As a testament to his great artistic skill, Florian Süssmayr’s works are paintings mainly made up of shades of brown, gray, and black. The photorealistic works of art feature snapshot-like subjects from the punk and rock music scenes, the milieu of Bavarian bars and taverns, or everyday phenomena. By consistently using sepia tones, the subjects seem to date from a more recent past. The various subjects and materials undergo a transformation and rearrangement in Süssmayr: A photograph becomes a painting, which is in turn photographed, photocopied, or printed as wallpaper, and thus becomes a background for new images. Another characteristic of Süssmayr’s work is his use of text, which appears in the form of logos, album cover titles, and manifesto-like aphorisms. References to the works of fellow artists, well-known locations, motifs, and people can be found everywhere in Süssmayr’s comprehensive oeuvre.
