Sepp Auer
Rebecca Brodskis
Felix Burger
Leslie De Melo
Per Dybvig
Leon Golub
Cathrin Hoffmann
Adéla Janská
Johanna Kandl
Susanne Kortan-Gimbel
Radenko Milak
Thérèse Mulgrew
Julian Opie
Sikelela 'Sike' Owen
Paul Riedmüller
Kristof Santy
Mima Schwahn
John Stark
Christine König Galerie: TRONIES
1 Dec 2022 – 14 Jan 2023
About & Press
Sepp AUER | Silvia BÄCHLI | Slater BRADLEY | Rebecca BRODSKIS | Felix BURGER | Lovis
CORINTH | Leslie De MELO | Jimmie DURHAM | Per DYBVIG | Heinz FRANK |
Leon GOLUB | G.R.A.M. | Al HANSEN | Cathrin HOFFMANN | Adéla JANSKÁ |
Ray JOHNSON | Johanna KANDL | Susanne KLOBASSA | Běla KOLÁŘOVÁ | Susanne KORTAN-GIMBEL |
Radenko MILAK | Thérèse MULGREW | Oswald OBERHUBER | Julian OPIE |
Sikelela OWEN | Cora PONGRACZ | Arnulf RAINER | Paul RIEDMÜLLER | Derek
ROBERTS | Gerhard RÜHM | Kristof SANTY | Mima SCHWAHN | John STARK | Rita VITORELLI |
et al.
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TRONIES loten das Spektrum menschlicher Physiognomie und Gefühlsäußerung aus: oft auch Halbfiguren, deren Gesichter ebenso realistisch wie ausdrucksstark dargestellt sind. Sie sind nicht nur als Porträts gedacht, oder gar als Auftragswerke, sondern vielmehr als Studien des Ausdrucks, des Typs, der Physiognomie: ein alter Mann, eine alte Frau, eine junge Frau, ein Soldat, eine Hirtin, ein Bauer, eine Orientalin, ein Künstler etc.
I painted my own reality.
I paint self-portraits
because I am so often alone,
because I am the person
I know best.
So absurd and fleeting is our step through this world, that only leaves me at peace knowing that I have been authentic, that I have managed to be the most similar to myself." (Frida Kahlo)
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TRONIES, also known as "character heads“, explore the spectrum of human physiognomy and expression of emotions: often also half figures, whose faces are portrayed as realistically as they are expressively strong.
In the past, TRONIES were characterized by a particularly virtuoso use of artistic means and reflected characterological ideas that belong to the early history of psychology. These works are not intended as portraits but as studies of expression, type, physiognomy or an interesting character such as an old man or woman, a young woman, the soldier, the shepherdess, the oriental, or an artist etc.
"Don't fight your demons. Your demons are here to teach you lessons. Sit down with your demons and have a drink and a chat and learn their names and talk about the burns on their fingers and scratches on their ankles. Some of them are very nice." (Charles Bukowski)
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