Eric Mayen
Eric Mayen (born November 18, 1953 in Zielona Góra ) is a Polish painter and photographer specializing in panoramic photography .
Life
In 1978 he left communist Poland and emigrated to Germany as a political refugee. Between 1983 and 1988 he studied painting and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . He received the diploma in the class of Daniel Spoerri . From 2011–2015 he taught at the University of Bonn . Mayen lives and works in Cologne .
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Eric Mayen took part in solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad. Works by him are in public collections, including the National Collection of England - Imperial War Museum in London, the Marienkirche in Gdansk, Archdiocese of Cologne and in private collections, among others. a. the collection of Hedwig Neven DuMont in Cologne. He is the author of the conceptual work niger et aurum (Black and Gold, 1997) - a gold-plated niche in the St. Martin chapel in Gdańsk's Marienkirche. In 2019 the niche became the resting place of Gdańsk President Paweł Adamowicz .
Web links
- Eric Mayen on the artist directory website
- Eric Mayen on Art UK.
- Eric Mayen in the Imperial War Museum London collection
- Eric Mayen in the Lew Kopelew Forum
- Images Against Walls
- Images Against War
- Broken Toys
Individual evidence
- ↑ artist biography
- ↑ a b Lew Kopelew Forum. Retrieved July 4, 2019 .
- ^ Report on the funeral of the President of Danzig
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayen, Eric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish painter and photographer specializing in panoramic photography |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zielona Góra |