David Lehmann
To David Lehmann, the act of painting represents a constant dichotomy of the rational and the Dionysian. The artist uses a myriad of materials and techniques to express beauty and the grotesque, creates new narratives by retelling ancient myths or classical literature in the modern lexicon, and gives shape to complex human emotions or psychological states. Lehmann stays true to the essence of painting through colours and brushstrokes, and furthers its application by enabling it to depict social phenomena or psychological conditions we are faced with. It is especially astonishing to see the spontaneous, expressive brushstrokes existing in harmony with the faint, delicate touches of paint. Gouache, oil paint, oxidizing copper paint, spray paint… Lehmann completes each canvas with his own unique blend of styles and materials, and invites us all to the sublime realm of painting.
데이비드레만에게 그림을 그린다는 것은 캔버스 위에 절제된 이성적인 면과 디오니소스적인 면을 지속적으로 교체하고 반복하는 행위’를 의미한다고 볼 수 있다. 레만은 다양한 소재와 테크닉을 사용하여 아름다움과 추함을 표현하기도 하고 고대 신화나 고전문학을 현대식으로 풀어 새로운 내러티브를 창조하기도 하며, 인간의 복잡한 감정과 심리상태를 형상화하기도 한다. 색과 붓놀림이라는 회화 자체의 본질에 충실하면서 인간이 처한 현상이나 정신세계를 표현하는 확장된 의미로서의 회화를 실현해 가는 작가인 레만의 캔버스에서 춤추듯 역동적이고 즉흥적인 붓질부터, 솜털의 섬세한 결로 빚은 듯 세심한 붓질이 공존한다. 구아슈, 유화물감, 구리 산화제, 스프레이 페인트 등의 다양한 재료를 자신만의 독창적인 조율법으로 완성해가는 과정에서 회화 본연의 숭고함을 느끼게한다.
b. 1987 Luckau, Germany, Work and lives in Cottbus, Germany
EDUCATION
2009 Study of fine arts at the University of Arts Berlin (UdK)
2001 Master class of Valérie Favre
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
- Puzzling Astonishment, CHOI&LAGER Gallery Seoul, Korea
2017
- Keep Talking Traumfänger, Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit, Potsdam
2016
- Menschen sind Teufel und leben im Kino, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus
2015
- PARERGA UND EXIL, Galerie Fango, Cottbus
- Je suis le cinéma pluraliste!, Burg Beeskow, Brandenburg
2014
- Regina Pistor-Preis”, Udk, Berlin
- Tiefenrausch, Kulturhaus der BASF, Schwarzheide
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
- Jetzt! Junge Malerei in Deutschland, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
- Morgen ist heute vorbei, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
- Minibar, Galerie Oel-Früh, Hamburg
- ANDERE ZEIT, irgendwann, CHOI&LAGER Gallery, Köln
2019
- Jetzt! Junge Malerei in Deutschland, Kunstmuseum Bonn
- Jetzt! Junge Malerei in Deutschland, Kunstmuseum Wiesbaden
- Jetzt! Junge Malerei in Deutschland, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
- interINTIMES_autoPORTRAIT, Lachenmann Art, Frankfurt / Main
2018
- 10 Jahre Regina Pistor-Preis, Udk, Berlin
- Losito Kunstpreis 2018, Stiftung Starke, Berlin
2017
- Capriccio-Kunstpreis des Haus am Kleistpark 2017, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin
- Scheinwelt, Greskewitz-Kleinith-Galerie, Hamburg
2016
- BRANDENBURGISCHE KUNSTPREISTRÄGER, Vertretung des Landes Brandenburg in der EU, Brüssel
- Instanbul Stipendiaten des Landes Brandenburg 2015/16, Galerie M, Potsdam
- Der Brandenburg-Atlas, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam
2015
- Deutsche Woche 2015, St.-Annen-Kirche, Sankt Petersburg
- PARERGA UND EXIL, Galerie Fango, Cottbus
- 30 Jahre Kunstsammlung Lausitz, Museum Kunstsammlung Lausitz, Senftenberg
- Salon der Gegenwart 2015, Große Bleichen, Hamburg
2014
- Artist and Model, Galerie Florent Tosin, Berlin
- Ausgezeichnet. Stipendiaten/innen und Preisträger/innen der Udk
2013
- Nachschlag, Uferhallen, Berlin
- Brandenburgischer Kunstpreis 2013, Schloss Neuhardenberg
2013 - 2012
- Haus am Kleisterpark, Berlin Transformationen, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus
- OSTRALE ́014, Ostragehege, Dresden
- Heinrich von Kleist und seine Bilderwelten, Kleist-Haus, Frankfurt / Oder
2011
- Veilchen, Uferhallen, Berlin
Walpurgisnacht (Walpurgis Night) | 2021, Dispersion and oil on canvas, 90x80 cm
My Unfair Lady | 2021, Dispersion and oil on canvas, 200x200 cm
Geburt | 2020, Resin, dispersion, oil on canvas, 40x40 cm
Standby | 2019/2020, Gouache, dispersion, copper oxidation and oil on canvas, 140x100 cm
Piano Nobile | 2019, Gouache, Harz, Eitempera, Dispersion, Kupferoxidation, Oil auf Leinwand
Soul Power | 2019, Gouache, resin, dispersion, copper oxida- tion, spray paint, oil on canvas, 120x90 cm
Dune | 2019, Gouache, resin, egg tempera, dispersion, copper oxidation, oil on canvas, 100x70 cm
Blind Girl | 2018, Gouache, resin, egg tempera, oil on canvas, 80x70 cm
