Johannes Braig
Johannes Braig (* 1967 in Ehingen ) is a German artist of figurative painting.
Life
Johannes Braig studied at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1990 to 1997 with Leiko Ikemura , where he was appointed master class. In between, he spent a semester at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris with Annette Messager in 1994 during his Erasmus scholarship . Works by Johannes Braig have been shown in art associations and galleries. He lives and works in Stuttgart and Ravensburg .
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In his artistic beginnings Johannes Braig dealt with constructivism and suprematism . Like his role model Kasimir Severinovich Malevich , he returned to figurative painting, setting new accents with strong reduction and slogans. In his most recent works he moves in the tension between figuration and abstraction; he works with the subjects aliens, faces and reclination after Henry Moore .
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 1998: "Object - Painting - Drawing", Kreissparkasse Ravensburg
- 2002: Painting and drawing, PRODROMUS Gallery, Paris
- 2008: "Consolation donation Sunday event", Kunstverein Ludwigsburg
- 2009: “Does the artist want to tell us something?” Kunstverein Justitia, Ravensburg
- 2012: “Are artists generators of meaning?” Oberwelt e. V., Stuttgart
- 2016: "Linienspiel", Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk , Leipzig
- 2017: “On two planets”, Salon des Beaux Arts, Stuttgart
- 2019: "reclining", Old Church Mochenwangen
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 2011: “Hillich, Braig, Zhu, Painting and Drawings”, PRODROMUS Gallery, Paris
- 2013: “Das Anlitz!” Württembergischer Kunstverein , Stuttgart
- 2015: "Form & Spiel", Stadtgalerie Sundern (with Dorothee screw-Löffler)
- 2018: "Portrait: Mirror of the Soul, Mirror of Time", 1st Southwest German Art Prize, Kreissparkasse Esslingen
literature
- Johannes Braig (Ed.): No man's land. Wasmuth & Zohlen, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-8030-3346-8 .
Web links
- Website by Johannes Braig
- Johannes Braig at Kunstaspekte.art
- Dorothee screw-Löffler and Johannes Braig in the Ravensburg showroom
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johannes Braig (curriculum vitae). In: d-werk GmbH. 2000, accessed on September 2, 2019 (German).
- ^ Herbert Köhler: Johannes Braig - On the Way to Outer Space. In: bad-waldsee.de. March 12, 2017, accessed September 2, 2019 .
- ^ Johannes Braig: Website. Retrieved September 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Anja Köhler: Johannes Braig artist meaning generators. In: Oberwelt.de. June 25, 2012, accessed September 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Janis (excerpt from the speech at the opening of the exhibition Alte Kirche Mochenwangen by Herbert Köhler): Johannes Braig Fine Art. June 2018, accessed September 2, 2019 .
- ^ Toute l'actualité des galeries et musées à Paris et en France. Retrieved September 3, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Braig, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist of figurative painting |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ehingen |