Art redefines reality, occasionally on the borderlands of morals and ethics. Art is the spearhead of the development of society.

An artist is privileged in having herself and her inner reality as basis of all her activities. In both work and life, the artist needs never compromise, while the creative process is very demanding as regards originality and obstinance.
Art asks important and universal questions. Through meetings with the artistic dialogue, I, the viewer, get closer to myself. I can either identify or keep aloof, be disturbed or happy in the process of meeting with my lighter and darker sides. I receive confirmation of meaning and existence when a vital work expresses just that which I have felt but have been unable to express myself. Subjectivity becomes a tool for humanistic understanding, good art is personal but not private.

In the manner of all good art schools, we foster a creative subjectivity. The individual search for a personal voice opens up a free space within which a wide intellectual variety can thrive. A personal artistic language is a powerful tool enabling one to influence the future.
Art creates a dialogue and a feeling of participation in the social sphere.
An independent culture and aesthetical schooling are prerequisites of democracy.

Peter Backhaus
Principal