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The landscapes and still lifes of Ger Stallenberg (Maastricht 1957) demonstrate an enormously lived-in feeling for nature and culture. Both are therefore an inexhaustible source of inspiration, whereby the forging of the two invariably leads to a surprising end result. Timeless landscapes form the decor in which realistic elements figure. The eternal and the transient are depicted in such a way that a new reality is created. By changing and stylizing reality, an image is created behind which a deeper meaning is hidden. The artist is looking for the transcendent, ideal world that lies behind the material. In this respect he is indebted to late 19th-century symbolism, in which suggestion, thought, mystery and spirituality formed important components of both visual art and literature.