Twilight
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DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Betreten Verboten. 2017 Oil, oilsticks, gouache and pastels on canvas 180 x 130 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Blue Moon, 2017 Oil and oilstick on paper 29,7 x 21cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Budenzauber, 2017 Oil and oilstick on paper, 70 x 50 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Burner, 2017 Oil, pigment, and oil crayon on canvas 80 x 60 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Dr. Rock, 2017 Oilstick on paper, 29,7 x 21 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Full moon over Anhalt, 2017 Oil and oilcrayon on paper 70 x 50 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Gelber Rauch, 2017 Gouache, oil and oilcrayon on canvas 100 x 80 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Gotcha!, 2017 Gouache, oil and oilcrayon on canvas 180 x 130 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Green Lake, 2017 Oilstick on paper 29,7 x 21 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Jungle18a1017, 2017 Oilstick on paper 29,7 x 21 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Jungle161017, 2017 Oilstick on paper 29,7 x 21 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Jungle181017, 2017 Oilstick on paper 29,7 x 21 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Kanal, 2017 Oil and oilcrayon on paper 70 x 50 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Liquid Jungle, 2017 Oil, Oilcrayon and pastels on paper 70 x 50 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Midsummer night at the boyscout camp, 2017 Gouache, oil and oilsticks on canvas 200 x 150 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Missgeschick unter palmen, 2017 Oil on paper, 45 x 34 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Paradise Island, 2017 Oil, oilcrayon and pastels on paper 70 x 50 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Pilzfreund, 2017 Oil on paper 40 x 30 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Pleasure Cruise, 2017 Gouache, oil-crayon on canvas, 200 x 150 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Roter Mond, 2017 Gouache, oil-crayon on canvas 180 x 200 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Smoker 2017 Oil crayon on paper 29,7 x 21 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Smoker 2, 2017 Oil crayon on paper 29,7 x 21 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Liquid jungle, 2017 Oil, oilcrayon, pastels on paper 70 x 50 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), What if your victory`s a battering Gouache, oil, oilsticks on canvas 160 x 110 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Waiting For the sun (die Gurken) Oil, gouache & oil-crayon on canvas 150 x 200 cm.
DANIEL M. THURAU (DE), Joyriders Oil, oilsticks & gouache on canvas 80x100cm, 180x140cm, 180x100 cm.DANIEL M. THURAU (DE)
TWILIGHT
FEB. 2 – MAR. 3
[UK]
Galleri Christoffer Egelund is very proud to presenting Twilight, the gallery’s first solo exhibition with the German artist Daniel M Thurau who lives and works in Berlin.
The strongly pronounced style of Thurau, is rooted deeply in art history and might draw the mind to the emotional landscapes of Edward Munch or the colourful motifs of Gauguin, while at the same time freely experimenting with the form. His vibrant paintings focus on the contrast between the ironic and the earnest; and it is in these contrasts we find the motive for the title, Twilight.
Besides referencing the handling of volatile light within the work, Twilight, also alludes to a threshold, the moment of transition from one condition to another. Thurau allows celestial bodies to take colourful form in his work and all seems to exist in the fickle hour of twilight, where the light is capricious and anything is possible. The process of creating, too, resides in these transcending borders of deep night and gleaming day. For Daniel M. Thurau, painting is as elusive and fleeting an act as twilight itself. Art, in it’s nature, is not something that is, but rather something that becomes, something that happens. The artist is a creature of the twilight, one who moves between worlds and dares to dream of claiming the ephemeral.
Being an autodidact for several years, Thurau eventually studied at both Norwich University of the Arts in UK and College of Fine Arts in Hamburg. His work has been exhibited internationally and at art fairs such as Art Frankfurt and VIENNAFAIR. His latest show was at Kunstverein Wassermühle in Lohne and Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.
Galleri Christoffer Egelund cordially invites you to the opening of Daniel M. Thurau: Twilight, Friday February the 2nd from 4pm to 7pm. The artist will be present during the opening reception. The exhibition runs until March 10th 2018. Opening hours: Tuesday-Friday 11-18, Saturdays 12-16. For further information on artworks and press photos please contact the gallery at: hello@christofferegelund.dk or at +45 33939200. Please visit www.christofferegelund.dk for more details and a full list of exhibited works.
[DK]
Galleri Christoffer Egelund kan med stor stolthed præsentere udstillingen Twillight, som galleriets første soloudstilling med den Tyske kunstner Daniel M. Thurau, som bor og arbejde i Berlin.
Thurau arbejder æstetisk med en stærkt defineret stil, som forholder sig til den maleriske kunsthistorie og kan lede tankerne hen på Edvard Munchs følelsesladede landskaber eller Gauguins farverige motiver. Samtidig bevæger den sig fuldstændigt frit og eksperimenterende og hans farvestærke malerier arbejder i kontrasterne mellem ironi og alvor. Og det er netop i kontrasterne udstillingen finder sin titel, Twilight, Tusmørke.
Udover at referere til værkernes flygtige lyshåndtering hentyder Twilight også til et tærskeløjeblik, overgangen fra én tilstand til en anden. Thurau lader himmellegemerne og planeterne tage farverig form i sine værker og alt syntes at eksistere i den flygtige skumringstime, hvor lyset er diffust og alting muligt. I grænselandet imellem dyb nat og sprudlende dag finder vi også den kreative proces. For Daniel M. Thurau er skabelsesprocessen en flygtig og uhåndgribelig handling, netop som skumringslyset. Kunsten er i sin natur ikke noget som er, men i højere grad en proces kunstneren kan få til at ske. Kunstneren er således et skumringsvæsen, som bevæger sig imellem verdener og vover at drømme om fastholdelsen af det der ikke lader sig fastholde.
Daniel M. Thurau levede som autodidakt kunstner før han blev udannet fra Norwich University of the Arts i England og College of Fine Arts i Hamburg. Hans arbejde er blevet udstillet internationalt og på kunstmesser som Art Fair Frankfurt og VIENNAFAIR. Senest har han kunnet opleves på Künstlerhaus Bethanien i Lohne og Kunstverein Wassermühle i Berlin.
Galleri Christoffer Egelund inviterer til åbningen af udstillingen Twillight fredag den 2. Februar fra kl. 16-19, hvor kunstneren vil være tilstede. Udstillingen løber til og med den 10. marts, 2018. Åbningstider: tirsdag-fredag fra 11-18, lørdag fra 12-16. For yderligere info om værkerne og pressefotos kontakt venligst galleriet på: hello@christofferegelund.dk eller tlf. +45 33939200. Besøg venligst www.christofferegelund.dk for flere detaljer og fuld med de udstillede værker.
