We are partners in life and have been working side by side for years, our studios being located next to each other with a connecting door. Therefore, it has always felt natural to us to talk about our art on a daily basis.

After over a year of searching, at last, FRAMED has found its new place to call home. This is quite a big deal for us since ‘hospitality’ is at the foundation of everything we do at FRAMED. How did I find this place?

At first glance, one can’t really say what they are. They look like they might be explosions of some kind held still, minerals caught on camera while conglomerating, or maybe mega-enlargements of fibre or woven textiles.

I’ve always been fascinated by images, be it comics, illustrations, whatever photographs, and by color.
You know, I was raised in the GDR – a period in my life where color wasn’t at hand as it is nowadays.

Looking at Tanja Selzer’s paintings from the past years, one sees figures, mostly women, sometimes couples or groups, usually naked, in a sexual way. They seem to be familiar, though it might be an old memory...

FRAMED has been without its own home for almost six months now. What is a cultural salon without a home anyway? And actually, what is „home“? Is it where I was born? Where did I grow up? At my parents’ place?

Mate and I met in Paris some years ago. His work I got to know later, first we talked about anything under the sun, landing usually somewhere around painting. The hectic nature of his conversation, the unexpected turns.

I found myself imagining the future FRAMED while being at Sting's concert. The search follows me everywhere I go… A few weeks ago, I was at Sting’s concert. I went with my mom and my friend Meital. My mother purchased the tickets.

To indulge in…
Not even as color or shade,
just paint, material itself.
It's a physical, sensual being.
Katsuhiko's paint can get womb-deep, like the colorful excrements of a unicorn.

Guy Sternberg is a quiet man, with an astonishing life experience and a babyface to hide it all. The kind of guy where the longer you know him, the more you realize you’re still only scratching the surface. He is a record producer.

Elad Larom came to visit me in my studio a few weeks ago. I asked him to pose for me for some drawings, thinking of placing him as the king in „stoned harem“. „It suits him well,“ thought, at once both relaxed and aroused.

In May 2022, FRAMED parted ways with the location that had been our home for the past three years (in Friedrichshain). Our lease was over, and in any case, we all felt it was time for a change. We packed the equipment, whitewashed the walls.