The lithograph "Judith" takes up the biblical story of Judith, who seduces and kills the general Holofernes to save her people. Rink interlocks two nude figures – the luminous, powerful female figure and the darker male body – in a composition poised between seduction, embrace, and threat. Despite the intimacy between the two bodies, the knife in Judith’s hand already foreshadows the outcome of the biblical narrative and lends the depiction a latent tension and drama. The hand-signed and numbered lithograph captivates with its sensual power and atmospheric depth.
About the Artist Arno Rink
Arno Rink (1940–2017) condenses allegorical, mythological and erotic motifs into haunting compositions of great atmospheric density and painterly sensuousness. With a masterful command of colour, light and composition, he ranks among the most important figures of the second generation of the Leipzig School. Rink studied at the Academy of Fine Arts (HGB) in Leipzig under Werner Tübke and Bernhard Heisig, among others, and taught there himself for more than 35 years as a formative professor. As a teacher he paved the way for the New Leipzig School and taught later stars such as Neo Rauch, Michael Triegel and Tim Eitel. His work is held in significant public and private collections.
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