Sebastian Maas – Seduce Me
Opening: Thursday, 30 April 2026 | 6–9 pm
Exhibition: 30 April – 20 June 2026 | 11–6 pm
Opening Hours during Gallery Weekend Berlin:
Friday, 1 May | 11–9 pm
Saturday, 2 May | 11–7 pm
Sunday, 3 May | 11–6 pm
On the occasion of Gallery Weekend Berlin 2026, KORNFELD Galerie is pleased to
present a solo exhibition of new works by the German artist Sebastian Maas.
Titled Seduce me, the exhibition brings together new paintings by Maas (*1984, Aachen).
In his works, the artist examines the relationship between painterly tradition and
contemporary visual perception. Maas applies paint in swift, yet deliberate gestures. The
resulting surfaces oscillate between control and spontaneity, creating compositions
where painterly precision coexists with moments of dissolution and fragmentation.
At the heart of Maas' practice is an ongoing dialogue with the history of European
painting. Motifs and compositional fragments from the works of Old Masters appear in
his paintings as partial echoes rather than direct quotations. Detached from their original
iconographic context, these references are transformed into open, contemporary
pictorial structures in which recognition deliberately remains fleeting.
Seduce me offers a focused look at Maas's current practice. The exhibition highlights a
body of work that continues his investigation into the conditions of contemporary
painting, where the painterly gesture becomes a site of memory and transformation.
