Sebastian Maas – Seduce Me

On the occasion of Gallery Weekend Berlin 2026, KORNFELD Galerie is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new works by the German artist Sebastian Maas. Titled _Seduce me_, the exhibition brings together new paintings by Maas (\*1984, Aachen). In his works, the artist examines the relationship between painterly tradition and contemporary visual perception. Maas applies paint in swift, yet deliberate gestures. The resulting surfaces oscillate between control and spontaneity, creating compositions where painterly precision coexists with moments of dissolution and fragmentation. At the heart of Maas' practice is an ongoing dialogue with the history of European painting. Motifs and compositional fragments from the works of Old Masters appear in his paintings as partial echoes rather than direct quotations. Detached from their original iconographic context, these references are transformed into open, contemporary pictorial structures in which recognition deliberately remains fleeting. _Seduce me_ offers a focused look at Maas's current practice. The exhibition highlights a body of work that continues his investigation into the conditions of contemporary painting, where the painterly gesture becomes a site of memory and transformation.