Jan Bejsovec

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Jan Bejšovec (born June 30, 1975 in Freiberg ) is a German textile artist .

Temporary textile installation "Peace Column" 2009

Life

Bejšovec spent his youth in the GDR , which u. a. reflected in themes and textile materials.

Artistic work

Under the label KONFLIKTSTOFF, Bejšovec takes on the artistic approach to political and social issues. The representational and often provocative representation is deliberately broken by the textile medium. In order to reinforce the authenticity of the motifs, he uses a. Military textiles such as tarpaulins, effects and uniform parts. In addition to the political message of the works, the reference to the long tradition of textile handicrafts in the aristocratic propaganda and military area is important to him. In addition, the artist tries to draw attention to historically interesting and relevant places through textile installations .

Bejšovec is a representative of the modern dawn of textile art, in which traditional handicraft techniques are combined with the use of the computer and ancient motifs with the influences of street art and stencil art . Due to the predominant use of elaborate hand embroidery even on large-format pictures, the templates are converted into a textile picture relief. Modern image processing software enables the implementation of photographically precise embroidery templates. The textile image is always done by hand, i. H. created in hand embroidery or sewing machine application. Bejšovec deliberately refrains from using “embroidery robots”, which convert a scanned motif into machine embroidery. The often months of manual work on a picture and the irregularity of the embroidery achieve a higher level of authenticity, which is further supported by the use of fabrics in the context of the motif.

2014 Bejšovec was the national chairman of the Union of victims' associations Communist tyranny Rainer Wagner for sedition displayed. The reason was the work “Total Theorist”, which shows the director of the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial , Hubertus Knabe , with a “worker fist” raised in a Hitler salute and a raised clenched fist. Bejsovec declared that he was not attacking Hubertus Knabe personally, but rather the totalitarian theory he advocated. The Berlin public prosecutor's office rejected the criminal complaint with reference to the specially protected freedom of art.

Selected exhibitions

  • 2017: Hyvinkää , group exhibition "Kolonie Wedding - Contemporary Art from Berlin", Hyvinkää Art Museum
  • 2016: Berlin, premiere of the documentary "The Forgotten Army" by Signe Astrup
  • 2016: Maribor , group exhibition "MUS 2016 ART METROPOLIS"
  • 2016: Ljubljana, solo exhibition “The Other Self -a textile perspective on exploring identity and belonging” at Galerija Alkatraz
  • 2016: Kranj, two-part solo exhibition "Cause for conflict" in the artillery tower Škrlovec (Layer House)
  • 2016: Kranj , residency at Layer House
  • 2015: Chemnitz, group exhibition “excellent! most excellent! “ Wasserschloss Klaffenbach
  • 2015: Halle, group exhibition "Art location - love your hometown" Galerie temporaire
  • 2015: Ljubljana , solo exhibition “City of Flags” in Nocna izložba Pešak
  • 2015: Berlin, co-curator of the group exhibition “7713 Political Art in Resistance in Turkey” in the NGBK
  • 2015: Ljubljana, writer-in-residence at Galerija Alkatraz
  • 2014: Miami , group exhibition with Galerie LÄKEMÄKER at Art Miami
  • 2014: Berlin, solo exhibition “metabole” gallery LÄKEMÄKER
  • 2014: Berlin, group exhibition "War and Reaction" in okk
  • 2014: Born a. Darß , group exhibition “Artists of the Gallery” in the Darß art space
  • 2014: Berlin, solo exhibition "At the Prophet's Beard"
  • 2013: Berlin, “24 hours” conflict in the Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle Alte Münze
  • 2013: Berlin, solo exhibition “People / Rights” in the OKK
  • 2013: Chemnitz , group exhibition "2 + 2 / Phönix Chemnitz - An exhibition on Peace Day"
  • 2012: Berlin, group exhibition "Kosmos as Presence, V5 Russian-German Art Convent" at InteriorDAsein
  • 2012: Berlin, group exhibition "Kaffee Konstantin" in the Michaela Helfrich gallery
  • 2012: Berlin, curator of the group exhibition “Vis-à-vis. Portraits of Women 1936-94 "
  • 2012: Dresden , group exhibition “Bilderstreit - Tanks and Positions of Contemporary Art” in the MHM - Military History Museum of the Bundeswehr with works by Anselm Kiefer , Frank Bölter, Michael Sailstorfer and Jan Bejsovec
  • 2011: Berlin, group exhibition in the Michaela Helfrich Gallery
  • 2011: Berlin, participation in the exhibition “Zeitenwende” in the ARD capital studio
  • 2011: Chemnitz, participation in "Inspections No. 8" - Festival for Young Art
  • 2011: Berlin, solo exhibition “Conflicts Germany” in the ARD capital studio
  • 2011: Berlin, solo exhibition "My stuff - your luxury" in the art space M7 and participation in "48 h Neukölln 13"
  • 2010: Berlin, solo exhibition “Textile Art from Conflict Fabric” in the Nicodemus Church
  • 2009: Berlin, participation in "48 h Neukölln 11"
  • 2009: Berlin, textile installation "Friedenssäule" on Mehringplatz (public art event)
  • 2008: Berlin , participation in the exhibition QUERSCHNITT 21

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article about the artist in the blog Wartist
  2. ↑ Podium for historical revisionism ( Memento from May 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), in: “Junge Welt” from March 28, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Bejsovec, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bejšovec, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German textile artist
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiberg