LA SURPRISE - Watercolor on paper, 70x100 cm / 27,5x39 in, 2022
In this distinct work the acclaimed Berlin-based painter Rinaldo Hopf enticingly depicts a voyeuristic fantasy at a sports venue. In the open shower an attractive blond youth is aroused by both his unconfined nakedness and its known potential effect on onlookers. An admirer discreetely revels in the show and betrays the hesitation and necessary restraint in a public place. The engaging color set of the tilework adds to the playfulness of the scene. How the protagonists will relieve the tension in this particular context is left to the outside viewer's imagination.