Bøger af Leif Randt

Tanja Arnheim kørte ind med ICE 375 fra Berlin på slaget 18.30. Da Jerome Daimler, med en pose frisk bagværk i hånden, så Tanja stige ud af spisevognen, overvejede han et øjeblik at gå hende i møde, men besluttede så, at det var mere charmerende blot at blive stående. Spændt ud mellem Berlin og Maintal fortæller Leif Randt med foregribende vemod om Tanja og Jeromes langdistanceforhold. Via tekst og billeder bevarer de en tæt kontakt, og i weekenden besøger de hinandens respektive realiteter. Løbeture i det fredede naturområde og meditation i det sydhessiske Maintal, samtaler, der glider over i hinanden, og sexpositive byture i Berlin. Allegro Pastell er Tysklands næste lovestory: en medrivende roman i tre faser med begyndelse i det rekordvarme forår 2018.Allegro Pastell er Leif Randts seneste roman. Han har tidligere udgivet utopien Planet Magnon (2015), Schimmernder Dunst über CobyCounty (2011) og London-romanen Leuchtspielhaus (2009). Siden 2017 har han også fungeret som co-kurator ved tegelmedia.net.

Inky black, apricot, magenta, and a pastel purple: apparent monochromes, the paintings of Maximilian Rödel (b. Braunschweig, 1984; lives and works in Berlin) actually do not just traverse color spectrums; in a sense, they chart horizons of experience. To contemplate them is to embark on a voyage through space and time. Foreground and background are one, depth and surface at once; an undertow makes itself felt in which the nuances of color interweave, blur into one another, shimmer, flare up. The artist describes his pictures as an unfocused energy that already exists; he merely uncovers it.The first publication on Rödel's work presents the exhibition Celestial Artefacts at Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, with an emphasis on the Prehistoric Sunsets series (2018-2021). It is complemented by reproductions of selected works and an extensive index that also includes details from earlier series that are relevant in the context. Aperçus contributed by Rafael Horzon and Leif Randt and writings on art by Domenico de Chirico, Lena Fließbach, Stefanie Gerke, Philipp Hindahl, and Maurice Funken add another dimension to the paintings.