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H o l g e r T h e u n e r t

H o l g e r T h e u n e r t

Holger Theunert

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H o l g e r T h e u n e r t

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curated byMassimo ToffoloMargherita Jedrzejewska

photos by ARTIS - Uli Deck

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dreaming the reality

ballet

stories

sardinian series

musicians

portraits

landscapes / cityscapes

covers

bio

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S U M M A R Y

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“Holger Theunert ist ein Maler, dessen Bilder im Detail und im Verstehen der Bildkomposition das Unterbewusstsein stimulieren.Gleichzeitig triggert die individuelle Farbgebung einen Zustand von Traumhaftigkeit und Doppeldeutigkeit, die mein klangliches

‘Ich’ inspirieren.”

J. Peter Schwalm (Composer)

“Por n un surrealismo que supera al mero „copy/paste“ de elementos diferentes. Tu trabajo es maravilloso porque nos introduce en tu mundo mágico y particular, con ironía, poesía y tan

bien pintado.”

Dorotea Duval

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Appare chiaro che le visioni pittoriche di Holger nascono da una sensibilità artistica del quotidiano. Ma la sua straordinaria immaginazione, riesce a riportare la realtà dove essa si genera, tra i meandri del cervello, o almeno nella parte di questo dove la creatività e la fantasia nascono e dove i confini vengono disgregati e le frontiere aperte; il sogno inizia.Lucido, metodico, attento. Ma allo stesso tempo assorto nel “paese di Alice”. Ad occhi aperti Holger vive il suo viaggio dove le ambientazioni che incontra si trasformano, deviano e tremano, incontrando enormi gatti e volti sdoppiati, dove i dettagli risuonano ed il passare del tempolascia i segni sugli edifici e sulla pelle.La maestria di Holger è capace di mettere a fuoco ogni dettaglio e riportarlo poi sulla tela attraverso sottili pennellate e dettagliate sfumature.La resa cromatica di tutti i dipinti è resa affascinante da un’alone non definito, quasi un invecchiamento della tela, che rende inconfondibile il suo stile. Piena giustizia è fatta per i muri scrostati degli edifici, per la vernice delle barche ormai rovinate dalla salsedine e per la pelle vissuta dei suoi personaggi.

Mi piace pensare ad Holger non solo come un pittore, ma come un moderno Caronte mentre traghetta i suoi personaggi sotto uno dei suoi cieli al tramonto.

Massimo Toffolo

S O G N A N D O L A R E A L T A ’

It becomes clear that Holger’s pictorial visions arise from an artistic sensitivity towards everyday life. However, his extraordinary imagination can bring reality back to the place where it originates, among the intricacies of the human brain, or at least to the part of it where creativity and fantasy come from and where boundaries are torn down and frontiers are open; the dream begins. Lucid, methodical, alert. And yet at the same time immersed in ‘Alice in Wonderland’. With open eyes Holger experiences his journey where the scenarios he comes across transform themselves, divert and tremble, bumping into gigantic cats and split faces, where details reverberate and the flow of time leaves a mark on buildings and on the skin.Holger’s prowess is able to bring into focus every detail and take it back on the canvas through light brush strokes and rich hues.An undefined halo, which might almost be regarded as a deterioration of the canvas, makes the chromatic rendering of each painting captivating, creating an iconic style. Full justice is done to the scraped off walls of some buildings, to the varnish of the boats wrecked by saltiness by now and to the lived-in skin of his characters.

I like to think of Holger not only as a painter, but also as a modern Charon while ferrying his characters under one of his skies at sunset.

