Tanja Pohl
Memento

05. February 2022 — 02. April 2022

The multi-award-winning graduate of the Dresden Art Academy is a master of variation and experimentation.

  • Tanja Pohl – „Lagerhalle im Mai“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Pechsiederei“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Stillleben mit Disteln“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Fernblick“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Stillleben mit Lilien“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Zwei Blüten“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Gedanken“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Stillleben mit Schädel“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Stechapfel im Glas“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Stahlwerkerkind“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Lingu“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Mädchenaugen“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Werkshalle (Dach)“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Eb“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Alter Gasthof“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Schädel und Sommerblumen“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Stillleben mit Hagebutten“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Sänger“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Orakel“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Erzmensch“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Blauer Kopf“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Gelbe Vase“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Gelber Blumen-Kopf“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Blumenkorb“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Straßenzug“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Lilie“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Blumen I“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Hütte im Wald“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Noema“
  • Tanja Pohl – „FLORA I“
  • Tanja Pohl – „FLORA X (Medusa)“
  • Tanja Pohl – „FLORA XIV (Herbstlich)“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Traurige Blume“
  • Tanja Pohl – „FLORA XII“
  • Tanja Pohl – „FLORA XI“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Stillleben mit Schädel und Maske“
  • Tanja Pohl – „Sommerblumen im Herbst I“
Tanja Pohl

Tanja Pohl

Tanja Pohl, a painter and graphic artist living in Greiz, Thuringia, studied under Elke Hopfe and Christian Macketanz at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden (Dresden Academy of Fine Arts). She is a master of variation. Her print works are characterised by a movement, even musicality, that springs from an intoxicating process. Her work is an experimental and radical process that resembles an adventure. Each completed sheet reveals an unpredictable and unique result.

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Introduction

With the exhibition »Tanja Pohl – Memento«, GALERIE HIMMEL is showing the latest paintings, unique prints and sculptures by the multi-award-winning graduate of the Dresden Art Academy and student of Elke Hopfe, which revolve around the themes of man and machine, nature and society. Tanja Pohl's pictures tell of transformation, cultivation and destruction, use and decay. Industrial wasteland on a large scale and still life on a small scale are fitting metaphors for fundamental questions of existence. The »aesthetics of decay« has a long tradition. It was inspired by the ruins of ancient Rome. Since the Renaissance, ruins have been a topos of the locus aemonus, a symbol reminding us of the transience of all earthly things, a memento mori, a place of melancholic self-reflection. Above all, however, they are a symbol of the ongoing metamorphosis of the cyclical processes of rise and fall, of leaving an old era behind and embarking on a new one. We live in an era of great contrasts. A society driven by economic success and the desire for distraction is contrasted by the destitute, the failed and the weak. The benefits and dangers of technological development and the effects of economisation on our working and living environments are omnipresent. Added to this are wars, terrorism, natural disasters, famines, environmental destruction and climate change. With subtle allegories for human hubris, Tanja Pohl uses her lost places, still lifes and heads to examine the fragility of life, evoking fascination, irritation and, at times, oppressive unease. Tanja Pohl is a master of experimentation and variation, especially in classical printmaking. Her print works thrive on a movement, even musicality, that springs from her intoxicating work. Plates are milled, rotated 90 or 180 degrees, motifs modified, printing techniques and colours tested. The prints are reworked with ink, charcoal, pastels, oil or acrylic paint, often forming collages. Tanja Pohl's variations explore the possibilities of image composition and motif. Her work is an experimental and radical process that resembles an adventure. Each completed work reveals a unique result.