SMART 1 / crash site

Replica of a work by the painter Donato Creti (1671-1749) from the series ‘Astronomical Observations’ (1711), which was commissioned by the artist - painted and minimally altered by a copyist. The copyist added a small shadow to the depiction of the moon that refers to the crash site of the lunar probe SMART 1 (ESA), which was deliberately destroyed in 2006 after a mission lasting several years. The outlines are based on a photograph taken by NASA's lunar probe ‘Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’, which captured the crash site.

The work was realized in the frame of an Artist-in-Science Residency at European Space Agency - ESA / ESOC in Darmstadt in 2022, hosted by Kultur einer Digitalstadt e.V..

[Swaantje Güntzel, SMART 1 / crash site, 2022, oil on canvas, 51 x 35 cm]

Foto: Tobias Hübel
Foto crash site: P. Stooke/B. Foing et al 2017/ NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

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NORTH SEA // Surprise Eggs

Oil painting inspired by Patrick von Kalckreuth's "Schaumkronen auf Wogender See" (1950), commissioned by a Chinese copyist in "Dafen Village" in Shenzhen on behalf of the artist. The oil paint was mixed with plastic particles obtained from shredded surprise eggs. The surprise eggs come from a vessel that lost its freight in a heavy storm on January 4th, 2017 off the coast of the East Frisian island Langeoog.

Realized with the help of Lions Club Langeoog.

[Swaantje Güntzel, NORTH SEA // Surprise Eggs, 2018, oil on canvas, plastics, 59 x 89 cm]

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Oil painting by the German artist Swaantje Güntzel inspired by the work „Schaumkronen auf wogender See“ of the painter Patrick von Kalckreuth. The image shows a powerful wave in the North Sea with a foamy white crest. The various hues go from deep blues to shimmering whites and soft greens. The oil paint was mixed with colorful plastic particles that lie on the surface of the painting. The plastic particles come from shredded surprise eggs that washed ashore the beaches of the Frisian island Langeoog after a container vessel lost 6 containers in a storm in January 2017. The first image shows the details of the plastic particles on the crest of the wave, the second image shows the complete work framed in a simple black wooden frame.

Foto: Tobias Hübel

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