Heinz-Peter Kohler, Switzerland Marin Kasarski, Bulgaria Heinz Allemann, Switzerland EXHIBITION October 12th – November 15th 2013

ART CRITIQUE Georges Luks 1952 in Switzerland.

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Studies in Culture History and Culture Managament in Zurich, Biel-Bienne Switzerland and Venice (Italy) Started his professional career as Curator for national and international exhibitions in Switzerland 1990-1991 National Director for the 700 year celebration of Switzerland. Curator for applied arts. Diverse Exhibitions and Publications. 1992 Founding member and President of the Foundation for engaged visual communication Switzerland 1994 – 1999 Professor at the Accademy for applied Arts Biel-Bienne Switzerland 2000 - 2006 Professor at the Institute for Advertising and Television Zurich Switzerland 1998 to 2006 President of the Museum for Photography PASQUART in Biel-Bienne Switzerland 2011 Commissioner and curator of Bulgarian official representation on 54th Biennale di Venezia

1995 to 2002 Member of the Cultural Commission in Biel-Bienne, Switzerland Journalist, art critic for national and international cultural magazines from 1985 to 1994 Author and publisher of several publications (choice) „a future to the future“ – national exhibition 1991 „wendelhammer“ – 1993 „art in an urban environnement“ 2002 „the art of printing“ – project with Martin Ziegelmueller 1996 „mirrors“ – 3 publications with Urs Dickerhof 1998 „monographie H.P. Kohler“ 1999 „Jetzt Kunst“ 1995 – art project with 25 national artists „hidden pictures“ – photography in switzerland 1995 Filmography: diverse productions for broadcasting about art and artists In Television started as producer, moderator for culture and entertainmentat Swiss Television. Head of entertainment for Television Swiss 4. Head of communication and Strategic Development at the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. Devel From 2000 till 2006 CEO and President of the International Television Festival „Rose d’Or“ in Montreux, Switzerland. Since 2007 CEO of GfK Audience Research in Bulgaria. Since 2008 strategic consultant for international Media and Cultural Projects as President of GERSHON BULGARIA. Member of the International Accademy for Arts, Television and Siences Emmy Awards, New York City since 2001

Heinz-Peter Kohler - H.P.K. - how he is called by his friends and Art connoisseurs can be considered as one of the most important artists in Switzerland. He built his reputation mainly as aquarellist developing and using this technique by nearby perfection. He „plays this instrument” on every scale on every format and a vast range of thematic expressions. But to reduce the work of H.P.K. only on a well elaborated technique would be a short view by far. The aquarell, also denominated as watercolor is actually a language and not just a technique. The expression is kind of fluid, transcendent. The brush works quickly across the paper. What is set on the white ground stays. Layers of color are composing the final artwork. Masters of this art expression like Louis Moilliet or William Turner have given this genre a worldwide reputation. Not „only” watercolor but a genuine art expression by its one. I would estimate H.P.K.’s artwork in an absolute comparison to such masters of the genre. H.P.K. - born in 1935 - kept his freshness of expression, his curiosity to explore his environment and is working in a constant flow of observation. After working intensely with H.P.K. 30 years ago, I met him recently in Biel, his hometown in Switzerland. Still fresh in his mind, working on new projects, curious to explore further fields. Heinz Allemann - and here maybe is one of the overlapping of this two artists - is a master on another artistic field. He was a printer of artwork for many years and worked as a ‘master of print’ of the famous swiss artist Franz Eggenschwiler. Allemann like to express his artistic intentions by all kind of mediums. Like an inventor he creates his universe and is driven by his curiosity to see growing the different stages of expression. „My art is like the roots of a tree. A tree does not look the same in spring as it does in winter. I think it is important for an artist to think about nature and see how nature creates”. With this artistic concept Heinz Allemann created over the years a wide range of artworks which includes all shapes of forms, materials and colors. It is a fascinating world which invites the person in front of the artwork to enter Allemann’s invented universe and ad his own imagination. „I live in a universal art chaos surrounded by color implements. There is nothing which I have not tried out yet with all the different colors and mixing techniques and my moods.”

ART CRITIQUE

HOW TO MOVE IN CONSTANT CURIOSITY

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Heinz-Peter Kohler, Switzerland

60 years work at a glance Heinz-Peter has dedicated his life to art. The possibility to represent nature, human beings and their emotions on paper or canvas has always fascinated him. His art favours emotional content rather than a precise rendering of reality. He successfully manages to grasp fleeting emotions and to translate them into the objects or subjects of his art within the confines of a two-dimension-

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al sheet of paper. Thus, emotions and moods come to the fore in his work. His deepest conviction has always lain with his unique way of painting and he never compromised to find favour with the public or to bow to some diktat of usefulness or acceptance. For further information about his painting, please contact HPK on phone number 032 342 43 45.

