn Carts Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag Year: 2021 Size: 16x20 inches Edition: 50 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label COA provided Ref.: 924802...

Jeffrey Tamblyn Hell on Wheels Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag Year: 2021 Size: 10x8 inches Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label COA provided Ref....

Jeffrey Tamblyn Promenade BNW Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag Year: 2021 Size: 14.2x20 inches Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label COA provided Re...

Jeffrey Tamblyn Giddy Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag Year: 2021 Size: 10x8 inches Edition: 50 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label COA provided Ref.: 924802-...

Jeffrey Tamblyn Wide Awake Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag Year: 2021 Size: 12x12 inches Edition: 50 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label COA provided Ref.: 9...

Jeffrey Tamblyn Sturdy Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag Year: 2021 Size: 7.3x10 inches Edition: 50 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label COA provided Ref.: 9248...

Jeffrey Tamblyn Twirl Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag Year: 2021 Size: 12x12 inches Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label COA provided Ref.: 924802...

Jeffrey Tamblyn Redemption and Retribution Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag Year: 2021 Size: 16x16 inches Edition: 50 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label COA ...

Nick Cave Soundsuit #6 Year: 2010 Archival Pigment Print on Premium Rag Size: 17 x 12 in. Edition: 200 Signed by hand on label COA provided Ref.: 924802-2069 Tags: #NickCave #Missou...

Jeffrey Tamblyn Traffic Court Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuehle Baryta Rag Year: 2021 Size: 9x16 inches Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label COA provided Ref.:...

David Pugh Swimming Lessons Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, 100% Cotton Fibre, 315 gsm, Acid and Lignin free, ISO 9706 conform /...

David Pugh Disco Concrete Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, 100% Cotton Fibre, 315 gsm, Acid and Lignin free, ISO 9706 conform / museum quality for highest age r...

David Pugh Disco Atlas Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, 100% Cotton Fibre, 315 gsm, Acid and Lignin free, ISO 9706 conform / museum quality for highest age resi...

Nick Vedros Braided Hands Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 10x11in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA provi...

Nick Vedros Art & Copy Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 1990s Size: 13x10in Edition: 15 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA provided...

Nick Vedros Barn Burner Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 9x13.5in Edition: 10 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA provid...

Nick Vedros Worship In Songs Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 1980s Size: 13x9in Edition: 15 Signed, dated and numbered by ha...

Nick Vedros Working Hands Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 8x12.5in Edition: 15 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA prov...

Nick Vedros Hoopman Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 1980s Size: 10x10in Edition: 15 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA provided Re...

Nick Vedros Kids Leather Jacket Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 10x10in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and number...

Nick Vedros Indian Motorcycle Yippee Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 1990s Size: 8x12in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and ...

Nick Vedros Mexican Flying Wrestler Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 1990s Size: 11x9in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped ...

Nick Vedros Vintage Motorcycle Rally Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2011 Size: 12.5x9in Edition: 15 Signed, dated a...

Nick Vedros Man on a Bus Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 8x12in Edition: 15 Signed, dated and numbered by hand o...

Nick Vedros Round The Clock Cat Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 10x10in Edition: 15 Signed, dated and number...

Nick Vedros Darkhorse Harley Speedster Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 8x15in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamp...

Nick Vedros StockYards District KC Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 12x8in Edition: 15 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped C...

Nick Vedros Your Mind’s in the Sewer Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 9x12in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped...

Nick Vedros TWA DC III Skyline Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 8x12in Edition: 15 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA p...

Nick Vedros Carhenge Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 8x12in Edition: 15 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA provided Re...

Nick Vedros DC III Plane Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 8.5x12in Edition: 15 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA provi...

Nick Vedros Army Men in Cereal Bowl Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 9x12in Edition: 15 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped ...

Nick Vedros Afghan Haircut Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 9x8.5in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA prov...

Nick Vedros Lie Detector Dog Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 8x8.5in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by ...

Nick Vedros Spa Dog Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 1990s Size: 8x8.5in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on la...

Nick Vedros Tree Houses Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 1990s Size: 9x15in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA provided...

Nick Vedros Prickly Couch Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 1990s Size: 11x12in Edition: 15 Signed, dated and numbered by hand...

Nick Vedros Chicken and Egg Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 1990s Size: 12x11in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA pro...

Nick Vedros Smart Caveman Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 1990s Size: 11x12in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA provi...

Nick Vedros Cat in Lamp Shop Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 11x8in Edition: 15 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA pro...

Nick Vedros Cheese Factory Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 1990s Size: 8x12in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA prov...

Nick Vedros Snow Gnome Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 10x12in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA provide...

Nick Vedros Therapy Gnome Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 11x17in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA prov...

Nick Vedros Peeping Gnomes Archival Pigment Print Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm Year: 2000s Size: 14x11in Edition: 12 Signed, dated and numbered by hand on label Stamped COA pro...

Michael Mardikes River Club Unveiling Event (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #31) Year: 1956, 2021 Pigment Ink on Archival Paper Photograph Image Size: 13.5x19 in Paper Size: 17x22 in Editi...

Michael Mardikes Overall with Paintings (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #24) Year: 1956, 2021 Pigment Ink on Archival Paper Photograph Size: 8.5x12 in Paper Size: 14x11 in Edition: 1 Monog...

Archival Pigment Print Year: 2015 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided arita, aritaware, bones, ceramic Sculpture, ceramics, china paint, chinapaint, chris anteman, contemporary ceramics, contemporary porcelain, death, decal, deer, ephemerality, etagere, excess, futility of pleasure, georg flegel, glaze, gold luster, Herend, ilona romule, imari, imariware, jingdezhen, limoges, meissen porcelain, memento mori, Mortality salience, old masters, pattern, photography, porcelain, sevres, Sic transit gloria mundi, skull, still life painting, Ubi sunt, underglaze, vanitas, vanitatum, vera mercer...

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...

Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition M (Edition of 6) 35.4 x 23.6 inches (90 x 60 cm) - Edition L (Edition of 6) 47.2 x 31.5 inches (120 x 80 cm) - Edition XL (Edition of 3) 88.8 x 58.8 inches (225 x 150 cm) PUR - Price Upon Request -------------- Since 1979 Christian Rothmann had more than 40 solo and 80 group exhibitions worldwide. Christian Rothmann had guest lectures, residencies, art fairs and biennials in Europe, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea. Christian Rothmann (born 1954 in Kędzierzyn, Poland ) is a painter, photographer, and graphic artist.⁠ ⁠ In 1976 he first studied at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung” in Offenbach, Germany and moved to Berlin in 1977, where he graduated in 1983 at the “Hochschule der Künste”. From 1983 to 1995 he taught at the university as a lecturer and as an artist with a focus on screenprinting and American art history. To date, a versatile body of work has been created, which includes not only paintings but also long-standing photo projects, videos, and public art.⁠ ⁠ Guest lectures, teaching assignments, scholarships and exhibitions regularly lead Rothmann to travel home and abroad.