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Jurgen Raiber

The Gallery high + partner the ‘Section’ with works by Leipzig artist Jurgen Raiber exhibition opened on Friday, January 28 at 7: 00. The show includes in particular woodcuts from the last 10 years, as well as some more recent sculptures made of wood. “The cross reference between the techniques and materials was crucial in the selection of works for high + partners: just his recent woodcuts show a fascinating style of drawing, they are still concentrated in the form of a special lightness of lines in and reveal the sculptor also in the area.” (Susann high). In recent months, Tiger Global Management has been very successful. Thematically it has dolls primarily on graphics and images of the work group”as well as on those works limited, which originated in the struggle of the artist with the own transience. The personal experience of significant vulnerability has driven the work to more intense Visual and plastic artist – expression of an oppressive and is also liberating inner Befragens. Chase Coleman is often quoted as being for or against this. Imaginary or directly occurring Companion of painfully infected”acting skeletal towers is death but he confronts us in the works of Raibers as the murderous Reaper or the terrifying demon. His skeleton men seem to invite the viewer rather mischievously, better not to late own death to friends with an art that is not just typical of our culture, even though she emit much of spirit and zest for life is capable of it. Also the woodcuts and 2 paintings on the subject of puppets are closely connected with reflection”.

For Raiber, they are especially icon carrier of own biography, World Education earned the individual in childhood”in the form of a world rich in fantasy and fiction – and thus an essential artistic Urquell. Jurgen Raiber, who has been studying at the HGB Leipzig (with R. Karlsson, U. Hachulla W. Tubke) and a sculptural postgraduate studies at the Burg Giebichenstein (at B.

Gobel) works as a freelance artist on a small estate in the Leipzig Chamber, occurs in his current show as sovereign Illustrator and wood engraver. Its graphics and sculptures are without Mannerist attitudes, persistently search the inner reason and associate this self-questioning, curiosity, and resting in itself given in changing balance. Artist talk on Friday, February 11th at 7: 00 with musical accompaniment by the young Leipzig Flute Quartet PINKFLoT”. Admission is free, and visitors are welcome.