Bilder in (öffentlichen) Sammlungen (Auswahl) Bank Bär, Zürich; Bernische Kunstgesellschaft; Fondation Saner Studen, Studen; Kanton Bern; Kunsthaus Grenchen; Kunsthaus Zug; Kunstmuseum Olten; Kunstmuseum Solothurn; Kunstmuseum Thun; Kupferstichkabinett, Basel; Musée Jurassien des Beaux-Arts, Moutier; Museum Baviera, Zürich; CentrePasquArt Biel; Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Bern; Stadt Bern; Stadt Biel; Stadt Burgdorf; Stadt Grenchen; Stadt Thun etc.2009: Schenkung an das Nationalmuseum Polen, Krakau und Schenkung an die Stadt Biel. 2012: Schenkung an das CentrePasquArt (Stiftung Kunsthaus-Sammlung CentrePasquArt), Biel.

1955-1960 Studium an der Kunstakademie in München 1959 erste Einzelausstellung im Théatre de Poche, Biel 1960-1970 Malschule Max von Mühlenen, Bern 1962 und 1963 Stipendium der Louise Aeschlimann-Stiftung, Bern 1962, 1963 und 1964 Kunststipendium der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft 1964, 1966 und 1970 Stipendium der Kiefer-Hablitzel-Stiftung Über Heinz-Peter Kohler sind folgende Bücher und Filme erschienen (Auswahl): 1983 Wenn der Wind kommt, Bilder H.P. Kohler,Texte Andreas Urweider, Ed. Galerie Schürer, Biel 1987 Tanz mein Kind, ein Tschernobylbuch; Andreas Urweider, H.P. Kohler 1991 Heinz-Peter Kohler, Aquarelle,Text: Martin Kraft, Regina Lange, Hans Saner, Andreas Urweider, Herausgeber: John Matheson, Ed. Baviera 1993 Wassermalen, Heinz-Peter Kohler, Silvio R. Baviera,Bibiliographie, Ed. Baviera Zürich 1995 Eine Künstlermonographie: H.P. Kohler,Edition Gassmann, Biel, edition clandestin, Biel

1967 Stipendium des Kantons Bern 1971 Goldene Ehrenmedaille für sportliche Verdienste des Verbandes der Schweizerischen Sportjournalisten 1974 Stipendium der Stadt Biel 1971-1976 Mitglied der Kunstkommission der Stadt Bern 1990 1. Preis im Wettbewerb des Trolleybus-Plakates der Stadt Biel 1999 Kulturpreis der Stadt Biel 2009 Kunstpreis der Galerie Böhner, Mannheim 2012 Zweiter Preis, Painting & Mixed Media Competition 2012, Lessedra Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgarien

1998 Heinz-Peter Kohler, Aquarelle ein Tage- und Nächtebuch, Galerie/Museum Baviera, Zürich 1998 Biografisches Lexikon der Schweizer Kunst, Text: Markus Vock, SIK, Zürich und Lausanne 2010 Linol- und Holzdrucke von HeinzPeter Kohler 2007-2010, Druckatelier Heinz Allemann, Eriswil 2010 Heinz-Peter Kohler – Das druckgrafische Werk/l’oeuvre gravée, Verlag edition clandestin 2010 Film „Heinz-Peter Kohler – ein Künstlerportrait“, Regie: Peter Wyssbrod 2012 Broschüre: „in Bronze- eine Retrospektive“, Text: Urs Dickerhof, Fotos: Roland Bart, Übersetzung: Hélène Joye-Cagnard.

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Heinz-Peter Kohler ist 1935 in Biel geboren

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Memory, 1993. Lithograph, 65 x 86 cm

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Birdman, 1993, Lithograph, 86 x 65 cm

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Baby-doll Face, 1990, Lithograph, 86 x 65 cm

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Voodoo, 1993, Lithograph, 86 x 65 cm

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Olé, 1996, Lithograph, 50 x 64 cm

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White Elephant, 1993, Lithograph, 79 x 59 cm

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Memory of Kafka, 2010, Linocut, 59 x 42 cm

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Marien Glas, 2010, Linocut, 59 x 42 cm

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Rose and Blue (Street Scene), 2009, Watercolor, 18,7 x 15,2 cm

HEINZ-PETER KOHLER Rose and Blue (Metamorphosis I), 2009, Watercolor, 18,7 x 16 cm

