“With his surreal and visionary pictorial inventions, Siegfried Zademack amazes the public and art critics alike. The first thing that is impressive is the mastery of the old master technique, which he has made his own like no other. With the brush he gives the objects of his motifs, painted linen, weathered stone or human skin, a material presence of particular realism that immediately captivates the viewer. In the arrangement of his pictorial ideas, however, he goes far beyond realistic representation. Like a balancing act, between humorous irony and the unfathomable depths of the soul, we are transported into metaphysical dimensions. Again and again he catches us where we are about to lose our balance and get out of the rut of our viewing habits"

From the book: "The Temptations of Gravity or the Sleep of Reason"