Martin Eder
Martin Eder (born in 1968) is one of the most successful German painters and belongs to the squad of German artists who caused a sensation and set auction records on the international art market in the noughties.
The Berlin-based artist uses motifs of kitsch and captures them in large-format oil paintings. His naïve-looking depictions of pets and lasciviously draped women's or girls' bodies usually conceal a detail that irritates the viewer's gaze and is intended to make him think. The German magazine Art called him a "master of bad taste". The artist himself says about his painting: "The kitschier my subjects are, the better. I hate them. And yet I can't get away from them."
Martin Eder's controversial works are represented in numerous private collections.
