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  • Jan Böhmer

     AGAINST PERFECTION

  • Painting is not about control. It is about what escapes you.

    With a background rooted in disciplined technique and a fascination for instinctive expression, Jan Böhmer explores the space where control dissolves into emotion. These five works, The Duck, My Room, Sommernachtstraum, Tragic in Red and Blooming Love, trace a journey through irony, intimacy and rebellion. The artist’s recurring use of raw textures and layered color is not aesthetic excess, but a deliberate act of resistance against uniformity. Böhmer’s paintings are playful yet precise, passionate yet analytical. They invite the viewer to experience contradiction, where tenderness meets power and chaos becomes a form of order. This first presentation marks the beginning of Böhmer’s collaboration with the gallery, setting the stage for an upcoming studio visit series that will further explore his evolving visual language.
     
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  • INTRODUCTION

    Inside Jan Böhmer’s studio, where order and emotion coexist. The artist works surrounded by unfinished canvases, notes and color tests, in a space that mirrors his visual language of control and instinct. The photograph captures the moment before a painting becomes what it is meant to be, revealing the tension between discipline and spontaneity that defines his process.

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  • Jan Böhmer, The Duck, 2025
    Artworks

    The Duck

    2025
    At first glance, The Duck appears humorous, but beneath its absurdity lies a commentary on obedience and freedom. The figure stands as both victim and accomplice of its own instincts. Böhmer transforms the trivial into the symbolic, inviting us to see the boundary between control and surrender as something fragile and deeply human.
  • Jan Böhmer, My Room, 2021
    Artworks

    My Room

    2021
    My Room is a psychological landscape rather than a physical one. It speaks of silence, vulnerability and the complexity of being alone with oneself. Through muted tones and layered surfaces, Böhmer portrays intimacy without sentimentality, turning solitude into a space of confrontation and self-awareness.
  • Jan Böhmer, Sommer Nacht Traum, 2025
    Artworks

    Sommer Nachts Traum

    2025
    Inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this work reinterprets fantasy through the lens of emotional realism. Böhmer’s figures and textures blur the line between dream and conflict. Love and illusion overlap, creating a visual theatre where chaos and harmony coexist.
  • Jan Böhmer, Tragic in red, 2022
    Artworks

    Tragic in Red

    2022
    Red dominates the surface as both wound and vitality. The work reflects the gravity of emotion, not as tragedy but as intensity too alive to contain. Böhmer’s use of color becomes existential, showing that what hurts and what heals often come from the same source.
  • Jan Böhmer, Blooming Love, 2025
    Artworks

    Blooming Love

    2025
    Two figures merge in a tension between tenderness and defiance. Blooming Love celebrates the courage to feel openly, to exist without disguise. In Böhmer’s language, love is never ornamental. It is raw, deliberate and transformative.

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