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Rose and Blue (Dance Composition), 2009, Watercolor, 15 x 19 cm

MARIN KASARSKI

Marin Kasarski, Bulgaria

Marin Kasarski was born on December sulting from the union and opposition of 23rd 1939 in Lessidren (Lovech District). opposing forces. His early work on portraits led naturally to figurative sculpture. During the 1970s, he took part in exhibitions by the National Union of Bulgarian artists. He has made a name for himself through his mixture of traditional materials, like stone and wood, with other techniques employing metal and cement. For Marin Kasarski, sculpture is something akin to architecture. His works stand out from others in their simple, quasi-geometrical forms. However, his constructions are neither schematic nor cold: concave and convex forms are alternated, smooth and rugged surfaces succeed each other and dark zones are shot through with bursts of light. In this way, he offers us expressive rhythms, and each sculpture is alive with a real internal dynamic re-

1992 - Lessedra gallery, exhibition hall on 25 Milin Kamak, sculptures from wood and drawings. 1993 - gallery New European art, Holland. 1996 - Lessedra gallery, jubilee exhibition in NPC-author of the awarded sculpture Lessedra-1996. 1997 - Lessedra gallery, sculptures and new works on paper, exhibition hall Despred. 1999 until now – represented by the Gallery Berthed – Aittouares, Paris 2006, 2007 and 2008 participation at Art Paris with the Gallery Berthed – Aittouares His works are owned by galleries in the country as well as in private collections in Bulgaria, Austria, Belgium, Holland, France, USA.

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The Kiss, 2006, Mixed Media, 48 x 18 x 19 cm

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Stilyana, 1985, Mixed Media, 34 x 20 x 26 cm

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Maria, 1989, Mixed Media, 24 x 27 x 24 cm

MARIN KASARSKI Composition Nr 1, 2007, Gypsum (Painted), 23 x 17 x 16 cm

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Kathryn (Portrait), 2013, Clay, 23 x 23 x 27 cm

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Lacia, 2013, Clay, 34 x 23 x 29 cm

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Composition Nr 2, 2010, Gypsum (Painted), 21 x 15 x 16 cm

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Renaissance Man, 1981, Wood, 44 x 22 x 28 cm

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Iva, 2013, Clay, 24 x 22 x 26 cm

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Elema, 2013, Clay, 26 x 20 x 23 cm

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Wounded Bird, 1990, Mixed Media, 48 x 28 x 24 cm

Heinz Allemann was born on the 29th September 1955 in Klus - Balsthal, Switzerland as a son of a metalworker from the von Roll AG in Klus. After a education in book - printing, offset - printing and computer form printing from 1970 -1975 he joined art lessons in the Art school of Berne, Switzerland. After his first solo exhibition in 1977 in Berne, with constructivist collages, he turned to painting. By the learned professional book printer arisen mostly collaged works on paper which he then painted over. 1978 he emigrated to Canada andmade his first group exhibitions with mixed

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media techniques. After returning in 1983 to Switzerland, he joines the Solothurn art scene in Switzerland. 1990 he is appointed as a assistant and student by Prof. Franz Eggenschwiler in Eriswil,Switzerland. Through the years of cooperation until 1997, Heinz Allemann received a master printer of F.E. Since the founding of an art Foundation in Eriswil, he is a member of the board and helps in the realization of exhibitions. Sience 2000 Heinz Allemann is working with digital techniques and participated in countless online exhibitions.

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Artist Statement My art is like the roots of a tree. A tree does not look the same in the spring as it does in the winter. In the spring the tree looks full of details and classical, in the winter rather abstract because of the snow. One does not know exactly what a rose will look like when it is planted. The form and the exact color. I think it is important for an artist to think about nature and see how nature creates. Sometimes I like to paint with oil and other times with watercolor. At times I like to go outside in nature and paint a landscape or draw. Other days I make original-handpulled prints or digital work. I live in a universal art chaos surrounded by color implements. There is nothing which I have not tried out yet with all the different colors and mixing techniques and my moods.

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No 1, 2012, digital print, Size varibale

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Swimmer, 2006, digital paint on canvas, A3

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Hand – (Fingerprint), 2007 digital print,  Size variable

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Flower in the studio, 2008, Size variable

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Rita, 2007, digital print, Size variable

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Rita mystic, 2011, digital print, Size variable

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Landed, 2012, digital print, Size variable

HEINZ ALLEMANN At night, 2007, digital painting on canvas, Size variable

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Athletik, 2012, digital print, Size variable

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Myself, 2009, digital print, Size variable

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Maple leaves, 2012, Relief print on Japan paper, Size A3