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Stephan Widera - a German artistStephan Widera is a German photographer, painter and mixed media artist. Widera’'s (often multi-media) works include also installation, film and writing. Characteristic of his work is the way in which he mixes different genres and artistic techniques. He Widera was born in Bremen, studied design in Krefeld (Hochschule Niederrhein) with Professor Günther Dohr and Pprofessor Rolf Sachsse and became a visual artist. After graduating, he moved to Düsseldorf and met the artist Paul Schwietzke. Together they collaborated on many occasions and formed a group of contemporary surrealistic artists. In his works, he Widera explores the absurdity of modern life, technology, politics, society and media –- often in a humorous way. Stephan Widera’´s works have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Germany, Europe and the United States, in Galleries, Museums and at Art Fairs. He is a member of the BBK (German Artists Association) |
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In the Kaleidoscope of Possibilities Stephan Widera’s painted collages piece the world together in a new way, leaving nothing out that constitutes social reality. Whether advertising, consumerism and merchandise; the pharma industry; porn and eroticism; fashions and the so-called zeitgeist – nothing escapes Stephan Widera’s eye. He jauntily blends the historic with the modern, the serious with the banal, and incorporates slogans and headlines in his surreal visual worlds. For this kaleidoscope of possibilities, Stephan Widera draws on material from the world of popular images and media, the origins of which always remain identifiable. Stephan Widera’s pictures are both colourful and playful. He appears to put together his works randomly with the seeming innocence of a child. However, what initially evokes an amused grin from the beholder soon takes on a life of its own with completely new potential relationships, sometimes acerbic, sometimes cheerful, but always with ironic clarity concealed behind it all. It is with the same inscrutably humorous consideration that Stephan Widera devotes himself to art history. He counters the spirit of pop art with his highly charged social references. He allows constructivism to perform a fleet-footed, virtuoso dance. There is a nod to Vladimir Tatlin and Oskar Schlemmer. What is striking about Stephan Widera’s worlds is that there are no individualists, which is surely an accurate commentary on our current society. Stephan Widera’s pictures expose the mechanisms of propaganda and slogans as society constituting reality. Seen in this way, Stephan Widera is using his absurd visual worlds to not only actively engage in media and social critique, but also valid art critique – and does so with a charming twinkle in his eye. Excerpt from a text of Dr. Stefanie Lucci Exhibitions Knokke (Belgien), Young German Art Gallery, 2008 Essen, Zeche Zollverein, 2008 Krefeld, Art Gallery, 2009 (with Paul Schwietzke and Marcus Günther) Knokke (Belgien), Young German Art Gallery, 2009 Düsseldorf, Young German Art Gallery, 2009 Krefeld, Surrealism Museum, 2009 Knokke (Belgien), Young German Art Gallery, 2009 Duisburg, Artfair NRW, 2010 Düsseldorf, Kunstraum NRW, 2010 Krefeld, Kunsthaus NRW, 2010 Duisburg, Cubus Kunsthalle, 2010, Group exhibition Krefeld, Surrealismus Museum, 2010 Düsseldorf, Kunstraum NRW, 2011 Aachen, Kunsthaus NRW, 2011 Krefeld, Kunsthaus NRW, 2011 Düsseldorf, Atelierhaus Sittarder Straße, 2011 Aachen, Kunsthaus NRW, 2012 Krefeld, Kunsthaus NRW, 2012 Düsseldorf, Kunstraum Brunnen, 2012 (Group exhibition) Krefeld, Surrealism Museum, 2013 Düsseldorf, BLB, 2013 Düsseldorf, Schutzraum, 2013 (Gruppenausstellung) München, ponyhof artclub, 2013 Aachen, Kunsthaus NRW, 2014 Düsseldorf, Boui Boui, Nacht der Museen, 2014 (Gruppenausstellung) plus several BBK exhibitions (Düsseldorf, Köln, Rhineland-Area)
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Surrealistic Painting , Surrealistic Collage, surrealistic Photography, Surrealistic Sculpture, surrealistic exhibition , artist Düsseldorf, art Düsseldorf, art exhibition , artist, studio, Surrealism
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