Loving Earth - PBF01 / Jörg Bräuer
18 November 2016 - 18 January 2017
“The mind sees – the eyes touch.”
Jörg Bräuer's "The Edge of Silence "and "Asperity "series explore the rough, unrefined boundaries within landscapes that reveal nature's most essential elements: minerals, water, ice, light, and wood. The effects of destruction and reconstruction brought on by the tides of time make each border unique to its environment and even transform dividing structures into sculptures. This is where a new and deeper aesthetic and meaning emerge. The artist's latest works show a pictural quality that exposes details with great depth and contrast, revealing the restrained beauty that inhabits the unknown and magical world around us. This approach is illustrated by Bräuer's "The Edge of Silence" series, employing chromatic variety, graphic purity, and abstraction to depict the impressive cliffs that line the coast of Normandy. In the "Asperity" series, the photographer takes the plunge and becomes a painter, enhancing the alteration process. By implementing layers of paint, ink, and emulsion on panel-mounted photographic prints, he evokes true reliefs and asperities found in nature.
