33. JOHANNES
KAHRS
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Johannes Kahrs
Untitled (four men with table), 2008 Oil on canvas (diptych) 77.76 x 93.5 inches (197.5 x 237.5 cm) 77.76 x 84.84 inches (197.5 x 215.5 cm) |
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Johannes
Kahrs
La Révolution Permanente 2000 Oil on canvas, Plexiglas, Metal (2 panels) 193.5 x 269 cm |
BIO & STEPS
Born:
In
1965 in Berlin, Germany
Nowadays:
Lives and works in Berlin
Studies:
He
completed his studies at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin in 1994.
Themes and
style:
Johannes
Kahrs’s large-scale canvases take their imagery from popular media: press
photos, newsreel and film stills. Presented without context of their origin,
Kahrs’s paintings merge the banal and horrific, as his generic subjects become
monumentalised and frozen in non-sequential time. Rendered with flawless
technique, Kahr’s highly realistic style captures the imperfect aesthetics of
photography. Using the art historical, ‘high culture’ tradition of painting to
transform the shadows of over exposure, the acid hues of print, or the ‘snow’
of tv, Kahrs displaces his familiar images, transforming the ‘disposable
moments’ of media image bytes into disquieting portraits of contemporary
zeitgeist.
Techniques:
His work is developed over photos in
paintings.
Solo
Exhibitions
2003
Down'n
out, Zeno X Gallery, Anvers, Belgique
2002
Down'n
Out, Studio 2, Zeno X Gallery, Anvers
The
Drunken Boat, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
2001
A-h,
Kunstverein de Munich, Allemagne
A-h,
FRAC Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France.
A-h,
S.M.A.K., Musée de Gand, Belgique.
2001
Last
virgin on the left, 4 février/5 mars, Signal, Malmö, Suède,
Shot and
painted, Galerie Franck+Schulte, Berlin, Allemagne,
Night in
SexyLand, Galerie Zeno X, Antwerpen, Belgique,
La
révolution permanente, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France.
1999
Statment,
Galerie Almine Rech, Art Basel 99
1998
Johannes
Kahrs Galerie Franck+schulte, Berlin
1997
hole,
Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin.
Thomson
homestead, Slater, Missouri", Galerie Transit, Leuven, Belgique,
Vereniging,
Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent.
Austerlitz
Autrement, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
1995
Datierung
Galerie Wohnmaschine, Berlin
1994
Schlag
doch, DAAD galerie, Berlin
1993
Keine
Falsche Bewegung Galerie Mutzek, Berlin
Group
Exhibitions
2004
The 45th
October, Salon Continental Breakfast, Belgrade, Serbie Art 35 Basel, sant H10
MANIFESTA
5 European Biennial of Contemporary Art, San Sebastian, Espagne
Contre
Images, Carré d´Art, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Nîmes, France
Georgenbau
- Albertinum, Dresden, Allemagne
Berlin-Moskau/Moskau-Berlin,
Moscou, Russie,
Was
Malerei heute ist, Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim
2003
erlin-Moskau/Moskau-Berlin,
Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Allemagne
Kiss and
Ride, Hasselt, Belgique
Gelijk
het leven is, SMAK, Gand, Belgique
Warum!
Bilder diesseits und jenseits des Menschen, Martin- Gropius-Bau, Berlin
German
painting two thousand and three, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Allemagne
A mains
nues, Trafic, FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France
2002
Biennale
de Taipei, Taïwan
Cardinales,
MARCO - Museo de Arte Contemporànea de Vigo,
Espagne
Without
Consent, CAN - Centre d'art de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Suisse
Questions,
Studio Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italie
2001
Squatters,
Museo de Art Contemporain de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Screen,
Psychiatrisch Centrum Sleidinge, Sleidinge
Moving
Pictures, Fototriennale Esslingen, Villa Merkel, Esslingen
Double -
Trouble, Borusan Kültür ve Sanat, Istanbul.
In/Site/Out,
Apex, New York, USA.
Art
Unlimited, Art Basel, Bâle, Suisse.
2000
Children
of Berlin, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Allemagne
Indoor,
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
1999
Indoor,
Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent.
Trouble
Spot Painting, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst,Antwerpen.
Rue
Louise Weiss, Centre d’Art Contemporain de Meymac, France
Ainsi de
suite 3, centre d’Art Contemporain, Sète, France.
The
children of Berlin, PS 1, New York
Face à
l'Autre, FRAC Haute-Normandie, France
1998
Biennale
de Berlin, Berlin
Le
présent du future, FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Sigean
Indoor,
Centro civico per l’Arte Contemporanea
The
Cinema Project, Kunsthaus Bethanien, Berlin
1997
Fenêtre
sur cour, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris.
Korrespondenzen,
Berlinische Galerie Martin Gropius-Bau,
Scottish
National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.
Selection
fall 1997 Drawing Center, New York
Heaven -
Private view, PS1, New York.
1996
Projet
dans la ville de Moscou, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Moscou
Nach- Weimar,
Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar(projet dans la ville) Weimar
1994
A
personal choice, Galerie Franck + Schulte, Berlin
Postconceptional
painting, Kunstwerke, Berlin
1990
Geist
und Körper, Deutsches Museum für Geschichte,Berlin
Representative
Galleries:
Zeno X
Luhring Augustine
For
more Information:
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