Schöne Häuser
INVITATION: GALLERY-DAY 05/05-2007 IN DRESDEN
Together there will open 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.:
Art Academy (www.art-academy-gmbh.com): Bremen Pop - Nicholas Bodde, Ulrik Happy Dannenberg, Gerd Lieder (exhibition to 16.6.2007)
bautzner69 (www.bautzner69.de): Boulevard et Sentier - Susanne Huth (exhibition to 23.6.2007)
büro für kunst (www.buero-fuer-kunst.de): space 101 - Esperanza Spierling and Igor Eskinja (exhibition to 16.6.2007)
galerie baer (www.galerie-baer.de): Schöne Häuser - Jan Brokof, 7 p.m. introduction by Christine Nippe (exhibition to 15.6.2007)
Galerie Gebr. Lehmann (www.galerie-gebr-lehmann.de): Panty Nein Hound - Nora Herrmann, Johannes Makolies, Tilman Hornig, Stephan Ruderisch (exhibition to 23.6.2007)
also open: Galerie Döbele (www.galerie-doebele.de): Klassische Positionen des Informel, 3 p.m. introduction by Dr. Ulrich Lehmann (exhibition to 31.5.2007)
INVITATION
5.5. to 15.6.2007
Schöne Häuser
JAN BROKOF (woodcut/installation/drawing)
Opening on saturday, 5th may, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
7 p.m.: introduction by Christine Nippe
Although Jan Brokof is increasingly focusing on installations in his oeuvre, at heart he is still a graphic artist, whose mediums of choice include pencil drawings, etchings, ink paintings, and, above all, woodcuts. Memories and biographical moments have played a key role in his three-dimensional works, including P2 and Jugendzimmer (Teenage Bedroom) – and they continue to do so, even as Brokof shifts to a more universal and abstract language. Indeed, whereas in his early search for artistic motifs the artist drew inspiration from his hometown of Schwedt and the mounting social problems in this eastern German city, Brokof’s most recent objects, woodcuts, and ink paintings can be seen as a much broader exploration of the urban landscape. At times, however, this focus on content gives way to a more direct analysis of surface and space. The line of the building façades along the street and high-rise complexes are made accessible to the observer in all their three-dimensionality, only to be exposed as mock-ups – an interplay of surfaces.
We cordially invite you.
Claudia and Patrick-Daniel Baer