Massimo Toffolo

D R E A M I N G T h E R E A L I T Y

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b A L L E T

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TRAINING PAULAvinyl, acrylic on canvas 80x80cm2005

AKI ThE CATvinyl, acrylic on canvas

100X100cm2003

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TRAINING COOKIEvinyl, acrylic on canvas 80x60cm2005

ChARLIE_SWANLAKE bACKSTAGEvinyl, acrylic on canvas

60X70cm2013

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TRAINING 2vinyl, acrylic on canvas 40x50cm2015

hISAKO_SWANLAKE bACKSTAGEvinyl, acrylic on canvas

70X60cm2013

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S T O R I E S

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bLACK FOREST - GhOSTvinyl, acrylic on canvas 160x90cm2016

bLACK FORESTvinyl, acrylic on canvas

130X90cm2016

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RAChELvinyl, acrylic on canvas 160x90cm2016

MONICA & bOMbIvinyl, acrylic on canvas

120X100cm2015

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S A R D I N I A N S E R I E S

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ThE bIG SLEEPERVinyl, acrylic on canvas120x80cm2017

ThE WINDOWvinyl, acrylic on canvas

100x100cm2016

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ARZAChENAvinyl, acrylic on canvas120x90cm 2015

bENETUTTIvinyl, acrylic on canvas

80X60cm2016

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bENETUTTI AFTER ThE RAINvinyl, acrylic on canvas100x140cm 2015

FIShERMANvinyl, acrylic on canvas

100X120cm2017

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DOGvinyl, acrylic on canvas160x100cm 2016

FRED & MICKIvinyl, acrylic on canvas

140X100cm2016

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GPvinyl, acrylic on canvas140x100cm 2015

MARITAvinyl, acrylic on canvas

100X100cm2015

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MIChELEvinyl, acrylic on canvas40x50cm 2015/17

MICKI 2vinyl, acrylic on canvas

100X140cm2015/17

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MICKI REPRISEvinyl, acrylic on canvas120x100cm 2015

MICKIvinyl, acrylic on canvas

140X100cm2015

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MINUvinyl, acrylic on canvas80x80cm 2017

VAGAbONDOvinyl, acrylic on canvas

100X100cm2017

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MOThER AND ChILDvinyl, acrylic on canvas80x80cm 2014

MONICAvinyl, acrylic on canvas

80X80cm2014

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SONYAvinyl, acrylic on canvas90x60cm 2016

ThE CAbLEvinyl, acrylic on canvas

120X90cm2014

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CAVALLETTAVinyl, acrylic on canvas120x100c m2011

ANTONELLAvinyl, acrylic on canvas

70X80cm2013

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M U S I C I A N S

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KATIE MELUAvinyl, acrylic on canvas80x80cm 2012

J.PETER SChWALMvinyl, acrylic on canvas

140X100cm2015

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JOhN PARRICELLIvinyl, acrylic on canvas100x100cm 2011

JOhN PAUL JONESvinyl, acrylic on canvas

100X100cm2012

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PETER 2vinyl, acrylic on canvas100x100cm 2006

PETERvinyl, acrylic on canvas

100X100cm2006

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bRIAN ENOvinyl, acrylic on canvas60x60cm 2013

J. PETER SChWALMvinyl, acrylic on canvas

60X60cm2016

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EIVIND AARSETvinyl, acrylic on canvas60x60cm 2013

RIChARD WAGNERvinyl, acrylic on canvas

60X60cm 2013

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P O R T R A I T S

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MONICA 2vinyl, acrylic on canvas80x80cm 2012

SELbSTvinyl, acrylic on canvas

40X50cm2016/17

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JULIA 2vinyl, acrylic on canvas80x60cm 2006

Ü-EI vinyl, acrylic on canvas

80X80cm2015

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JULIA vinyl, acrylic on canvas100x100cm 2006

GEbOT 1_3vinyl, acrylic on canvas

100X100cm2016

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L A N D S C A P E S / C I T Y S C A P E S

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ALTRhEIN WINTERvinyl, acrylic on canvas160x140cm 2007

VENNvinyl, acrylic on canvas

60X80cm2012

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VENN 2vinyl, acrylic on canvas100x120cm 2012

VENN 3vinyl, acrylic on canvas

70X80cm2012

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ALTRhEIN 2vinyl, acrylic on canvas100x100cm 2007

ALTRhEINvinyl, acrylic on canvas

60X80cm2008

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bLACK FOREST 3vinyl, acrylic on canvas70x60cm 2016/17

bLACK FOREST 4vinyl, acrylic on canvas

50X100cm2016/17

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SKYvinyl, acrylic on canvas60x70cm 2017