⁠ ------------------------ Rothmann's Robots These creatures date back to another era, and they connect the past and the future. They were found by Christian Rothmann, a Berlin artist, collector and traveler through time and the world: In shops in Germany and Japan, Israel and America, his keen eye picks out objects cast aside by previous generations, but which lend themselves to his own work. In a similar way, he came across a stash of historic toy robots of varied provenance collected by a Berlin gallery owner many years ago. Most of them were screwed and riveted together in the 1960s and 70s by Metal House, a Japanese company that still exists today. In systematically photographing these humanoids made of tin - and later plastic - Rothmann is paraphrasing the idea of appropriation art. Unknown names designed and made the toys, which some five decades on, Rothmann depicts and emblematizes in his extensive photo sequence. In their photographs of Selim Varol's vast toy collection, his German colleagues Daniel and Geo Fuchs captured both the stereotypical and individual in plastic figures that imitate superheroes which were and still are generally manufactured somewhere in Asia. Christian Rothmann looks his robots deep in their artificially stylized, painted or corrugated eyes - or more aptly, their eye slits - and although each has a certain degree of individuality, the little figures remain unknown to us; they project nothing and are not alter egos. Rothmann trains his lens on their faces and expressions, and thus, his portraits are born. Up extremely close, dust, dents, and rust become visible. In other words, what we see is time-traces of time that has passed since the figures were made, or during their period in a Berlin attic, and - considering that he robots date back to Rothmann's childhood - time lived by the photographer and recipients of his pictures. But unlike dolls, these mechanical robots bear no reference to the ideal of beauty at the time of their manufacture, and their features are in no way modeled on a concrete child's face. In this art project the robots appear as figures without a context, photographed face-on, cropped in front of a neutral background and reduced to their qualities of form. But beyond the reproduction and documentation a game with surfaces is going on; our view lingers on the outer skin of the object, or on the layer over it. The inside - which can be found beneath - is to an extent metaphysical, occurring inside the observer's mind. Only rarely is there anything to see behind the robot's helmet. When an occasional human face does peer out, it turns the figure into a robot-like protective casing for an astronaut of the future. If we really stop and think about modern toys, let's say those produced from the mid 20th century, when Disney and Marvel films were already stimulating a massive appetite for merchandising, the question must be: do such fantasy and hybrid creatures belong, does something like artificial intelligence already belong to the broader community of humans and animals? It is already a decade or two since the wave of Tamagotchis washed in from Japan, moved children to feed and entertain their newly born electronic chicks in the way they would a real pet, or to run the risk of seeing them die. It was a new form of artificial life, but the relationship between people and machines becomes problematic when the machines or humanoid robots have excellent fine motor skills and artificial intelligence and sensitivity on a par with, or even greater than that of humans. Luckily we have not reached that point yet, even if Hollywood adaptations would have us believe we are not far away. Rothmann's robots are initially sweet toys, and each toy is known to have a different effect on children and adults. They are conceived by (adult) designers as a means of translating or retelling history or reality through miniature animals, knights, and soldiers. In the case of monsters, mythical creatures, and robots, it is more about creating visions of the future and parallel worlds. Certainly, since the success of fantasy books and films such as Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we see the potential for vast enthusiasm for such parallel worlds. Successful computer and online games such as World of Warcraft...

Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition M (Edition of 6) 35.4 x 23.6 inches (90 x 60 cm) - Edition L (Edition of 6) 47.2 x 31.5 inches (120 x 80 cm) - Edition XL (Edition of 3) 88.8 x 58.8 inches (225 x 150 cm) PUR - Price Upon Request -------------- Since 1979 Christian Rothmann had more than 40 solo and 80 group exhibitions worldwide. Christian Rothmann had guest lectures, residencies, art fairs and biennials in Europe, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea. Christian Rothmann (born 1954 in Kędzierzyn, Poland ) is a painter, photographer, and graphic artist.⁠ ⁠ In 1976 he first studied at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung” in Offenbach, Germany and moved to Berlin in 1977, where he graduated in 1983 at the “Hochschule der Künste”. From 1983 to 1995 he taught at the university as a lecturer and as an artist with a focus on screenprinting and American art history. To date, a versatile body of work has been created, which includes not only paintings but also long-standing photo projects, videos, and public art.⁠ ⁠ Guest lectures, teaching assignments, scholarships and exhibitions regularly lead Rothmann to travel home and abroad.⁠ ------------------------ Rothmann's Robots These creatures date back to another era, and they connect the past and the future. They were found by Christian Rothmann, a Berlin artist, collector and traveler through time and the world: In shops in Germany and Japan, Israel and America, his keen eye picks out objects cast aside by previous generations, but which lend themselves to his own work. In a similar way, he came across a stash of historic toy robots of varied provenance collected by a Berlin gallery owner many years ago. Most of them were screwed and riveted together in the 1960s and 70s by Metal House, a Japanese company that still exists today. In systematically photographing these humanoids made of tin - and later plastic - Rothmann is paraphrasing the idea of appropriation art. Unknown names designed and made the toys, which some five decades on, Rothmann depicts and emblematizes in his extensive photo sequence. In their photographs of Selim Varol's vast toy collection, his German colleagues Daniel and Geo Fuchs captured both the stereotypical and individual in plastic figures that imitate superheroes which were and still are generally manufactured somewhere in Asia. Christian Rothmann looks his robots deep in their artificially stylized, painted or corrugated eyes - or more aptly, their eye slits - and although each has a certain degree of individuality, the little figures remain unknown to us; they project nothing and are not alter egos. Rothmann trains his lens on their faces and expressions, and thus, his portraits are born. Up extremely close, dust, dents, and rust become visible. In other words, what we see is time-traces of time that has passed since the figures were made, or during their period in a Berlin attic, and - considering that he robots date back to Rothmann's childhood - time lived by the photographer and recipients of his pictures. But unlike dolls, these mechanical robots bear no reference to the ideal of beauty at the time of their manufacture, and their features are in no way modeled on a concrete child's face. In this art project the robots appear as figures without a context, photographed face-on, cropped in front of a neutral background and reduced to their qualities of form. But beyond the reproduction and documentation a game with surfaces is going on; our view lingers on the outer skin of the object, or on the layer over it. The inside - which can be found beneath - is to an extent metaphysical, occurring inside the observer's mind. Only rarely is there anything to see behind the robot's helmet. When an occasional human face does peer out, it turns the figure into a robot-like protective casing for an astronaut of the future. If we really stop and think about modern toys, let's say those produced from the mid 20th century, when Disney and Marvel films were already stimulating a massive appetite for merchandising, the question must be: do such fantasy and hybrid creatures belong, does something like artificial intelligence already belong to the broader community of humans and animals? It is already a decade or two since the wave of Tamagotchis washed in from Japan, moved children to feed and entertain their newly born electronic chicks in the way they would a real pet, or to run the risk of seeing them die. It was a new form of artificial life, but the relationship between people and machines becomes problematic when the machines or humanoid robots have excellent fine motor skills and artificial intelligence and sensitivity on a par with, or even greater than that of humans. Luckily we have not reached that point yet, even if Hollywood adaptations would have us believe we are not far away. Rothmann's robots are initially sweet toys, and each toy is known to have a different effect on children and adults. They are conceived by (adult) designers as a means of translating or retelling history or reality through miniature animals, knights, and soldiers. In the case of monsters, mythical creatures, and robots, it is more about creating visions of the future and parallel worlds. Certainly, since the success of fantasy books and films such as Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we see the potential for vast enthusiasm for such parallel worlds. Successful computer and online games such as World of Warcraft, or the creation of avatars are also interesting worldwide phenomena of virtual realities that are not only relevant for children and teens. So when a middle-aged Berlin photographic artist (like Christian Rothmann) chooses to study 120 toy robots with great difference in form, it represents a journey back to his own childhood - even if at the time, he played with a steam engine rather than a robot. Once batteries had been inserted, some of the largely male or gender-neutral robots, could flash, shoot, turn around and even do more complicated things. Some can even still do it today - albeit clumsily. This, of course, can only be seen on film, but the artist intends to document that as well; to feature the robots in filmic works of art. The positioning of the figures in the studio is the same as the tableau of pictures in the exhibition room. In this way, one could say Rothmann deploys one robot after the other. This systematic approach enables a comparative view; the extreme enlargement of what are actually small and manageable figures is like the macro vision of insects whose fascinating, sometimes monster-like appearance only becomes visible when they are blown up a hundredfold. The same thing goes for the robots; in miniature form, they seem harmless and cute, but if they were larger than humans and made noises to match, they would seem more threatening. Some of the tin figures...

Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition M (Edition of 6) 35.4 x 23.6 inches (90 x 60 cm) - Edition L (Edition of 6) 47.2 x 31.5 inches (120 x 80 cm) - Edition XL (Edition of 3) 88.8 x 58.8 inches (225 x 150 cm) PUR - Price Upon Request -------------- Since 1979 Christian Rothmann had more than 40 solo and 80 group exhibitions worldwide. Christian Rothmann had guest lectures, residencies, art fairs and biennials in Europe, Japan, USA, Australia and Korea. Christian Rothmann (born 1954 in Kędzierzyn, Poland ) is a painter, photographer, and graphic artist.⁠ ⁠ In 1976 he first studied at the “Hochschule für Gestaltung” in Offenbach, Germany and moved to Berlin in 1977, where he graduated in 1983 at the “Hochschule der Künste”. From 1983 to 1995 he taught at the university as a lecturer and as an artist with a focus on screenprinting and American art history. To date, a versatile body of work has been created, which includes not only paintings but also long-standing photo projects, videos, and public art.⁠ ⁠ Guest lectures, teaching assignments, scholarships and exhibitions regularly lead Rothmann to travel home and abroad.⁠ ------------------------ Rothmann's Robots These creatures date back to another era, and they connect the past and the future. They were found by Christian Rothmann, a Berlin artist, collector and traveler through time and the world: In shops in Germany and Japan, Israel and America, his keen eye picks out objects cast aside by previous generations, but which lend themselves to his own work. In a similar way, he came across a stash of historic toy robots of varied provenance collected by a Berlin gallery owner many years ago. Most of them were screwed and riveted together in the 1960s and 70s by Metal House, a Japanese company that still exists today. In systematically photographing these humanoids made of tin - and later plastic - Rothmann is paraphrasing the idea of appropriation art. Unknown names designed and made the toys, which some five decades on, Rothmann depicts and emblematizes in his extensive photo sequence. In their photographs of Selim Varol's vast toy collection, his German colleagues Daniel and Geo Fuchs captured both the stereotypical and individual in plastic figures that imitate superheroes which were and still are generally manufactured somewhere in Asia. Christian Rothmann looks his robots deep in their artificially stylized, painted or corrugated eyes - or more aptly, their eye slits - and although each has a certain degree of individuality, the little figures remain unknown to us; they project nothing and are not alter egos. Rothmann trains his lens on their faces and expressions, and thus, his portraits are born. Up extremely close, dust, dents, and rust become visible. In other words, what we see is time-traces of time that has passed since the figures were made, or during their period in a Berlin attic, and - considering that he robots date back to Rothmann's childhood - time lived by the photographer and recipients of his pictures. But unlike dolls, these mechanical robots bear no reference to the ideal of beauty at the time of their manufacture, and their features are in no way modeled on a concrete child's face. In this art project the robots appear as figures without a context, photographed face-on, cropped in front of a neutral background and reduced to their qualities of form. But beyond the reproduction and documentation a game with surfaces is going on; our view lingers on the outer skin of the object, or on the layer over it. The inside - which can be found beneath - is to an extent metaphysical, occurring inside the observer's mind. Only rarely is there anything to see behind the robot's helmet. When an occasional human face does peer out, it turns the figure into a robot-like protective casing for an astronaut of the future. If we really stop and think about modern toys, let's say those produced from the mid 20th century, when Disney and Marvel films were already stimulating a massive appetite for merchandising, the question must be: do such fantasy and hybrid creatures belong, does something like artificial intelligence already belong to the broader community of humans and animals? It is already a decade or two since the wave of Tamagotchis washed in from Japan, moved children to feed and entertain their newly born electronic chicks in the way they would a real pet, or to run the risk of seeing them die. It was a new form of artificial life, but the relationship between people and machines becomes problematic when the machines or humanoid robots have excellent fine motor skills and artificial intelligence and sensitivity on a par with, or even greater than that of humans. Luckily we have not reached that point yet, even if Hollywood adaptations would have us believe we are not far away. Rothmann's robots are initially sweet toys, and each toy is known to have a different effect on children and adults. They are conceived by (adult) designers as a means of translating or retelling history or reality through miniature animals, knights, and soldiers. In the case of monsters, mythical creatures, and robots, it is more about creating visions of the future and parallel worlds. Certainly, since the success of fantasy books and films such as Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, we see the potential for vast enthusiasm for such parallel worlds. Successful computer and online games such as World of Warcraft...

Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition ...

Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition ...

Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition ...

Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition ...