Interviews on Caspar David Friedrich

Digitality meets history: Hiroyuki Masuyama's fascinating fusion of Caspar David Friedrich's visions with the contemporary elements of digital photography.

INTERVIEW WITH LOUIS HAY

Louis Hay talks about a mystical fog experience during the coronavirus pandemic and how Caspar David Friedrich provided him with inspiration during moments of isolation and creative block.

INTERVIEW WITH LAILA ZAIDI TOUIS

Artist Laila Zaidi Touis on her extraordinary and very personal "Friedrich moment", the intensive engagement with nature as the main focus of her art, and the mystical fascination with life, the unknown, and chance.

INTERVIEW WITH MARIA MORITZ

In an interview with Hatje Cantz, Maria Moritz explains her complex relationship with Friedrich's art, reflects on how our changed perception of nature is mirrored in his works, and why she sees new political relevance in his work, especially in today's world.

INTERVIEW WITH SIMON SHIM-SUTCLIFFE

In an interview with Hatje Cantz, Simon Shim-Sutcliffe talks about the connections between large dams and Caspar David Friedrich and a very special work of his own that relates specifically to the work of the Romantic painter.

INTERVIEW WITH JULIAN CHARRIÈRE

Julian Charrières in conversation with Hatje Cantz about Caspar David Friedrich as a source of inspiration and the basis for a deeper understanding of nature and the environment.

INTERVIEW WITH CLEMENS TREMMEL

Clemens Tremmel on Friedrich's values of humility and modesty as a powerful answer to today's superficiality.

INTERVIEW WITH ISABELL ALEXANDRA MELDNER

Isabell Alexandra Meldner on constantly recurring Friedrich moments and the significance of the themes of nature and time for her own artistic work.

INTERVIEW WITH MARKUS AMBACH

In an interview with Hatje Cantz, artist and curator Markus Ambach discusses his approach to Friedrich's work and what he has learned from it about the relationship between humans and nature.

INTERVIEW WITH MARIELE NEUDECKER

Sculptor Mariele Neudecker recounts impressive Friedrich moments on her travels around the world and how these influenced her own work.

INTERVIEW WITH ULRIKE ROSENBACH

The video and performance artist Ulrike Rosenbach tells us about a performance from 1979 that directly references a painting by Caspar David Friedrich.