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.