Waldfest (Feast in the Forest)

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Peter Angermann studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg from 1966 to 1968. In 1979, along with Jan Knap and Milan Kunche, he created a group called “Normal,” which rejected artistic elitism and individualism. To this end, many of their pieces were created in public and as a group, lending transparency to the practice of art making. Angermann’s work, which includes many landscapes, applies an anarchic wit and absurdist perspective to the quotidian. This dynamic image presents an exuberant scene of merry-making replete with music and drink. The somewhat debauched crew of critters suggests a group of friends whose intimacy is evident in the inner ring of figures, who join hands in a circle and are emblematic of the kinship that is found and celebrated in a diversity of connections.

Moss Davis ‘21