SKY 2vinyl, acrylic on canvas

40X50cm2017

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bARCA1vinyl, acrylic on canvas60x80cm 2006

bARCA2vinyl, acrylic on canvas

80X60cm2006

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bARCELONA PETERvinyl, acrylic on canvas80x120cm 2012

bARCELONA 2vinyl, acrylic on canvas

70X70cm 2012

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ThE DRESSMAKERvinyl, acrylic on canvas120x90cm 2016

VENICEvinyl, acrylic on canvas

120X100cm 2017

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C O V E R S

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WAGNER TRANSFORMED bY J.PETER SChWALM / bRIAN ENO PAINTING OF RIChARD WAGNERVinyl, acrylic on canvas

60X60cm2014

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LEO AbRAhAMS - SCENE MEMORY LEOvinyl, acrylic on canvas

100X100cm 2007

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ThE TREK - LITTLE MIRRORS ThE TREKvinyl, acrylic on canvas

100X100cm 2014

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SPIN MARVEL SPIN MARVEL COVER_MARTIN FRANCEvinyl, acrylic on canvas

80X60cm 2011

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SPIN MARVEL CD - TERJE EVENSENvinyl, acrylic on canvas60x60cm 2011

SPIN MARVEL CD - JOhN PARRICELLIvinyl, acrylic on canvas

60X60cm 2011

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SPIN MARVEL CD - NILS PETTER MOLVÆRvinyl, acrylic on canvas60x60cm 2011

SPIN MARVEL CD - TIM hARRIESvinyl, acrylic on canvas

100X100cm 2017

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b I O

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Theunert was born on April 9th 1963in Borna/Leipzig where he grew up.In the age of six he copied hundreds of timesthe portrait of an Indian which was printedon a wigwam.A few years later his artistic careerbegan with first solo exhibitionsright after high school.In the early 80‘s Theunert was a member of theFördergruppe Malerei/Grafik in Leipzig, hefinished Abendakademie @ Hochschule fürGrafik & Buchkunst (HGB) Leipzig (with EberhardLöbel)in 1989.

After testing different styles in a new artistic climate (once he moved to Karlsruhe - WestGermany) he returned to his roots:telling private stories with an apparent easyaccess for the audience.

His work is a poetic nexus of pastmemories, experience and imagination.

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hOLGER ThEUNERTGALERIE hOFbURG | Jakob Kompatscher | bRESSANONE (bZ) Italy 31 march - 24 april 2017

Some solo exhibitions:Förstereistraße 2, Dresden (autonomous art EastGermany) 1989Galerieeck Leipzig 1989East West Gallery, London 1994Galerie Impuls, Zurich/CH 1996Semana Negra, Gijon/Spain 1998EXPO 2000 WilhelmshavenChateau Kiener, Colmar/ F 2003Park Augsburg 2011Mia Leinberger Haus, Karlsruhe 2013MOOD Karlsruhe with J.Peter Schwalm 2014Galeria d‘Arte Kompatscher, Bressanone/Italy 2017

Some group shows:Timelessness GABRIELFINEARTS London 2015Affordable Art Fair Milan 2016DONOSTIARTEAN San Sebastian 2016

1st Price Award at ARTISTRUNWAY Exhibition -Indianapolis / USA 2007Final selection at BP PORTRAIT AWARD NationalPortrait Gallery London 2014/15

Events:Museu d‘art modern, Palma de Mallorca/Spain -visuals for J.Peter Schwalm 2006EXPO 2000 Hannover/Wilhelmshavensupporting solo exhibition for the Ballet of theStaatstheater KarlsruheSemana Negra,Gijon/Spain - solo exhibition 1998

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T h A N K S T O

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“Thanks to Malamegi and Malamegi Lab - arts laboratory, who allow us to realize this catalogue.

A special thanks goes also to Holger & Monica.”

Massimo & Margherita

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H o l g e r T h e u n e r t

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holger Theunert

theunert@gmail.com

www.theunert-bilder.de

+49 176 81181207

holger Theunert - 2017 CATALOGUE

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