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Artist Statement:
There are two important
force-fields which exert an
effort on my artistic work -
firstly, the European painting
and printing tradition, which
is particulary visible in the
form of expression and the
formal aesthetics of my work
and secondly my understanding
of artistic creation, which is
influenced by the spirit of
Chinese philosopy in
particular Daoism, and relates
to the traditional approach of
chinese ink painting.
My intense studying oc colour,
and the exeptional
significance I attach to it,
have their roots in European
tradtion. I use an unusual
wealth of most different
colours - earth colours and
mineral colours, hundreds of
pigments of natural earths
colours, ground minerals as
well as plant, animal and
modern organic and anorganic
colours. In my experience
natural colours are more vivid
and have a much larger
spectrum than artifical
colours.
As the centre of my aesthetics
is harmonization - a
harmonization which relies on
the Chinese concept of Yin and
Yang, in which opposing as
well as complementing elements
are taken to be a natural
whole.
It is perhaps the specific
spirit which has to be
underlying in order to master
ink painting. If painting is
unterstood as a specifiy way
of expressig comprehension,
then ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
One man exibitions (
selection):
1972 Galerie Aridane,
Cologne-Germany
1975 Galeria Gaspicara,
Quito-Ecuador
1990 Drachen Galerie I and II,
Bonn-Germany
1992 Embassy of the CSFR,
Bonn-Germany
1992 Frohnhof,
Leutesdorf-Germany
1992 Goethe-Institut,
Dublin-Ireland
1995 Galerie Uluf, Prague-
CSFR
1996 China Art Gallery,
Beijing-China
1996 ...
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Artist Reviews:
The well know Chinese critic
Liu Xiaochun: Rene Boell has
found an authentic form of
expression in his works with
chinese ink, as regards brush
technique, structure of the
picture and composition. He is
penetrating deep into Chinese
culture and comprehend it.
This attitude distinguishes
him completly from other
artist ...
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Collections:
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Commissions:
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Galleries for Rene Boell:
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Galerie Kallenbach,Bonn, Germany
http://www.galerie-kallenbach.de
Western Light Gallery, Keel, Achill Island, Ireland
http://www.achill-island-mayo.com/achill-art-gallery.html
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