LOOKING AT TANJA SELZER’S PAINTING FROM THE PAST YEARS ONE SEES FIGURES, MOSTLY WOMEN, SOMETIMES COUPLES OR GROUPS, USUALLY NAKED, IN A SEXUAL WAY. THEY SEEM TO BE FAMILIAR, THOUGH
FRAMED HAS BEEN WITHOUT ITS OWN HOME FOR ALMOST SIX MONTHS NOW. WHAT IS A CULTURAL SALON WITHOUT A HOME ANYWAY? AND ACTUALLY, WHAT IS ‘HOME’? Is it where I
MATE AND I MET IN PARIS SOME YEARS AGO. HIS WORK I GOT TO KNOW LATER, FIRST WE TALKED, ABOUT ANYTHING UNDER THE SUN, LANDING USUALLY SOMEWHERE AROUND PAINTING. The
I FOUND MYSELF IMAGINING THE FUTURE FRAMED WHILE BEING AT STING’S CONCERT. THE SEARCH FOLLOWS ME EVERYWHERE I GO… A few weeks ago I was at Sting’s concert. I went
TO INDULGE IN… NOT EVEN AS COLOR OR SHADE, JUST PAINT, MATERIAL ITSELF. IT’S PHYSICAL, SENSUAL BEING. KATSUHIKO’S PAINT CAN GET WOMB-DEEP, LIKE THE COLORFUL EXCREMENTS OF A UNICORN,
GUY STERNBERG IS A QUIET MAN, WITH AN ASTONISHING LIFE EXPERIENCE AND A BABYFACE TO HIDE IT ALL. THE KIND OF GUY WHERE THE LONGER YOU KNOW HIM THE MORE
ELAD LAROM CAME TO VISIT ME IN MY STUDIO A FEW WEEKS AGO. I ASKED HIM TO POSE FOR ME FOR SOME DRAWINGS, THINKING OF PLACING HIM AS THE KING
AS A TRUTHSAYER HIS MUSIC IS FULL OF REFERENCES TO FLAWS IN OUR SOCIETIES AND TO HIS OWN PERSONAL JOURNEY. AS A RAPPER HE HAS SOME OF THE SMOOTHEST GROOVES
FRAMED IS LOOKING FOR A NEW FRAME In May 2022, FRAMED parted ways with the location that had been our home for the past three years (in Friedrichshain). Our
