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Volker Hermes: Hidden Portraits at Château d’Azay-le-Rideau
The new solo exhibition by Volker Hermes, ‘Hidden Portraits’ at Château d’Azay-le-Rideau in France, opens on Saturday 28 June 2025 and continues until 2 November 2025.
The exhibition will present a collection of Volker’s distinctive ‘Hidden Portrait’ works in an immersive display, exhibited alongside historical portraits from the Chateau’s collection and within the centuries-old environment of the Renaissance castle.
“The Hidden Portraits exhibition features some thirty works by German visual artist Volker Hermes. Through his digital photo-montages, Volker Hermes revisits historical portraits by incorporating diverted ornaments inspired by costumes from the 16th to the 19th century, which invade the picture.
Fashion, with its luxurious fabrics and jewels, plays a key role in the exhibition. These added and recomposed elements transform the image into a visual fiction, creating an atmosphere that is both intriguing and offbeat.
In a facetious nod to the large collection of portraits by the Marquis de Biencourt, who owned the château in the 19th century, the works by Volker Hermes are integrated into the historic paintings in the château’s permanent collection.”
