Two Sides of the Same Coin

Philipp Fröhlich's paravent Head Above Water (373P), 2022, oil on canvas mounted on a free-standing double-sided wooden panel, 200 x 150 x 30 cm

Every playing card carries two images. One gives the card its identity and rank. It is the face, distinguishing one card from another. The other is the back. It has to be decorative enough to be pleasant, repetitive enough to conceal, symmetrical enough not to betray orientation, and memorable enough to define the deck as […]

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