Doktor Faustus
I developed two murals for Doktor Faustus, an exhibition of murals which depicts the novel Doktor Faustus by Thomas Mann on the walls of W139. Some of the other painters were a.o. Dick Tuinder, Gijs Assman, Gijs Frieling and Natasja Kensmil.
Shown in W139, 2010, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Shown in cover-version at the Art Amsterdam 2010 artfair, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The lectures of Wendel Kretschmar
Mural, 2000cm x 8000cm, 2010
Visual interpretation of the chapter of Thomas Mann's novel Doktor Faustus in which Wendel Kretschmar lectures on music, and Beethoven in particular. Mann draws a parable between Beethoven’s influence on classical music and the influence the nazi regime had on German culture at large.
Saul 'Ich breite meine Zaubermantel aus' Fittelberg
Mural, 3000cm x 3600cm, 2010
Visual interpretation of the chapter of Thomas Mann's novel Doktor Faustus in which the Paris-based Jewish agent Saul Fittelberg tries to get the talented composer Leverkühn to come to Paris to make money composing popular music. This is the last attempt to seduce the composer by the devil.