SAMENESS AND ONE

with works by Peter Bradley Cohen, "Tiny Fetish", and Bernd Haussmann "In Different Words".

What is solid in Peter's work is soft and fragile in Bernd's, reminding us of the fake reality of a trompe l'oeil painting.

What appears so solid and serious, monumental and almost archaic, is also about chance and impermanence and play. That is true for both approaches.
All images are thought objects, whether they are 2- or 3-dimensional.

What things seem to be is not always what they are. What we don't see is not what is not. Words are often misleading.

Both series speak their truth, questioning appearances, expectations, judgment. You either accept and see what is or you let yourself be guided by illusion.
There is no right or wrong in perceptions. All is always part of another. So why force or deny a connection that is naturally here.
No need to stay on the surface. But that is fine, too. Surface is only the first encounter.
And what about color?

Of course, if any collaboration is good for anything then 1 plus 1 must equal 3. And on a good day, the work and the ego will dissolve into zero, sameness.